Yeah.. you hit the spot where, after the end of season 4, they stopped adapting the books and started doing entirely original content. It’s rough, and I don’t think it ever gets better. Might be worth sitting through it just to say you saw it, maybe there’s some stuff that will appeal to you along the way. I couldn’t find much to hold onto after season 4 but I stuck through it to the end.

Regardless if you finish the series, I recommend checking out “the last night” documentary on HBO max. It was a fun and enlightening look into production of the final season, and I thought it was much more engaging than any game of thrones content for years beforehand

I liked house of the dragon’s first season quite a bit, too