I love that the actors are not the usual suspects as in every other BG TV show. However, it is extremely slow paced which is so annoying. I don't really love the changes that they made for the show. The romance subplot is nonexistent halfway through the show, as well as Lazar's story which is very important but largely undeveloped. The interesting scenes are always in the end and we see them in the promo for the next episode (and that's also extremely annoying). As a whole I would say that the book is much more dynamic and so much better. It's also logical, whereas the TV show seems quite the opposite.