I think that they should have then a bit more explicit about the timelines to help the audience through especially those not familiar with the books. personally I think there were enough cues that if you're paying attention you understood what was going on but the first four episodes definitely jump around a bit to set up the world's and introduce us to the characters.
I told somebody today I thought that this particular series suffered from binging because it doesn't have that normal week between episodes like the mandalorian or other things to generate hype and discussion to help people through the initial world-building.