If you wish to adapt a novel, follow the story of said novel, how hard is it for you to do that, they managed to turn an amazing story into a lifeless soulless piece of entertainment that is meant to me consumed and then forgotten,
I have never seen a show with less memorable locations and forgettable characters, having a cast of 20 main characters literally fighting over who gets to do what cool scene means we don't care about 18 of them.
The only thing worse than a bad show is a show that should have been an easy win, step 1: copy novel, step 2: profit. that is it. how can you mess this up.