▁Times , ▁wrote : ▁" Over ▁the ▁last ▁ 2 5 + ▁years , ▁I ' ve ▁review ed ▁thousands ▁of ▁mov ies ▁and ▁do z ens ▁of ▁TV ▁shows , ▁and ▁I ▁don ' t ▁think ▁I ' ve ▁ever ▁seen ▁the ▁level ▁of ▁fan ▁( and ▁to ▁a ▁less er ▁degree , ▁critical ) ▁vit ri ol ▁le ve led ▁at ▁[ this ▁show ] ▁in ▁recent ▁weeks ". ▁However , ▁Ro eper ▁noted ▁that ▁social ▁media ▁was ▁not ▁yet ▁widely ▁used ▁during ▁much ▁of ▁this ▁time ▁period . ▁ ▁Len ika ▁Cruz , ▁writing ▁for ▁The ▁Atlantic , ▁wrote ▁that ▁with ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁series , ▁" there ▁are ▁fol ks ▁who ▁don ' t ▁feel ▁as ▁though ▁the ▁hours ▁and ▁hours ▁they ' ve ▁devoted ▁to ▁this ▁show ▁have ▁been ▁was ted ", ▁but ▁" there ▁are ▁many ▁others " ▁who ▁felt ▁the ▁opposite . ▁Kelly ▁Law ler ▁of ▁USA ▁Today ▁wrote ▁that ▁the ▁ult imate ▁ending ▁of ▁the ▁series ▁was ▁not ▁what ▁fans ▁" signed ▁up ▁for ". ▁ ▁CBS ▁News ▁has ▁described ▁several ▁plot ▁points ▁that ▁fans ▁are ▁diss atisf ied ▁with : ▁the ▁character ▁ar cs ▁of ▁Da en ery s ▁and ▁Ja ime ; ▁the ▁manner ▁of ▁death ▁for ▁Ja ime , ▁Miss ande i , ▁R ha eg al , ▁and ▁the ▁Night ▁King ; ▁the ▁Battle ▁of ▁Winter f ell ▁being ▁vis ually ▁too ▁dark ; ▁the ▁" basic ▁existence ▁of ▁Eur on ▁Grey jo y "; ▁and ▁" J on '