Top 5 reasons why 'Game of Thrones' has kept fans riveted from beginning to end

The show has a little something for everyone as it has never shied away from depicting the realism of its world.
UPDATED APR 3, 2019

HBO's 'Game of Thrones' is perhaps right now, one the most popular shows on television, and we can say it is the realism of the story which has contributed in making it so attractive to the audience.

While on one hand we have heroes such as Jon Snow (Kit Harrington) and Daenerys Targaryan (Emilia Clarke) whom many want to see alive till the end, we also have characters such as Lord Varys, whose loyalty is questionable but not unjustified. As the final season of the David Benioff and D. B. Weiss show is only two weeks away, let's take a look at the five reasons why we fell in love with the show in the first place:

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