Tasidar:
In reply to Varsovian (msg # 9):
Were the bad guys so likable in the books? I've always liked Cercei's character but even Cercei haters are going to feel something for her after that brutal walk of shame back to the Red Keep. Apparently the Hound & Tywin were non-characters in the books; look how amazing they turned out.
I'd risk saying that Cersei is more likeable in the show than in the books. The book do paint her as a rather awful person.
When it comes to the Hound and Tywin... the show expanded on them, true, but I wouldn't call them non-characters. For once, the books clearly show that Tywin was, in many aspects, a great man...
On the other hand, I'd say that the show doesn't really manage to convey the pure evil that is Ramsey Snow.