I am a long time fan of The Wheel of Time books, and I had read them many years before the TV show was made. I read them in high school and afterwards. Consequently, it is hard for me to say very much about the TV show. The Wheel of Time show has pretty good casting; in general the characters feel very much like the people from the books.
I am writing more about it. I will post it here on Hive soon, but I think I will post in the the Books community.
RE: How different is the book from The Hobbit movies?