It's hard to get a legitimate take on this show due to Apple fans. The consensus that I got was that it was not anything like the books, might be missing the point. But the veteran actors and Emperor plotlines are great while the new actors and Foundation plotline are weak.
I went through the book series again and was wondering if anything from the books does get adapted or is it pretty much the same as season 1?
I think if you ignore its an adaptation, its fine. It murders the source material in many ways. That doesn’t bother me much because I think the foundation books told faithfully would have made for a very dry tv series.