Game of Thrones, the HBO show, and the books in A Song of Ice and Fire are rife with differences. I never imagined that one thing in particular would be quite so different, though.
Having only just started reading A Dance with Dragons, I had thought that the Theon torture scenes in the show were added merely because of the popularity of his character or of Alfie Allen. Now that Reek's been encountered, though, it's clear that those scenes were not at all added. Sort of.
In the book, Reek's only introduced after the torture that we see Theon undergo in the show. Knowing that he's still going to be in the show, that he won't perish whilst under Ramsay Bolton's knife, ruins the surprise and suspense somewhat, just as having seen the show made it obvious who Reek really was from page one. Though I doubt that this new found knowledge will make watching Theon's torture scenes any easier.
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