The Witcher is not a bad show, far from it. Although my rating of 7/10 may imply that.

My main problem is that I was not drawn to it after 7 episodes, which to me is a just a no-go in a TV series.

There is plenty to like: not enough praise can be given to Henry Cavil's protrayal of Geralt, the fight scenes are shot beautifully and the Bard character is a welcome comic relief, a la Tyrion.

However, every episode I felt I was watching fillers. Just episodes within the same universe yes, but with scarce links or progression in the main story arch.

Clearly this is because of the confusing timelines, which is fine in itself, but not at the expense of viewer engagement. The story arch that did advance more, I found not gripping at all.

I have never read the books or played the game. So ultimately I think this show cannot be rated very highly because it is a challenging one to fall for if you don't have enough background material on this world / these characters.