Henry Cavill and the fight sequences are the main reason to watch this series. Even with those redeeming features I still gave up watching around halfway due to lack of interest. The series wasn't terrible but it lacked coherence and flow.

For context I played and loved the Witcher 3 but prior to that did not have any knowledge of the franchise or stories.

After being disappointed by the TV series I subsequently started reading The Last Wish (many of the episodes in Series 1 are based on this book). The book is far clearer and more enjoyable than the TV series in my opinion.

I found many episodes lacked exposition whereas the book makes clear exactly why things are happening. There are numerous examples and nearly every episode has omitted key information that would have made the story more enjoyable.

Another key difference is in the book Geralt and his sidekick have a far more jovial relationship whereas in the TV series Geralt seems to resent and be strongly annoyed by the presence of his main 'friend'.

This backfired in an episode where his so-called friend gets injured and he goes on a mission to save him. In the book it works but in the TV series you feel that Geralt would be just as likely to leave him .