I loved the first season of this show so much that it compelled me to read the novels and play the wild hunt; both sources having inspired this adaption and the short stories in particular were very faithfully retold in the show. I would absolute recommend the first season.

The second season plot has decided to go it's own way and departed from any canon contained within either the novel or game. I don't mind this as a rule, I'm always excited for a new story and I'm not particularly wedded to the works of Sapkowski. The problem is that the story being told isn't particularly exceptional, it's adequate, it's not as interesting at the narrative contained in the books therefore I don't understand this unrecognisable deviation from the source material. For me it fails to be as compelling as much of the exceptional tv that demands our free time.

It looks good, although the performances slide from exceptional to positively brick like. It's only fine.