EDIT: Season 3

Well in a way I am kind of split in both volumes that came out, the first one almost did an overcorrection of the previous season, while the previous was way more dynamic this one becomes very boring very quickly, it seems they are aiming for a Game of Thrones type of scenario where you are presented all the players involved in this political game however, the dialogue and the character charisma is not even close hence the tedious first episodes.

It doesn't help of course that the inevitable leaving of Henry Cavill casts a shadow on the show currently, but I am trying to stay positive and see how it plays out.

The second volume moves way faster and is way more interesting, but the entire Witcher show still feels to stand on the shoulders of Geralt, Ciri, fighting scenes and great cinematography, anything outside that feels very secondary and lacking mystique.

I suspect a decline after Henry's departure, there's no concrete identified reason for him leaving but whatever it was and whoever's fault it was, it's a bad decision replacing the protagonist never works SPECIALLY if a show is carried so much by that same protagonist.

Seasons 1 and 2:

I guess I am glad I didn't read the books or played the games (yet) since this second season seems to be getting a lot of hate due to not be faithful to the original material.

For what is worth this happens all the time in movies and TV shows, regardless if they are adapted from a book or a game, it will never be easy to be truth to the original - needless to say my review is purely based on what I've seen on the TV show.

First of all I applaud the second season because it improved one of the most annoying things about the first one: the dialogue.

One of the worst parts of season 1 was without a doubt the simple, cheesy and cringe dialogue, I was so thrown off by it that it compromised the entire season for me and my rating was lower back then, so at least they fixed that.

The story gets more interesting and more things are happening as we start to get a grasp of what is going on in this fantasy world as well as some backstory for the major players.

I do have one critic about this however, which is, they are trying to pack a lot of information into a very short number of episodes, so while it's engaging that all of these events are taking place, it can also bit a little bit overwhelming and I can't lie, I read some information (without any spoilers) outside of the show, about some of the events and characters that appear this season to be sure I was following it.

So yes, the story could be delivered with a bit more consideration for the audience that is not familiar with the original material but it's still an enjoyable season, with Henry Cavill and Freya Allen carrying the show!

Finally I want to address one ridiculous critic that has been thrown sometimes which is the diversity one - let me get this, people are mad because different ethnicities were casted and since this is based on Eastern European folklore the characters are all suppose to be white.. and yet mages, monsters, elf and witchers are fine? Should the monsters be white as well?

This is a fantasy story, not based on real life events personally I think it works better to have these different ethnicities represented even from a story context only, it makes it more believable that an entire world would have different people in it... come on people...