To all these GoT comparisons & poor mans GoT's? The Witcher books were written first. They are both fantasy so of course any fantasy novel will have crossover themes. However the style between the two is very different. Witcher is high fantasy, GoT is magical realism. Yet this show could of helped itself by following some of GoT's practices.

As for the review. Read the books & played the games. Obsessed with this world since i found a cardboard cut out of Geralt staring at me in a small store in Poland while i was travelling to see my then Polish girlfriend. Little did i know at the time it would explode into what it has. So my obsession has been left with nothing but disappointment in regards to this show. The 1st season held some promise & i love how much effort Henry Cavill puts into his performance as Geralt.....he is the strongest part of the show but even he can't save it after that horrid 2nd season.

From Yen being completely unrecognisable to her character in the stories, likewise with Vesemir & the lodge of sorceresses, to its complete abandonment of it's slavic roots(which is unforgivable)or it's laziness in not bothering to show how diverse & complex the continent that the events take place on. Instead offering you a bland borderless fantasy one world which defeats the purpose of the stories. As the recurring theme is one of racism & the peoples transgressed violence upon one other because of things like race, country & loyalty.

GoT was successful in giving us a diverse world where each people felt unique with their own culture & beliefs. The witcher world is just a bland regular fantasy map where nobody has any cultural identity. This is blasphemous considering the world is one of warring countries & political skullduggery by King's & Queens much like GoT.

The other theme of The Witcher books is that Geralt is a monster hunter.....yet in the stories he usually finds the most monstrous acts are committed by humans with violent racism or greed in their hearts. The show like alot of shows these days refuses to deal with this & instead gives us a world filled with colorblind people. So how can the stories carry the same weight in this colorblind borderless world?

Even so with good writing they might of pulled something off. But the writing is the worst part, so to change so much & then for the writing to be this bad it hurts even more. Geralt is the best thing about the show & this is because Cavill knew the character so well & had the stature within the industry to go against the writers & showrunner. Yet as much as i love Cavill for his performance & personal input. It's hardly enough for a true fan, as outside of him only Calanthe, Ciri & Dandelion are similar to their book iterations. The writers changed so much of the story, its characters & themes, that its all unrecognisable. None of the changes were for the better either & the writing/dialogue on the show overall is nothing short of disgraceful.

Consider this one fan you's absolutely devasted. Only reason it got the 2nd star was Henry Cavill as Geralt.