Perhaps, as a dedicated fan of The Witcher: Wild Hunt, my expectations was a bit higher compared with an average viewer. So my reception of the show turned out a bit bitter. There are some pros and cons to the show, and on the pros I would definitely list really great acting by Henry Cavill, Anya Chalotra, MyAnna Buring and Lars Mikkelsen, nice touch of a procedural approach, where Geralt hunts some monster in every episode, and overall Sapkovski's lore well covered.

Now there are a number of things that I disliked, some more than the others. First and foremost the cast (something that only lazy one hasn't talked about yet). Dear Netflix, through all of your political correctness, can you comprehend the mere idea that there WERE NO BLACK PEOPLE in medieval Eastern Europe, and in the original story? It's not about hurting anyone's feelings, it's about the FACTS.

Second is the VFX quality. I get it, this is the first season etc, and Cavill's 400K earnings per episode obviously eat down a whole lot of budget, but this is a fantasy saga. The VFX quality sometimes looks worse than in the cinematics of Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings that was released 8 years ago. Not to mention that they're even nearly incomparable with those in Game of Thrones (one again, I get that 1st GoT season was rather humble in terms of visual richness).

Third is the story consistency. Who in the world had thought that jumping back and forth between decades without explaining what's going on was a good idea? Another unpleasant part is the character motivation and dialogue quality, both suffer a big time. As a viewer I don't care about most of the characters, and the dialogues make me yawn.

I have one simple measure for a show quality. If I can't wait to launch the next episode after I finished the previous, it's a good show. And with The Witcher, I didn't. Hence my rating of 5/10.