I really wanted to like this but I can't. The dialogs are terrible, the GCI and the acting are not believable.

The narration is all over the place, jumping from one character to another, one scene to another, moving between timelines (yes they do this in the books but it is not as brutal and summarized), not building attachment to characters nor a proper dramatic arc due to very awkward pacing.

I watched all episodes but I had to fast forward several scenes to be able to finish, especially in the last episode. The dramatic effects just fall flat. The books didn't had the best writing but this much worse.

The whole thing is very Americanized and has lost all its Slavic color and culture. The casting is just very awkward. I don't mind having different races present but make it cohesive! The books contain several detailed physical descriptions of many characters and lineage/origins (you can also figure the origins by the names). Here you can't even guess where a character is from by watching the show unless you've read the books. It is all over the place. This is a medieval setting with a Eastern European flavor and genetics traits are attached to geographical regions; it's not NYC in 2019. The world they created is not convincing at all.

...and Nilfgaard...what are those costumes???