As a fan of the game series who hasn't read the books, watching this version of Yennefer was an excruciating pain for me. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't just the appearance, it was the attitude as well. She was just unnecessarily sour and sarcastic about pretty much everything. I know the show depicts Yennefer way before her first appearance in the game series and I know the show was trying to be loyal to the books rather than the games, but even without comparing the two versions, this Yennefer character was not an interesting character for me in any way. That was actually the only problem I had with the series. Henry Cavill's performance was surprisingly great (not that I didn't trust his acting abilities, it's just that I thought playing Geralt was too damned hard), the action scenes were great, the soundtrack was great, and the mini-stories-within-the-greater-story structure was great as well. I think this is a must-watch for the fans of the game series.