I read all the books long ago, when I was a sophomore, in 2002, I believe. I absolutely love them. I absolutely love books and computer games. This adaptation was I have to say awful. Absolutely unconnected pieces of the story. Henry Cavill is great as Geralt both visually and also sounds great. The fight choreography of the first real fight in Blaviken is what it should look like all in all the show. The CGI is mostly awful (just compare Drogon from GoT and the unfamous Villentretenmerth from the episode called Rare Species. Additionally, you can just read the Witcher wiki about any of the mages, to understand what power they wielded in the Sapkowski's book. They could wipe the whole armies, heal themselves, and more. Why the hell you could not adapt the Striga fight from the Witcher 1 (PC) intro? This fight in the series was awful too. The previous cheapest Polish series had more heart than this adaptation (despite Geralt by Cavill being the ideal visualization). I believe GoT had become so great ONLY because it was right to the books in the first seasons. This is just crap, mostly.