In retrospect I have to decrease my initial rating. When the first season came out I was optimistic and rated it about the same as the polish series, which is IMO around 7/10. There were parts I really liked and there were issues.

The second season was worrisome. There were still parts I liked, but more issues. With rumors about the third season I am a bit sceptical about the future of the series.

The parts I liked are pretty much allways the parts that were adapted from the Books. The Episode witht he Striga, with Nivellen and so on. Seeing these parts done so well is basically frustrating, because you see the pontential of what could have been if they'd just stuckt to the plot from the books.

If the new or altered things were at least of similar entertainment value or better than the book plot, I'd be all for them, but they almost never are. The new rules just convolute and break the whole thing. The for example change the mechanism of magic which leads to major character differences.

Cavill as Geralt is awesome. I also like the casting of Jaskier, Ciri and Yarpen and Mousesack. The script however doesn't stay true to the source material and sadly the stuff the showrunners came up with is not even close to being of comparable value. If you are intrigued by the witcher character, Please get an Audiobook of Last Wish and I am pretty sure you'll want to hear the rest. It is better, trust me.

Mid Season 3 Update: The series is ever the same. Plot twists and character motivations leave you scratching your head, though there are moments that are still excellent. Those moments however are pretty much allways just nicked from the books. The plot is totally mangled up at this point into a mess, but I feel like in season 3 there are more scenes that are out of context pretty fun. It just further feeds my frustration, because they could have just followed what was given to them on a silver platter.

Fun Fact: My wife used to be much more benevolent towards the Series, until I had her listen to the audiobooks. Now she sits there with me and gets perhaps even more frustrated by the choices they keep making.