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Yep I finished it tonight and it was a slog with Yennifer. Yes, we get the elves are hated but they just kept pounding that drum. Some cool creature moments but lasted seconds. I feel like they want to be Game of Thrones but you can just feel how tv production it is. I think the writing didn't really savior great moments and the directing was meh.
I felt more involved with the first season, because of the dynamic leading up to Geralt and Ciri finally meeting.
From the start season two lacked any real connection between them. The writing isn't inspired enough to build the kind of dialogue that keeps you invested in the character's. GoT did that well.
While it's beginning to feel very LoTR with the elves and mention of dwarves, and the locations such as the empty walled town that recalled Bree, it lacks the epic nature. (It even had a watcher in the water in the sewers - but that's kind of a trope since the Dianoga in ANH).
The upper level scheming is tapping into GoT, but in a small way.
The episode came alive when the bard showed up and sang his very modern sounding song in his rocking long leather coat! But he's a bit of a cheesy character, for very light relief.