Does ‘The Witcher’ Season 2 Follow the Books? Yes, and No

Watching The Witcher on Netflix kicked off a new obsession for me. I played the game, read the books, and eagerly awaited season 2 to premier on Netflix. Now, after having binged watched the whole thing, I have good news. The second season is great. And while it might not be quit as amazing as the first season, it is really a transitional season, setting up the action that is to come.

But does The Witcher season 2 follow the books? Kind of. Generally speaking, it is based on the plot of The Blood of Elves — the first novel in the Witcher series. However, much has changed in the screen adaptation.

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Netflix’s Witcher Brings the Characters Back Together

The Witcher show works best when the main cast is together, bantering, in the case of Jaskier and Geralt, or falling in love, in the case of Yennefer and Garalt. The only problem is that most of the first book of the series, Blood of Elves, features the main characters as being totally separated from one another.

The show remedies that, allowing the main characters to once again rejoin each other much more quickly than the books allowed for. Of course, some creative liberties were needed with the source material in order to make this happen. But the…