I did not enjoy this book for two primary reasons. Firstly, at no fault of the author or story, I hated the audiobook. This is a personal preference, but I don't particularly enjoy audiobooks that are a full production or rely very heavily on accents and speech variations between characters. I much prefer the simplicity of someone reading a book. I found the incredibly harsh accents distracting and oddly immersion breaking.

The second reason is that this did not at all feel like a self contained story. It was very clearly just an introduction without a well developed plot that allows it to stand on its own. That's a huge pet peeve of mine when it comes to book series'. And on top of it all, the story that it did tell was not captivating enough for me to have any interest in reading anymore Witcher books.

Side note, I also don't like the video games!