The Witcher Season 3 dropped the remaining episodes on the 29th of July on Netflix. Fans of the show are in agony because of Henry Cavill‘s exit from the show. While there are many theories about the departure of the British actor, one of them is the show was deviating from the original books. The showrunner, along with the producers of the show, promised the third season was closer to the books. And yet, the lore-accurate episode from the third season received the lowest ratings and the book readers are calling out the show’s fans.

The third season of the show saw Ciri as the lead of the show as it is in the book, Time of Contempt. Episode 7 of the latest season of the Netflix original saw Cirilla of Cintra stuck in the desert. Meanwhile, Geralt is healing in the forest where Jaskier eventually arrives and helps him. The episode explores Ciri’s visions in the desert and the journey of her survival. While the episode, along with the entire season, is closer to the book, fans of the show rated episode 7 with 4.3 IMDb score only, per What’s on Netflix.

The average season rating is only 5.8 on IMDb. These ratings made the book lovers mad, and they called out the audience. The ratings came as a surprise because according to them, episode 7 was certainly closer to the books. In the book, Ciri actually is the central character, and the desert scene adaptation was a little slow but accurate as well.

Those who have already read the books defended the adaptation and expressed their thoughts openly as well.

The Witcher Netflix show lovers receive a backlash from the readers

Despite the ongoing debate about Cavill’s departure from the show, it is interesting to note that the fans of the Netflix series have given the lowest rating to episode 7 of the third installment. But the book lovers are proving their point. They expressed their surprise over the ratings, as that episode was certainly lore-accurate.

Fans also assumed the episode has been review-bombed by people.

While fans have complaints about the 7th episode, readers explained how it was extremely closest to the books and made the Lion Cub of Cintra the main character as well.

The book fans also said fans of the show were upset because their favorite actor was leaving the show. They accused fans of not reading the book yet giving their opinions.

While these fans are expressing their views about the adaptation being lore-accurate, what do you think about it? What do you think about the book lovers’ reactions? Tell us in the comments below.