: While it honored certain elements, some "book purists" felt it deviated too far from the original folklore.

: A solitary monster hunter struggling to find his place in a world where people often prove more wicked than beasts.

The season follows three main characters across different points in time before their stories eventually merge into a single timeline:

: Many viewers found the non-linear structure "unnecessarily convoluted".

The season received a polarizing response from fans and critics: