Yes, the Man of Glass is exactly how I would describe pure evil, destroying things using what's hidden in words and time. Very good fantasy villain. And his eyes animation makes him even more uncanny.
And the writing was very good, with little "echoes" through the story like, for instance, "wedding theme" (with Vlodimir and Shani, but also with Olgierd), the Man of mirror himself is an "echo", the spoon Gaunter use in the boat and break / the spoon he used in someone's eye/brain in the end... That makes the story quite "solid" and even poetic, it's like everything rhymes, or like one thing is mirrored in another, from the beginning of the expansion to the end... That was brilliant.
I usually like the theme of the "deformed" wishes and mirror (Faust, Wishmaster, djinns). It reminds me something I like in the Bible about "seeing things through a glass darkly" (not sure how it is in english).
It was immensely satisfying.
I won't forget the scenes with Vlodimir. I was surprised seeing Geralt dancing so "well" in the trailer, I wondered how it would be explained and... Excellent!
And Shani was gorgeous. I love her "dimples" (not sure about the exact word again).
What I didn't like though:
- Nothing happened to the skill trees. Blood and Wine will need something to make allocating points more interesting. I got 4 more talent points in HoS and did nothing with it.
- Enchantment isn't that interesting.
- I don't know how exactly to put it but it's a bit... "more of the same". I expected something more... new I guess? Maybe it's a feeling I got since we stay in a known area (Velen/Oxenfurt).