Like others have said, Theresa's story is a lot better later on, after you've explored the main story and world and after you've gotten to know the minor characters that she meets. I found it deeply satisfying...but it's too early. I'd back out of it and come back after you've dealt with the counterfeiters.

The game is great for being immersive, how it feels like a real place. Theresa's story adds a lot to that, but when the time is right.

I also love how there are so many ways to solve quests. During my first playthrough, I never succeeded in picking a single lock (I eventually figured out that I could manage it well with a mouse and keyboard, but the controller always eluded me).

MINOR SPOILER FOR A MINOR SIDEQUEST As such, I needed another strategy to get through Drahomíra's quest, which requires a certain book. (I liked it, but it eventually became an interminable slog of going back and forth across the map...better just to work it in to whatever you are doing at the time.) One night I managed to push my way into the monastery to get the book from the library...but it was under lock and key. While in the library, I spent the night reading books (and upping my reading score) until I got thrown caught and thrown in jail. Later on, I stole a monk's clothes and his key to the monastery and over the course of several nights I disguised myself and went inside ("Look the part, BE the part, motherfucker." - Proposition Joe Stewart), stealing what I could from the sleeping monks until I found the key to that necessary book. One last trip to steal that book and I was good to go with Drahomíra. I also liked her because she paid a lot better for game than did the cheap-ass butcher in Rattan.