I think Minthara would be the perfect character for a redemption arc. Seeing her and Halsin getting along with each would be amazing to observe throughout the course of the game.
I really don't like the Idea to lock away such an amazing character behind crazy evil choices in act 1.
There is so much more to her story most of the playerbase will not see. Doing the things I had to do to recruit her felt so wrong and took away some of the fun out of my first playthrough and left it tainted.
I don't plan to do an evil playthrough again because I really didn't like it, but knowing how great Minthara is I can't go the good path either because I don't want to kill my favourite character.
So the only option right now is ignoring a big quest and miss out on pretty much all her romance content to recruit her without being a murderhobo.
Not being able to lift the shadowcurse was really disappointing.
You get penalized so much for wanting to recruit Minthara who would fit perfectly in a neutral group. She has a heart with sharp thorns, but she is still very loveable.