Biggest Disappointments

jain: I couldn't read more than a couple of pages, the writing style was *so bad*.

jain : The ending was terrible, but I really liked the first ~3/4 of the book.

Cecrow: Fun deficiency

Cecrow: So much potential, so little happens. But the sequels are better.

jain: Ditto the cut edition. The book starts out great, but it goes off the rails pretty early on.

aulsmith: Heinlein really did need to edit this.

aulsmith: Found it nearly incomprehensible.

aspirit: I was warned. I didn't listen. Now I have mental scars.

aulsmith: I just couldn't take the resurrection of the dead characters. It was clear Herbert didn't know where to go.

hipdeep: I liked the first 3 books well enough (actually Azkaban was quite good) but this is the one where I found myself pleading with Rowling to get to the dang point already. I thought it was too long by a third.

Cecrow : The first two trilogies I really liked, but I'd agree the last set didn't add anything.

Sammystarbuck: 7 pages to describe a tree. 7. There is such a thing as too much of a good thing, and that falls under that heading. also, don't like Thomas at all, which is awkward in an MC

aulsmith: Needed serious editing. There's a great book with about half of this and half of All Clear.

merrystar : This one was better than I expected

aulsmith: Needed serious editing.

aulsmith: It just didn't grab me, especially after all the hype from my friends.

ahef1963: I'd liked The Scarlet Letter so much that I was hoping this one would be as good; it turned out to be extremely dull.

ahef1963: I like Verne so much but was put to sleep by this adventure.

aulsmith: Found this much less engrossing than 1984 to which it had been compared.

aulsmith : A remarkable book with far more depth than I expected.

aulsmith: Neither the mystery or the characters grabbed--very unusual for Sayers.

jain: I love Sherlock Holmes, but this particular story's very clumsily written.