Biggest Disappointments

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

ahef1963: Expected much more than a series of coincidences and fights.

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

Cecrow: Fun deficiency

ahef1963: I thought this was pretty workaday considering all the good things I'd heard about it.

ahef1963: Didn't know steampunk could be this boring.

ahef1963: Wanted to like, but found it extremely troubling.

ahef1963 : Somehow I was led to believe that this book was amusing; I don't find child neglect and abuse funny so I hated it.

ahef1963: I couldn't even manage a chapter of staggering genius. Overrated, even by the author.

ahef1963: Meh.

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

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

ahef1963: I enjoyed it but was disappointed to find out that it was fictional.

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.

aulsmith: Expected more ethical frisson.

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.

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.

ahef1963: Dull and predictable.

ahef1963: Couldn't stand all the histrionics.

jain: I've loved everything I've read of Butler except this book.

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

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

ahef1963: Have made three attempts to read this book as I generally love White's writing, but it was unreadable.

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

gilroy: After the great book that Ender's Game was, this was a huge let down.