Could Have Been Better
922433
Per my 17 year old son, who this was for, this is not Iced Earth at their best.  My son stated this is the worst album with Matthew Barlow.
2080881
Fantastic idea but the execution left something to be desired. I thought you couldn't go wrong with a small group of mercenaries (think PREDATOR) landing on an island full of monsters! Predator meets Aliens meets King Kong. But the story was just mediocre. The characters weren't flushed out so I didn't really care when one died. I didn't really care for the idea of Elves being on "Monster Island". Not LOTR Elves. More like Thor Dark Elves. Still.....The art was pretty good. The writing should have been better. I expected more.
4765222
Felt the book could've been better. Feels like it was written to fast. The scene was moving from one to the next. Could've been better.  I read better books.
1027629
I liked the premise, the style was good, editing was fine, I think the key elements were there, but there could have been more depth.  Perhaps if Aggie has a second novel going into more detail and finishing things off it would help.  She has the potential as an alpha to do so much more against her father--bring him down in some way.  Her mother is supposed to be even more powerful than Aggie and lets herself be relegated to some teeny apartment while the husband brings in a bimbo--again not very alpha.  I haven't read the Natalya books so maybe there could be more there--maybe when they leave her on Natalya's doorstep they could join forces or something, but this novel just didn't have the punch (pun intended) it needed.  Maybe the jumping around from full novels to 0. whatever is part of the problem.
129129
This book could have been alot better in my opinion. I guess I would have enjoyed it better if reality had not spoilt if for me. Unfortunately, I visited Egypt in Decemmber 2009 and experienced the culture for myself. It was wonderful from an historical perspective, but socially the men were rude and and the women are still treated as second class citizens. Cairo was shockingly dirty and the men it seemed had an aversion to bathing and brushing their teeth. I am not writing this to insult their culture so I hope no one takes offence. Our tour guides were really for the most part foul smelling with bad breath. Having experienced this I could not picture the hero in a romantic light and I had to laugh when the hero was referred to has being deferential to women. This was attributed to his Egyptian upbringing. On what planet is the author living on? But I digress, back to the book. This story as you already realize is set in Egypt. The heroine is an American history teacher who is on sabbatical in Egypt where she is helping to excavate the site of a newly discovered pyramid. The hero Kasim is a professor at the university in Cairo and fellow excavator. When they meet they are immediately attracted to each other, but their romance doesn't progress smoothly because the heroine is obsessed with a dream lover who constantly appears to her in her dreams. I thought the author wasted far too much time focusing on this. I really think this was totally unnecessary to the plot. I honestly think that if I hadn't visited Egypt I might have enjoyed this book alot more. I thought it was o.k but totally unrealistic even though it's a romance. I also wondered if the author had visited Egypt or if she had researched the culture. I noticed the book was published in 2000. I suppose some things might have changed.
4535649
Unfortunately, The Dog Walker didn't live up to the reviews.  It was shallow and left too many threads that could have been interesting untouched.  Oddly enough, I did finish reading it.  The main character showed glimmers of being interesting, but the author wouldn't let them shine through.  I would have loved to see the relationship between the brothers develop to some depth and replace the predictable cheesy love story.  The neighbors were quirky and could have also been a source of enriching the novel.  It was a great idea for a story, but needs better execution.
1157535
I was disappointed in this book. I had enjoyed the others in this series but this one just wasn't as good. I don't know if this is because it was set in the US, if elements seemed rather implausible, if there were too many competing story lines, some of which seemed rather unnecessary - all of these issues contributed to my lack of enjoyment of this book. I finished the book because I was curious how it would end but I am not nearly as excited about the next one.

Of course there has to be a certain amount of suspension of disbelief with books like this but it was needed much too often in this book. The author was certainly trying to make some social statements but that wasn't really what I was looking for in this series. I also felt that the author was rather lazy in tying up some plot lines that I felt remain unresolved. I wish I had waited until this book was available from the library rather than having bought it.
1149496
The story itself is good. But the togetherness of romance and the historic part didn't really go together well. Overall I liked, but i thought it could have been better executed.
2855827
I was hoping for more from this.  I think it could have been written better.  It lacks depth but I would like to read another if the author ever writes another book, maybe it will be better.
203378
I love a good action novel, and this was a decent one.  With some editing and care, this could have been a much better read.  There is too much dialogue; the conversations become repetitive.  Also, the behavior of some characters seems either out of line with their development or completely without basis (FBI agents' resentment, anyone?).

I finished it over the course of three weeks, when I typically finish a novel of similar length in a day or two.  It was painful to read in places, but at other times it read well and was entertaining.
306035
Checked it out at my local library. Could have been much better. The story was kinda predictable. Not the worst, it had potential but it just feelsl like they opted for a quick generic story rather than put the time in to come up with something creative.
931956
It was very sparse, would have been better with more character development. The attraction wasn't quite convincing, so fell a bit flat. I'd give it 2.5 stars mainly because I want to encourage more books with asian heroes!
3255062
This book could have been better than what it was,It started off very good,the plot was great and I really connnected with Candy but somewhere in the middle things got a lil complicated and the story sort of took a turn for the worse. The ending left me in question... but I am aware that a part 2 will be out soon. I was really looking forward to a page turner with this one so I was slightly dissapointed. I give it 2.5 stars.
2767990
This series could have been so much better than it was. The story had potential, but it was just too scattered  about and a bit messy. A real let down.
755164
End was too cheesy... Could have been better.
4340550
I expected more...neat idea but could have been much better in my opinion. Not a waist of time to watch, but not the best.
2308252
It could have been better. The hero and heroine both seem very wishy washy. He would think about how much he wanted his wife back and then the next second be thinking that he never thought that only to do it all over again. She would do the same thing about how she wanted him to come after her from the start but then she fought against it when he wanted her to stay with him. He was the one to make the major change in the end and I thought that was unfair because the WHOLE book was about how much his life in this new town with all his friends is so ideal for a family and both characters were constantly praising this place and the people and I was confused about why he would live in a bigger town again after the entire book was in this perfect small one. It was just a bit weird at times.