Very disappointing !!!!!
920222
Got less than halfway into the book but couldn't continue. Poor writing, many platitudes and predictable.
3156264
This book promised a lot of new information and presented it as fact. There was a bare minimum of story and the last forty percent of the book was used as advertisements to sell his OTHER BOOKS. A VERY GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT!!!!Save your money for a real story. One that you can believe when you read it even if it is fiction. This doesn't work either way. What a waste!  Won't be buying this author again! Lesson learned!
3665517
Hmm this has to be the most disappointing book in the series. In fact it is the singularly most disappointing book I have managed to buy...ever! I must admit that the writing was on the wall so to speak in the previous book. Unfortunately turns out I am a slow learner and went with Undead and Undetermined. Should have known better.
It seems that the plot line for Queen Betsy has reached terminal & she should be put to bed before she does herself any more harm. Maybe a good sun bed on a hot day.
In short the book tries too hard with its time travel plot lines that have been dealt with far better by other authors. In fact I wonder if the sole reason the book was written was because of a contractual obligation because it sure lacks the earlier free flowing story lines.
Hmm poorly written, badly developed and not looking good for future publications.
Save your money on this one and borrow the next one from a library just in case.
4169954
I have to say that this book was not only a huge disappointment, but it actually made me feel worse!  The authors spend so much time beating you up for waiting to have children that you just want to find them and scream "Stop telling me I waited too long to have children!!!  What was I supposed to do, just procreate with whoever I was dating in my 20's?"  There was very little helpful information and this book just added to my depression.  Save your money and your sanity and stay away from this book.
813756
As many previous reviews stated, this book is a serious let down for fans of SVH. Personalities completely altered, numerous inconsistencies with names, dates, & past relationships. How can you create characters and have these characters display specific traits and personalities only to COMPLETELY alter who they are?
*SPOILER*
Jessica and TODD married? JESSICA is a mom?
ELIZABETH & BRUCE PATMAN?!?! Seriously?
And Steven is gay and married to Aaron Dallas? Really? Do we not remember how he wad so deeply in love with Tricia Martin?
True fans of the SVH series will of course devour this book. Who doesn't want to catch up on the lives of these fictional characters they love? However, the true SVH fans will be severely disappointed and extremely upset with this latest installment of the Wakefield twins and the SVH clan.
Not only are the future characters lives so completely far removed from who they were, but the actual writing is nowhere near what it used to be.
This didn't seem to be written for the fans AT ALL, but only a way for the author to make a quick buck by enticing former fans with a glimpse into the lives of these beloved characters all grown up.
Honestly, it would've been best if the series was left alone and the only glimpse into the future would've been through fan fiction. At least then, the FANS would've gotten it right!

If I could give less than 1 star, I would. I'm glad I was able to purchase the hardback copy of the entire 6 part serial for only ONE DOLLAR at my local Dollar Tree. At least now I know why it was being sold there!
4946643
This item was used and it had no instructions with it.  Very disappointed!!!!! Not even worth one star but it made me put at least one star!
360503
I was very disappointed in this book. Before purchasing it I read the reviews , which were very positive, and, having read several other books on The Blaskets I expected nothing less of this book. I don't even want to finish reading it - unlike the other books, which I didn't want to put down. really disappointing .
2606466
I bought this book because I read M. T. Pope's 3 book series "Both Sides of the Fence" and loved them.  This book wasn't even worth $2.99!! I don't think it was 100 pages!  I downloaded it to my kindle and was prepared for another great read and was very disappointed.  All it was was a gay guy that loved to go to jail just for the sex.  The first chapter describes him seducing the guards and his cell mate.  Then in the second chapter he gets killed while seducing an inmate in the shower and that was the end of the book! I don't even know why it is being called a "book"(?) I was very disappointed and really should have asked for my money back.

DON'T BOTHER!
1345487
Very poor quality.... definitely not worth the money!!!
4019276
I was so excited about this book when I ordered it.  Well, let me tell you, "It turned out to be a big disappointment".  The pages aren't numbered and there's no table of contents.  The printing could be larger and darker.  The only pictures are two small black and white ones at the beginning of the book of the arthor's two grandmothers who she dedicated the book to, and a small black and white one of herself at the end of the book. There aren't any pictures of the grandmas in the stories showing them crocheting or anything concerning their stories.

Some of the stories are very interesting, but they're so short, until they're more like a very small article, and with no pictures to see, there isn't anything to back them up.  With no page numbers and no table of contents, you have to flip through the book until you find what you're looking for.  At the end of the book is a listing of bibliography websites information, if you want to look it up.  Well, the book is such a big disappointment and most of the website addresses are so long, til I didn't bother to look up any of them.

  The cover fo the book is beautiful, both front and back with a color picture of the aurthor on the back cover.  I guess the old saying is true in this case, "Never judge a book by it's cover".
3857445
VERY DISAPPOINTED! Not allowed to write a proper reveiw. So I guess all I can say is VERY DISAPPOINTED!!! Trust me when I say DO NOT BUY!!!
4502546
This is the first review I've ever submitted, if I remember correctly, and I had to do it because I was so disappointed in this book.  I thought the first book was cute - if not overwhelming - and looked forward to this one.  What a letdown!

Don't look to this book for more of Genevieve's opinions on much of anything.  Most of the book is about Denny's life, with hardly a nod to the dog's point of view.  Denny's eating habits, how he became vegetarian, his running, his camping, his hiking, his supermarket shopping, what he likes/dislikes about restaurants, etc.  Even "a day in the life of" is actually a day in Denny's life.

Additionally, the language has deteriorated badly in this one.  A friend borrowed my copies of the books to preview before giving to her 10-year-old daughter, who loves dogs.  This book came right back with the comment that the language was totally unsuitable and unnecessary.  (An entire section is given to this very topic, Denny's extensive use of foul language.)  While it's not nearly as bad as many movies and TV programs seen today, it's certainly far beyond what would be expected in this type of book.

Bottom line:  Denny apparently ran out of things to say for/about Genevieve and thought we'd all enjoy hearing about his life instead.  Not one of his better ideas.
555721
I have always been a loyal fan of the books because of the writing and characters...this book was so disappointing!  This was so unbelievable and contradictory to everything in the past books that I just can't wrap my head around it! How boring and lame!!! I felt like I was reading a pathetic knock off of my beloved Sookie character. I feel cheated that this is the ending the author saw fitting for such strong distinctive characters.
4270206
irst off, I want to say I was so excited for this book.  I waited and waited.  Now I wish I would have just finished off with the 2nd book Insurgent.  I love Veronica Roth's work.  This novel was really poorly written.  Choppy, and very generic.  Not even remotely close to Veronica Roth's potential. I am very disappointed.  The writing was cheap.  I could have written this book 1000 times better.  It was slow and boring.  When Veronica Roth told readers she was making it less violent than the other books she wasn't lying.  In fact thats an understatement. There was nothing going on.  Nothing happened during the entire book.  The ending was classic and unoriginal.  I was expecting so much more from Veronica Roth.  Here she has built up a strong character with the ability to resist all of these things and she ended the book as simple novel that was like every other book out on the market.  EASY WAY OUT!!!  It was like she gave up on Tris and Tobias at the end of the book.  Divergent is an action book.  Not a sob story!  No wonder Veronica Roth didn't give us little glimpses of the book, because if we were to review it like it should be reviewed the buyer rates would not be where they are at the moment.  VERY DISAPPOINTED, WAS EXPECTING SO MUCH MORE FROM VERONICA ROTH!!!!!
1301687
"Betwixt" sounded like a promising book, until I started reading it. I bought this book because on the book's website it said : "If you love the "Twilight" series by Stephenie Meyer-"(which I completely do!!) "-you'll love this book!! When I started reading it, it contained the foulest language I have ever seen written! It said the "f" word at least six times in chapter 2 alone! (and the chapters are about 20 pages each) along with every other foul word you could think of! I scanned through the book to see if it got better and it doesn't it carries on through out the book. The book might actually have a good story, but when mixed with SO MUCH foul language, it isn't worth reading, it just makes it trashy & very frustrating to read!! Needless to say, I didn't finish the book and I returned it. I don't think I will buy another book by this author, if this is her style of writting. I also think that Amazon should comment on the language used in the books. That would give readers a better idea on what to buy. This is also catagorized as a "Childrens Book" ! I would not suggest this book to any parents for their children.
4350973
Very disappointed misleading and to much money spent on something that is not worth it, I Want my money back!
176498
*SPOILERS*

Under the never sky was quite underwhelming and underdeveloped. Although, it made up for these traits in an interesting plot.  This book is extremely similar to the Uglies series and it slightly reminded me of the Disney film Tarzan.

Also the beginning was very boring (I considered dropping it) until she met up with Perry about 35% into the book.

I wish the book was to the point instead of skirting around the ideas in the following areas
- Aria is an aud???? You don't even know when she realized this, it just kinda came about like the author expected you to know this.
- The sex scene was BARLEY THERE. For a second I was sure nothing happened until they talked about it later in the book.
- What is the Aether??? How, what, when, why??? This idea was horribly underdeveloped.
- Little to no detail on the "gifts" people have, how, what, why, where, when????
- Also Perry's point of view completely confused me and NOTHING ABOUT THIS BOOK IS TO THE POINT.
- The whole character of Marron confused me (w,w,w,h,w?)

Hahahah I'll step away from the negative aspects because I will be reading the next in the series. Because of its great ending!!!!