Dissapointing Effort-Not Up To His Usual Standards.  :=(
930527
Plodding, predictable and pedestrian.  After recently reading the Fourth Estate and As The Crow Flies (both teriffic stories), this one didn't even seem to be written by the same author.  Jeffrey is a great story teller but I have my own "Eleventh Commandment"...Don't bother with this one!
2553252
Disappointing, clearly not up yo par with his previous works. What was a catchy thought and title was poorly developed with shallow characters. I read over 50 books a year and have enjoyed his earlier works but this one left me flat.
4270435
So disappointed and a tad irritated with the author for turning out such sub-par work.
Am a dedicated fan of his and have all of his  books, but this one was almost miserable to read.
Didn't even finish the last 50 pages.
It's almost as if he didn't even TRY.

What the heck happened, Richard?
2388084
Ok, just not his best effort.  Felt like a discarded manuscript that was revised.  Did not have a believable beginning.
4530463
Slow pacing with unremarkable characters and an incredible tendency to use the same phrases over and over again. Please find a synonym for "disreputable". I enjoyed his previous books, but this one was a chore.
2096639
I expected this to be a great read. As I got into the book it began to drag. I have read a lot of his books and this is the worst. I would normally read one of his novels in a week, this one took me over a month. I was very disappointed. The overall story line was good but too much filler was used.
1860834
This is one of the worse books that I have read in a long time! I have read almost all of his previous books. Skip this!!!!
4171190
I gave it 2 stars because it's John Mayer - that's really the only reason.  If it were anyone else I'd give it 1 star.  I think he's amazingly talented.  I've enjoyed all of his previous albums (Continuum especially), but this album is just not up to his standards.  The entire thing sounds like background music.  Nothing stands out.  The lyrics are far from clever like in his previous work.  You can do better John.  I'm still a fan.  I believe in you.
2300288
I like Stephen King's books when they don't include a lot of gore, violence or demonic stuff. This rules out most of his books, but he does have some books that don't get overbearing in those areas and this is one of them. (11/22/63 is BY FAR his best work. I couldn't put it down. Joyland was great, too.) However, this book was really disappointing. The first 1/3 is great, the middle is OK, the end is terrible. I almost stopped reading with only 10 pages left because I: 1) Didn't care what happened 2) Didn't believe what was happening 3) was so disappointed that this was how the book was ending.  NEXT SENTENCE SPOILER ALERT: Really? All this 'electrical' build up and Pastor puts a metal ring around a dead girl's head and tries to bring her back from the dead? A claw coming out of her mouth? Mother? Huh? And the whole ants and ivy covered door thing was just silly.
If I had to read this book over again, I wouldn't.  It amounts to an ending not worth wading through 300 pages for.
Better luck next time King!
1057168
This is absolutely the worst Stuart Woods effort.  No character development, just a bunch of names.  Damsel in distress rescues self.  How superficial. At least we were spared the boring details of airplanes.  A little tired of his plugging Patrone's and Knob Creek-do those guys ever eat at home?  I am beginning to wonder if he is actually writing the past few books. He should try to get one good book every couple of years instead two pieces of sub par books every year. I too will give up getting any of his new series and recommend new readers to borrowing his older efforts from the library.
3903343
As a loyal reader of the John Wells series, I am sorry to report that this is the weakest effort thus far.  The other books were terrifically exciting, had realistic dialogue and involved high-stakes story lines.  In contrast, this effort was at a made-for-tv level of intrigue, required stratospheric suspension of disbelief and was just not particularly compelling from a fundamental story line perspective.  John Wells was not asked to save the world here - instead he was asked to save some (rather annoying) recent college grads for reasons that did not seem worthy of his huge talents (and the risk to his life).  I hope that Berenson returns to form in the next installment - otherwise I will probably discontinue including him on my reading list.
938044
I have been a huge fan of Grishams' work.  I normally am singing his praises.  His books have been an escape from the insanity of everyday life, but this book was not worthy of him.  I feel cheated and am not sure if I will purchase another book of his.  Best bet, borrow his next one from the library and then you won't be out the $$$!
1167272
Couldn't make it through more than the first few chapters. I've been a fan of this authors work for years, but something bad is happening to his writting, and he's becoming more and more preachy, to the detriment of his stories.

I expected another rousing series of books from him with this series, and was prepared to buy them all, but before the first chapter of this first book was done, I was being repelled by the main character's attitude and the way his political views just pretty much overwhelmed everything else that was happening. ENORMOUS chip on his shoulder.

It began to feel like I was reading a disguised rant rather than a novel, and before long the book became a slog, with me grimly trudging forward driven solely by my past enjoyment of the author's works and the faith that he was SURELY going to justify my trust and once again deliver a rousing example of popcorn space opera.

Instead, it became like struggling through the deep snow of a blizzard in Antarctica, and eventually the preachiness wore me down and stopped me in my tracks. Almost with astonishment, (because I've enjoyed so much of his work in the past) I realized that was simply unable to continue. I was reading out of sheer loyalty, and the book was simply too much of a screed.

If this is where he is going in his other novels, then I'll have to very VERY reluctantly remove him from my list of authors whose work I look forward to as more or less instant purchases.
4194409
Another author I used to enjoy.  He has gone straight downhill.  I got rooked into buying this one, after ignoring his last few books.  It sure got the hype, but was really awful.  Actually, I thought I had read a book before with nearly the same storyline.  Do not wasted your time or your money on this one.  Probably won't bother with another of his.  I think he is cranking them out too fast and produces too little.
1036166
I am usually a fan of Mr. Sparks' writing style. However, this book failed to do what most of his books do for me and many readers (who I am speaking for since most probably didn't bother to review this work out of sheer disappointment). Not to be overly judgmental, but this book failed rule number one. It did not end with me (the reader) feeling at all uplifted and hopeful. The main characters did not end in any way that I would construe as happy or even remotely content. SPOILER ALERT!!!! One is dead, the other is carrying a secret of infidelity and is back in a seemingly dull marriage. Granted, her beloved child is alive, but most of the story he was a static character. The way we're supposed to feel uplifted that his life was saved and the love of the heroine's life is to be the savior in his own demise was not all that important to me in the end. I felt dazed and let-down. This is not the sort of "happily ever after" that one usually expects. Even in his other works, there was at least some closure and some promise of better tomorrows. In the notebook, they ended up together even into death. That's still uplifting by most romantic standards. This book was not romantic. It was pathetic in the whole "selflessness" angle. And why have Tuck put the pair together if it was only for a one-night-stand, adultery style? I do not get where he was going with this. And I am sorry to say that I am not going to be able to recommend the book or the movie being made from the book for that reason.
4429724
Having read several of his works in the past...I found this most disappointing. I was anticipating a climax that never occured...
1629302
Very disappointed with this album. I liked One Heart on the radio so I picked up the album assuming it would be the same great song writing as his previous albums. Honestly, it just feels like he phoned this in. It's weak, not melodic or original and his lyrics have taken a painful step backwards.

Save your money, skip the album and buy the single.