Doesn't live up to the hype
352851
Was excited to get this cooler to keep my drinks ice cold for a full weekend while working on my farm. Loaded up with 8 gatorades and 10 pounds of ice on Friday about noon. All the ice was gone by Sunday morning. Also, yes, the drain does leak like a sieve, believe the other reviews... I didn't and am sorry. Returning to Amazon, I have a $15 Igloo cooler that works this good.
4143189
Well... I don't hate this pillow; but I just can't see the value in it.  Not to say that this pillow might be worth the price to someone else, just not me.  I was pretty disappointed after all the hype that to me, this is just like any other pillow.  Maybe it will last longer or hold its fluff longer over time, but I returned this product and went back to my foam pillow.
3028686
The technicolor made the movie very unique, along with the use of red lighting.
The first 20 minutes showed some defining scenes, but the movie loses my interest after that.
It doesn't quite live up to the hype from what I saw.
885927
This book comes with a lot of hype. The blurbs are filled with the words "funny" and "witty". And it needs some humour to carry it along, since there isn't much in the way of dramatic structure. Unfortunately, for me at least, the laughs (or giggles or even smirks) were not thick on the ground. To be fair, I haven't finished the book. I kept asking myself "Why am I reading this?", without coming up with a good answer. The biggest problem is Archie, one of the protagonists. Given that the novel starts off in 1975, "drip" seems the appropriate word to describe him. A greater understanding of this character is not something the average reader would crave. Zadie Smith does do some things well in this novel. Her ear for dialogue is good, and she does the various ethnic dialects convincingly (although an American audience can't really know how authentic they are). And she writes about interracial relations in an insightful way. But it still didn't make me want to slog through this.
3323903
Having lived with the nest for about a month now I can honestly say I don't know what all the hype is about as the product has a lot of promise, but really doesn't do much to live up to it.

For starters half the time I try to access my nest remotely to adjust the schedule or check various things the device says its "offline".  Note initially I thought this was an issue with my internet or wifi then a couple of times I was on my laptop in the same room trying to adjust the schedule and the device kicked me out and went offline.  Not sure why this happens, but this has been a big time issue for us as its prevented us from adjusting the temp many times.

As for the auto away functionality.  I think this works pretty decently if you never set your thermostat and have a pretty regular schedule.  However, if your schedule changes a lot this functionality causes a lot more problems than it solves.  As if the device slips into auto away it will over ride the manually set schedule.  So a good example is we went away for a couple of days and I set the device to our away temp but also scheduled it to return to our normal temp prior to when we were scheduled to return.  When I got back I discovered that because the device went into the auto away mode it never turned back on at the time I set in the schedule.  As a result, if you plan to use the schedule and manually set things the auto away functionality will interfere with that and needs to be turned off.

So all in all, I've learned that two of the big advertised features - auto away and remote accessing really don't work all that well and have found that it actually causes more heartache than anything as I catch crap from my wife when we come home to a cold house.  All in all, I have a hard time recommending this device to anyone who has a highly variable schedule.
3992552
I have such mixed feelings about this movie and here's why: it's boring.  The movie really is about two hours of monotony.  However, David Fincher has a great concept here and filming using such minimal sets hasn't been done as effectively since Hitchcock.  The idea of a one room horror film is fascinating but the movie fails to be truly gripping.  What it does succeed at is "feeling" right.  David Fincher managed to grasp that indescribable something that makes everyone say "cool" even though they are quite possibly bored out of their minds.  It would be a nice movie to add to the collection if you happen to have some extra cash lying around and are looking for something a little bit different.
3602421
After reading One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,  I must say that I am a little dissapointed.  The story was well written and the plot consistent, but I often found myself wanting to throw the book away.  It starts off promising, explaining a mental ward and a new guy starts a stir.  I read farther though, and started to realize this was not what I expected.  There are constant halucinations by the narrator Chief Bromden, and the new patient McMurphy does not cause as much trouble as the start of the novel makes it seem he would.  Often, I would crave some action or atleast good drama, and I would end up falling asleep cradling the book.  I am not saying there is no plot development or scenes of action, people die and events occur, but I was not very impressed with the book as a whole.  Ken Kesey needs a little more action and a lot less filler in this book.  For me, he barely kept my attention and interest.  Unless you like to read a muddle of strewn thoughts and little action, I don't recommend this book for you.
3638000
Was my copy missing several chapters that made this book "great" and worth the hype? It was so mediocre I really don't know where to begin. I didn't completely hate the book, but there was nothing surprising or different about it, which just made me frustrated. Within the 1st chapter I had guessed just about everything that would happen. Everyone was making such a big deal about it that there must be more to it than a cheesy lifetime movie. Nope.. there wasn't. I just do not see how this book differs from the millions of movies and books already like it. Most of which were written much better than this. Kind of disappointing if you ask me.
1060538
It's really not all it's hyped up to be. The story itself despite being such a large book is short. I'm gonna give the author one more try with reading Habibi.
4861868
I bought this knife during the Prime Day sale. After reading the reviews, I thought this will be an excellent addition to my kitchen tool collection. While it's not a bad knife, it certainly does not live up to the hype of many of the reviews. I didn't think it would be the caliber of quality that my Wustof santoku knife is, but this knife is not worth paying $40 for. It might be a good knife as part of a set, but not as a single purchase. I will say it does look  nice and comes in a decent box. But the feel and sharpness leaves a lot to be desired.
826499
Really disappointed after all the hype. The characters were all intellectually lacking and the alcoholism and pure foolishness of the main character detracted from the story. I really didn't want to waste my time finishing this novel, but erroneously assumed, given all the positive reviews, that it would get better. It DIDN'T!
129808
I purchased and read the book based on the outstanding comments by other  reviewers. I was disappointed because it did not live up to the hype.
The book is basically an academic discourse on the sermon on the mount  mixed with philosophical insights. It has some enlightening content but  some of Willard's new scriptural interpretations are off the mark.
In  short, the book is big on information but falls short on edification.
2770128
This band was pretty hyped up before their album even came out but I still thought I would give it a spin.  A few of the songs here feel as though they are familiar re-arranged 50s or 60s songs with a modern feel which is kind of bland.  I recently saw them live and I can't say that I was too impressed with their performance either.  If you like the single then you will probably like the album but they aren't really covering any new ground.  Their "mystique" is pretty much a gimmick and a filler for a lack of memorable songs.  Perhaps their sophomore effort will tell a different story.
1423482
Some good ideas but didn't live up to its hype.  I knew it was a used book...  it looked worn.
3007751
Given reviews applauding this novel and its publisher's hype, comparing it to Jonathan Franzen and Lorrie Moore, I expected far more. The beginning is highly dramatic, but as the book progresses, I felt as if the character began to float away. I admire the author's original structure (mid-book, she flashes forward and summarizes the lives of the four key characters) but I became rather bored by the plot as the book trudged on. I felt as if the husband and children were well-developed, but the wife, less so. I wanted more. I also did not find it funny, as it was promoted. I found it interesting, but sad.
3118606
Don't know what all the hype is, a good book but the movie shoves too much in, or shall we say tries to, moving from one plot line (or bachelor) to the next quickly and without foundation. We see the heroine going from an independent and willful woman determined to make it on her own, to foolishly falling for a weak man who doesn't even love her in too short a time without proper buildup. It just isn't realistic, maybe those who read the book will enjoy this more but I found it difficult to watch and not very well done. The photography and filming though is outstanding.
4573434
Not what I thought it would be for the price