A Terrible Disappointment
348951
I wore them once, yesterday, and the ankle strap has already broken. It came out from under the footbed, as if the sandals were assembled with such cheap glue there was no way the pieces could stay together.

It's a real shame because I really did like these sandals and looked forward to having them for the summer.
2527054
I had the release date marked on my calendar for several months, I anxiously awaited the day when I would receive it in the mail, and this afternoon I finished it and wanted to throw it in the garbage. This book was a complete mess from start to finish. The novel was a waste of money and a waste of time. I'm not saying not to buy it, I know that you're going to want to see what happens for yourself, but you're going to be severely disappointed.
84400
I wasn't expecting Harry Potter, but I also wasn't expecting a dismal tale of unhappy, unappealing people.  The only redeeming characters die, and the rest just go on being incredibly unpleasant.  I kept waiting for it to get better, but it only continued its downhill slide.  I know that Ms. Rowling is attempting to attract a more adult audience, but more like this is sure to drive them away.
1173441
I normally love terrible movies for their very terribleness, but this one is just... Blech. It manages to be in your face sexist and transphobic both, the plot makes no kind of sense, the characters might as well be cardboard cutouts, and the premise never pays off in any kind of satisfying way. And at the same time, it never lets itself go enough to reach the land of so terrible it's good; it's just terrible.

I recommend looking elsewhere for if you want a good movie as well as if you want a so-bad-it's-good movie.
2129809
This children's book is a great disappointment. It has virtually no play value....kids don't really know what to do with it....the various "mix-ups" that they can create aren't funny or even eye-catching. This is an even greater disappointment because the author's other books (such as Press Here) are abolutely marvelous
2630050
I have read, enjoyed and even highly recommended Shinn's other Angel-series books to others.  So, I was stunned by how dreadful this one was.  In past novels Shinn thinly veiled two of her planet's tribes -- one group were obviously arabs, and another group gypsy/jews.  This novel tells the stories of two young women, one who is suppressed and almost killed by the arab-look-alikes, and the other who finds redemption in the arms of a jew-look-alike.  The former is presented as a one-sided, nightmarish, diatribe against everything Arab you can imagine.  The men are fat, greedy, self-centered, and oppressive.  The women are denied basic human rights, confined to harem-like areas, hidden beyond veils, stoned to death if they disobey. Shinn obviously has a complete lack of respect for cultures other than her own.  Rather than using fiction to bring insight into our own world, she uses it to spread bigotry.  In this age of global conflict, we need and deserve greater knowledge, not kneejerk, uneducated passions.
1565753
I was looking forward to reading this book because a friend  told me that the book was about cryptography, symbols, and religion. I was disappointed by all three aspects. The shoddy recycling of religious urban myths is bad enough .... And the low-brow treatment of crytography was annoying too: mirror-writing and crossword-type puzzles is about as sophisticated as it gets. But at least, after 450 pages, the author could at least given the novel a satisfying conclusion. The author leads us to the brink of something satisying but leaves us hanging at the end. This is the worst book I have read in a long time.
1548588
If I could give zero stars, I would. It was not as described, nor did it work on arrival. All in all, a huge disappointment.
1490192
After devouring The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, I had high expectations for this terribly disappointing book.  It had too much going on, jumped around in cohesively, and took me more than one occasion to finish it.  I could see what he was trying to accomplish in this journey, but the execution was poor.
4509308
Waste of time and money. Huge disappointment
1684443
This book is long on criticism and short on suggestion.  It strikes one as trying to be insightful while being politically correct.  It serves no real purpose which I suppose is in sync with our futile official and unofficial wars in the Middle East.  I was terribly disappointed.
4534143
Terrible book.  Just awful.

It's about on the same level as the horrible french movie a few years ago, Antonio Vivaldi - Un prince a venise.  Ms. Quick makes an amateurish attempt to weave together snippets of historical incidents that she has gleaned from a cursory study of Antonio Vivaldi into a coherent novel and the effort doesn't work.  It comes across as very contrived and awkward work.

If Don Vivaldi and the girls of the Pieta could only read this they would surely get a huge laugh.
1658507
It was terrible.  Do not buy this book.  The writing and the story were terrible.
1931768
A terribly disappointing effort that in no way  measures up to either of its predecessors.  Grotesque without being suspenseful. Proves the truth of Arendt's observation about the banality of evil.  Save your money.
908025
This book is a terrible disappointment. It pales to books by authors such as Gary Zhukov and Eckert Tolle.  The writing is at 101 level, if that.  The author repeats, repeats, repeats himself ad nauseum.  He highlights personal problem areas within the human psyche well, and then completely glosses over tangible solutions.  Poorly written. A waste of money to purchase.
92849
I don't usually bother giving bad reviews, but this was SO terrible I must.  I was ready for a fast adventure-cum-fantasy, ready to suspend belief and lose myself on a magical journey.  What a sad disappointment.  Nice filming, nice sets and scenes, decent acting, a few good lines (only got halfway; couldn't go on), BUT the writing and/or directing was all over the place.  There was a bit of everything magical and fantastic, but it just jumped from one thing to another with not even a shred of credibility to hold it together.  Seems a lot of people liked it (?), but it was a complete waste of money and time for me.
163064
I was expecting BIG things from Sim City 5 but found it utterly disappointing. I spent forever connecting to the server before I gave up. This is a terrible product. I will be spending $0 on DLC.