kind of sucked compared to the hype
598680
not that bright... kind of sucked compared to the hype...
559879
Ok, I fell for all the hype on this game and plunked down the Half C-note for it.  There are VERY few above average graphics, and the game as a whole is blah.  I played for a few hours hoping to get to the heart of the game, but I never got into it.  Xbox has some great games, but I don't think this one will become a legend.
509137
I honestly don't understand the hype behind Dishonored. For years all I've heard is how AMAZING and WONDERFUL this game is, so I bought it when the price went down. No. This game is just... no.  The story is stupid and completely predictable. The text is HORRIBLE - I can't read it on my screen half the time, so I have to GUESS what the hell it says/what is going on.  There is very little world building, very little exploration.  I can't believe how SHORT this game was. I finished it in about a day and a half..

The characters are bland and unbelievable, I felt nothing for any of them. The plot was STUPID - oh look, another dude who gets his woman fridged  so he has to avenge her WOW THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE A MILLION TIMES BEFORE. I was turned off by the sole purpose of the game because it was just.. slaughtering people - which, yes, that's like 90% of gaming these days but damn, at least throw some more side quests, or exploration, or SOMETHING other than see a guard, kill a guard, see a plague victim, kill the plague victim, whoop next level.

Completely a mediocre game.  It felt like a knock-off of Bioshock Infinite, which I'd rather play any day. I'm glad I only paid five bucks for this game. Its okay to kill a couple of hours with but definitely NOT worth the insane amount of hype it got.
1144244
What may be one person's treasure may well be another's . . . well you get the gist. After all the raving and 5-star reviews, I decided to join the crowd. But for me, this one just didn't live up to its hype and hit its mark. In fact, it was an epic disappointment.

This book is written in two-parts  with a seven year separation between. Greta and Elec (every time I read his name I wished it had just been Alec ) are step-siblings and meet for the first time when they are seniors in high school and then it picks up again when they are 25. In much of the book the h/h are apart  Elec in California and Greta in NYC. Both find new relationships and life moves on. A family death brings them face-to-face once again.

The whole premise of forbidden love truly wasn't even an issue here in my opinion. They are step-siblings  no blood relation  and didn't even meet until they were 18 years old. And Elec lived in the same house for several months only. Basically, they were total strangers. So take out that taboo element and youve just got two teenagers living under the same roof with a bad case of lust. They toss around a lot of trash talk and play silly tricks on each other. The parents are oblivious to all the nonsense and there are certain instances where they should have been front and center. They seem to completely ignore their kids and offer no supervision. I was astonished at their lack of intervention. To me, that was the biggest forbidden issue.

Elec had some pretty good lines of dialogue. He definitely had the tormented bad boy image going on. And his reasons for the bad behavior he exhibited were to some extent justified; but in others not so much. And it didn't matter whether or not he was 18 or 25.

Same goes for Greta. She had little respect for herself. She took about anything Elec threw at her as a teenager and then again when she was 25. I wanted to yell at her to get a grip and dish his crap back at him. Instead she stood at the ready for any tiny scrap of attention he tossed her way. She gave it all away and he let her.

And the way Elecs POV is exposed is entirely a repetitive redo of what has already been read  only now its in italics! Waste of time and does nothing to move the story forward or shed new light on Elecs feelings.

I just didn't find much of anything realistic or stimulating. There was sexual chemistry and lots of vulgar and sexual innuendoes floating around throughout but meaningless. Nothing seemed real or meaningful  even when the HEA is unveiled.

Stepbrother Dearest is a standalone novel.
566654
Our local school has limited this book to specific grade levels so I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. I did not care for the book and I felt it did not live up to the hype surrounding it. I could easily see how a teenager could immerse themselves into the main character but as an adult, I was able to see through this ploy. This skill comes with age and life experience something most teenagers have yet to master.

In their electronic world, the internet has created a place where adolescents are bombarded 24/7 with how they should look, act and the consequences of not doing so ~ very scary for a parent and unfortunately when books like this are out there, it is just another piece of trash jammed into an already full head of low self-esteem that parents have to deal with on the front lines everyday
4180348
I think this book recieved more hype than the book deserved, definitely did not enjoy this book and felt that the story line had no focus and the ending was very poorly put together
2259008
Islandia is way over hyped.  Not a bad world it has all the details you could want, it just lacks drive.  I found I could not care about the big vote or any of the folks in the book. To be fair I am an avid reader and will read more [stuff] than I care to admit so maybe I came at this with a low brow view. The whole thing made me wish that I had bought something else with my money. I gave my copy to the libary, no one should have to pay for this book what I did.
1008145
It's all hype. You'd think a futuristic FPS MMORPG would be super cool.. but honestly, the game was just poorly made. It's nothing but grinding. The gameplay gets boring after about an hour.. such a waste of money. Multiplayer is completely unbalanced since people of higher levels have access to better gear.

The campaign's story line would be an interesting article to read, but it's almost dreadful to play through. Everyone else that I know picked up this game dropped it within a week. I happened to drop it the day that I bought it and I haven't picked it up since.
2006228
I won't reiterate what most have said about the game other than it was most definitely not worth the $60 price tag.  I wanted so much for this game to be all the hype, but it failed.  The scenery and landscape were beautiful, not as great as Destiny bu it was still pretty.  Just wait for this game to drop to about $20 before you even think about buying it.
1603635
Did not help at all, all the hype is unwarranted very disappointed.
930876
While the previous reviewer had issues with the screenplay format, I found that to be mildly annoying and would have continued if the story and dialog lived up to the promotional hype.  Just didn't ring my bell!  I got through 21% of the book and asked myself "why am I wasting time with this?"
600725
After reading all of the glowing reviews, I was somewhat eager to taste what cashew juice would be like. Much to my surmise, it wasn't all that bad. But, it definitely was not worth all of the excess hype. It tasted somewhat like a very watered down version of carrot/pineapple/orange tropical fruit juice with a mild nutty aftertaste. Whoo whee. No magic or sparks. Now I can get on with my life. Not that bad of product, but nothing you can't afford to passup.

One thing I didn't like was that despite the depiction of a straw on the front of the carton, one did not come with my shipment. I don't know if got lost upon delivery or if one simply does not come with it at all. If the latter is the case, then I think it's a bit unfair to be that misleading. I know for sure that I did not like having to look for a glass to pour this into and the container is not all that easy and confortable to try drinking directly out of.

Furthermore, why in the heck did they decide to pack this as 11 ounces? It's nit picking, I know, but a wise observer would be able to tell that no matter what you do, you're either put in the bad situation of having too much for one individual's glass but still too little for two people to split it evenly and be left with enough. That is certainly frustrating when all you want to do is have juice.

If you decide to buy this, serve it thoroughly chilled and without ice. It tastes bad when it's warm and too watery when you add ice cubes. It'll also go well with a little hard alcohol mixed in it, preferably gin or rum.

Oh yeah, and it's made in Brazil, so if you've got a problem with imported products from that region (I don't, but I know some people who do), just a heads up.
3405647
Not horrible, but definitely did not live up to the hype. I wish I had the time I spent reading it back.
1347217
Game was hyped up far to much. The final product was just a giant turd of a next gen game. The concept is vary cool but the whole design and feel of the game sucks.
1760265
I was intrigued by the trailer, it seemed like a really original idea.  And I suppose it is, but nothing really happens until the final 20 minutes or so.  Way too much filler in the middle.  But all in all it was worth the $4, there are FAR worse horror movies out there.
725724
Expected  more  after  all the  hype. I  found  the pre-apocolyptic story lines pretty  interesting, which  kept me reading this  book...but  some of the  rest  was just  boring  to me. The end...terrible. ...mildly  interesting  book.
3673663
I have been avoiding this book after hearing that the main character's first name is Sookie, but seeing so many wonderful reviews, I figured I should check out what all the hype was about.  Let me also mention that Sookie roughly translates to '[...]' from Russian, but I do realize that Ms. Harris had no way of knowing that. Oh my was I disappointed with this book, first names aside.  Everyone in town thought that Sookie was crazy due to her rumored 'disability', but I really can't blame them after her odd behavior.  She laughs for no reason, acts like a complete airhead most of the time (being called naive is too mild a word), doesn't seem to possess any depth and even when she tries to show compassion it only goes so far, doesn't think through a single action, and completely embraces her own stupidity. Based on her descriptions, it really appears that the towns people got it right, and she is not entirely there most of the time. It's also mentioned that she is well read, but I don't remember her ever picking up a single book while getting a tan or whatever she did all day. Also she mentioned that she only lived with her elderly grandmother to help her out, but the poor lady cooked and cleaned while the lazy 25 year old lounged around the house. How's that helping?

And then there is Bill.  I realize that Ms. Harris tried to make a joke out of the name, but it fell completely flat.  I still don't know what he is, since his character is not well developed.  Is he a monster? Is he a sweet guy next door? Or is he just completely boring and uninteresting by nature? I don't know (although I'm leaning towards the last) and the writer didn't seem fit to fill us in on his personality traits.  One of the reviewers wrote that all the characters in this book are two-dimensional and I couldn't agree more.  There is no substance to any of them. I admit that I know very little of Southern behaviors being from the East Coast, but a lot of the stereotypes mentioned in this book came out offensive in my opinion.

Whomever compared this book to any of Hamilton's works got it completely wrong.  I agree that Ms. Hamilton has gone overly x-rated in her latest books, but she is still a wonderful writer and every one of her characters is amazingly well developed.  In comparison, 'Dead Until Dark' reads like the diary ramblings of a mentally challenged 16 year old girl (I upped the age from 12 since almost every other word out of Sookie's mouth was about sex).