Well below my expectations
585802
Does not lay still, moves about on the dashboard... the material inside the "bumps", makes an anoying noice, i do not like this at all...
3593571
When I saw this knife, i thought it would be a great addition to my kitchen. I was hopeful that this knife would be as nice in person as it appears in the picture. Although it wasn't misrepresented in the photo (looks the same in person), I guess my expectations were set too high. It feels too light and.. well, cheap. Also, I expected that it would be slightly smaller than it is. I'll increase my budget, and purchase a higher quality item.
3061302
Not nearly dark enough - much too weak

I have to say I had HOPE that this would be something good, but am sure I will continue to be disappointed in the blend. I guess it just isn't quite mature enough to have anything of substance behind it. The ONE thing I especially didn't like is that I had to pay for it in the first place. I mean, after all, doesn't the constitution guarantee me free coffee (and everything else)? Well, I certainly think that those rich folks on the hill should SPREAD THE WEALTH and buy me some of this stuff.
903954
I had high hopes for this album after seeing it reviewed well in a magazine.  However, I'm disappointed in it.  I don't feel the songs were 'tuned up'; there are too many places where I feel let down by sections that feel rushed.  Do note that I generally don't take my politics through music.  I'm only here to be entertained.  This was was a detractor for me as well.
3540330
Maybe it's just me, but I expected so much more from this book. I thought it would be wittier, more original, and use humor to inspire middle aged women like me. Instead I found it to be a negative read and it just brought me down. Sorry, no recommendation from me on this one.
2850330
I had great hopes for this album when I bought it, especially with all the guest appearances being artists that I actually like to hear regularly. But this definatley disapoints. LB just didn't bring the heat this time around. But what bothers me isn't the fact that I didn't like it all that much, its that half the damn CD isn't what was listed.

On the track listing above, the first half of the trakcs are as they are on the CD, but the second half are all different. I was especially looking for Grown Man on this album, but when I got it, no such luck for me. In fact, there are no real big names to speak of whatsoever on this album in terms of guest spots. So if anyone out there has an answer to my dilema, please let me know, because the tracks that Amazon noted are the ones I looked forward to hearing the most, and what I got was crap.

Anyway, the album isn't really all that great to me. Having boosted my expectations from Mistral Show and Get Back, I was really expecting something great here but no such luck. Their mixtape No Justus No Peace was much better then this was, easily. There was nothing special about the production, and the lyrics, while still good, just weren't as hot as they were their last few projects. There are a few good songs on here, but this CD definitely won't be getting heavy rotation in my CD player. Whats worse is that I payed 10 bucks for it. But whatever, I'll get past it, and hope that LB will do better the next time they drop.

....And Justus For All gets a 2.5 from me.
2256771
Wasn't what I expected. As least it was inexpensive
498871
Considering what I paid Im puzzled with myself for expecting more. What I want is a thousand dollar commercial grade grinder selling for a dollar ninety eight. What I have is something the domestic gurus among us are going to poo poo in a hurry. Im sorry, it's cheap and nasty. The job it has to do is not a pleasure cruise either and it does do an acceptable job doing as was advertised. And nothing more. It seems I was expecting a romantic tour d'force at the moment I put my money down. This is not a kitchen love affair waiting to happen. She wants diamonds not fish paste. Shame on me.
4557158
It wasn't up to my expectation.  The plot wasn't realistic.  It was difficult for me to keep up with the characters, buts that me probably my fault.
1613846
Not as good as I thought it would. But maybe I have been expecting too much.
2510749
I feel the synopsis of what the book is about makes it sound a lot better than what it is.  I wanted to like this book, I really did. I had high hopes for it.  Unfortunately, it didn't do much for me.  I was expecting more of a ghost story. Instead I got more of a sci-fi story, and one that wasn't very good.

Jacob's grandfather tells him of a magical island of which he spent his childhood. He shows him photos and tells him stories about the peculiar children he grew up with. As Jacob becomes a teenager, he stops believing in his grandfather's ridiculous stories until something awful happens. Jacob travels to the mysterious island to find out about his grandfather.  Little does he know that by going to that island he's put himself and many others in danger.

First off, I thought the word building/setting were fantastic.  The author made me feel as if I was on the island. I'll give him props there.  The description of the world was beautifully described.

I couldn't relate very much to the characters. I can't really place why that is.  I just couldn't connect.  I found myself not caring what happened to any of them.  Perhaps the author should've spent a bit more time character building to make me relate to at least one the characters.  The characters just felt a bit one dimensional.  There wasn't even one that I could remotely say that I favourited. Okay, that's a lie. I liked Fiona, the Irish girl, but I only liked her because she was Irish, and I love all things Irish. That's it.

I found the pacing to be a bit slow. I'd read a chapter, then I'd get bored with it and go off to do something else. I really struggled with this book.  There are a couple of chapters that the pacing is great in, but it's not until the last two chapters that the pacing definitely picks up.

The dialogue was easy to understand although some Americans may not get all the slang British terms.  There was one scene where a character says "I was taking a piss" where he meant that he was joking around. The phrase he meant was "taking the piss" which is a British slang phrase for joking.  "Taking a piss" isn't a typo either as it's mentioned a few more times.  This annoyed me because taking a piss, is just that, it means urinating. "Taking the piss" means to be joking around.  Other than that, the dialogue was good.

The best part of the book was the photographs found within the book. I loved that little touch! I found myself studying the photos and enjoying them a million times better than the actual book.

The cover is also something I loved about the book.  How freaky does that little girl look??? The German cover looks even better.  It's the same photo, just with a green hue.  If I was marking the book based on the cover alone, it'd get 5 out of 5 for me.

The title of the book doesn't really leave anything to make you wonder what the books about. It says exactly what the book is about - a home for peculiar children.

All in all, this book left me feeling empty. I didn't really feel much of anything reading it until I got to the last two chapters where it got exciting.  However, I will not put myself through the torture of reading the second book in the series especially as I don't care about the characters or what happens to them.  I'm just glad I won this book in a competition and didn't buy it.

I was going to give this book a 2 - 2.5 star rating but the ending saved it a bit.

My overall score of this book would be 3 stars out of 5 at the best. It's okay, but not great.

(This review can be found on my blog).
1401872
Not as nice as I hoped for. For the price I paid I expected more.
519753
Meh. I won't return it, but I'm not terribly impressed either. Oh well. In hindsight, I would have researched a bit more; it is not very expensive, so, meh!
3009944
It's not what I expected.  A real disappointment.
1537023
I did not meet my expectations. I was on the cheap side compared to others I have looked at but it's not worth the hassel to return it.
2138903
This was less than I had hoped for.  Very simplestic. Guess I should have expected it. Idiot's Guide.
3275998
I am not sure why I bought this, it didn't live up to my expectations for the product.  In fact I need to see about selling it again.