not what i was expecting
587110
loved the area and how they writer put you right into the wilderness of Alaska, didn't know it would be so spiritual, but I can see how being so immersed in nature you can find God all around you.  she went there to find answers from an old boyfriend but felt God's presence that helped her decide her path thru life.
2375746
This book was not what I expected from the sample I read.  Probably just me!  I will have to try another book  by this author.
1874180
This book is totally different than what I was expecting.  I was expecting a true crime recollection from an actual childhood murderer.  What I got was a wild, drug-influenced, sex and murder-filled wall of words.  It is simply the oddest book I have ever read.  I'm not saying the book was horrible, and I feel privileged to have read it for some reason, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.  If you happen to be actively seeking it out, then you will read it regardless.
2779041
I wasn't sure about this book as it is not the type of story I would normally read. It did manage to keep me interested but the end was incredibly disappointing. It didn't bring  everything together as I thought it would.
2300156
I like the Bernstein Bears books but this is not what I expected. From the title, I thought it would be about adjusting to a sibling but theres not any of that. Its just about brother bear getting a bigger bed in time for sister to come but no talk about birth or being a big brother or how a big sibling might feel about the baby.
4361718
I was excited to read this book because i was told that it was different from the vamp stories that are coming out now a days. I did not expect what i read though. When i met some characters, i felt like i had to translate what they were saying. I had to slow down a bit to take the story in.
3128259
Not really what I was expecting.....kinda boring actually....
1219223
This short book was a lot different than I thought it would be.  The blurb let me know there was an insta-love situation going on and normally that isn't my cup of tea but I figured I'd give it a try.  Try to suspend my disbelief at their love-at-first-sight.  I was able to choke that down (even though it didn't really come across that way to me) but I really couldn't get past the fact that Madden was the President of a motorcycle club AND a merman.  Huh.  Even though the cover of the book shows a mermaid I didn't see that one coming.  I also didn't expect Hali to turn out to be a mermaid.  Or for Hali to be the daughter of a merman who was king of the merpeople.  (If merpeople is even the correct word!)  Or for Hali's father to expect her to marry a merman who was going to be king next.  OR for Madden to actually be that dude's long-lost older brother and the TRUE heir to the kingdom!  Please don't even get me started on the description of their mersex!!!
3741340
So i ordered this hoodie a few days ago and it came today. I didn't have to wait long at all for it, which i was very happy about. But when i opened it i was disappointed because it was not what i expected. I thought it was going to be a normal hoodie, you know with the pocket and draw stings for the hood. Nopee. It was just a thermal looking long sleeve with a hood on it. Its quite thin also. For $34 i honestly don't think it is worth it but ohh well.
4649336
Don't know what I was expecting, but this was not it. This does not read like a story, it reads more like a text book. If you want facts from the case and quotes from the accused, this has all of those things. I guess I was looking for a gossipy beach read and it didn't feel like that.
4151635
This was the first book I have read by this author and it was good enough to keep my attention to the end...but not what I was expecting from the title and the description.  I would most likely pick up something else by this author and see if it would be more to my likes.
3914251
More like a 3.5.  I am conflicted about how I felt about this book.  I enjoyed it for the most part.  I really did.  But it wasn't what I was expecting, wanting, desiring to read at the moment.

I have read/listened to Diana Rowland's White Trash Zombie books.  I was hoping for something like those but with a different heroine, if you.  Think about that for a moment.  We all hate when an author writes the same book but with a different heroine.  So my premise was all wrong to begin with.

Anyhoo, don't be looking for Angel in Kara.  Are there similarities?  Yes.  But the Kara Gillian book was darker.  There was not as much humor.  Kara is not as disingenuous as our zombie gal Angel, nor is she all that worldly wise.  But she knows what she is from day 1.  There is no fumbling around, in humorous ways, to figure out how to deal with her situation.

I have told you what it is not.  Now I will share what it is.

Kara Gillian is a cop. But she is a cop with an outside life that includes her being a summoner.  She summons demons. Now, these demons will do stuff for summoners, but there are different levels of demons one can summon.  If you summon a demon that is not of a mind to be summoned, you could be opening up a can of demonic worms you really don't want to open.

And Kara does just that.  But Kara can't figure out why or how she did it.  She didn't want to.  But she did.  And of course, the demon doesn't shed any light on the situation for her.

So what we have is a cop with an unwanted demon.  And then next thing you know, we have a cop with serial killer on her hands.  Coincidence?  I think not.

So the story takes us through the machinations of the serial killer, and the machinations of a demon lord with an agenda.  Kara is the focal point of both.

There are a lot of red herrings in this book.  Red herrings that you can smell.  That is not my favorite plot device.  They did seem a bit heavy handed.

I also had some issues with Kara's initial meeting with the demon.  I didn't "approve" of what happened, nor did I approve when it happened again.  But it is all explained away in a PC kind of way so I decided not to get my panties in a twist.

I listened to the Audible version.  The narrator is Liv Anderson.  I can't remember listening to her before, but I will now seek out books she has narrated. I thought she did a wonderful job.
4099150
This came up under my search for "apocalypse" reading. I was expecting "40 days to the end of the world" literally - THE END. Instead, it's about an older guy that walks a 40 day religious journey - over hill and dale - and has trouble communicating with the locals. NOT what I was expecting at all.
2432597
We've never smoked anything before and after reading reviews and finding this book was highly rated I decided to go ahead and make the purchase.  It wasn't at all what I expected.  I was hoping for basics to get us started, but this book seemed to be written for folks who'd been smoking for a while.  I'll still use it, it just won't be the first book I pick up when getting ready to smoke.
79536
Not what I was expecting from the title (a book of puzzles).  This is actually more teaching about codes, how they are created, etc.  It includes puzzles from each type discussed.  Not sorry I bought this book but would not have bought it had I seen it in a store, as it is not exactly what I usually consider fun.
1221278
Not what I expected.  It was a bit boring for me.
4736298
This book isn't what I expected, it isn't a bad book by any means, just not what I was expecting....