Disappointing series is spiralling down
598888
One of her worse.  Boring, dialog  long drawn out plot.  I have been a fan of the series for years.  It was a struggle to finish the book.  Very disappointed in the last few books.  I will wait to buy anymore until after the reviews. Waste of my time and money
3624613
This will be the last of the Destroyer books for me.  The series, which started out as an intelligent parody of the "Men's Adventure" genre, has become the thing it set out to parody.
It's apparent the current writers do not understand the underlying premise and are attempting to write the series as straight genre.  Worse, they can't even be bothered to read some of the original books to get a feel for the characters.  The behavior of Remo and Chiun in this book is so badly distorted from the original intent that they can only be recognized by their names.
It was a good ride while it lasted, but it's over.  I expect the publisher will let the series die once they realize they've lost their audience and the books aren't selling -- and not a moment too soon.
3871579
I enjoyed the first books in the series. However, the last few have just become too repetitive. There has been nothing new, and no real plot twists, just the same stuff put together in slightly different ways. Unless Fiona can come up with something decidedly different, it is time to give this series a rest. When the majority of the ratings are 3's, you have lost your audience. I was a fan, but I won't be reading another one.
3744403
Not so much any more. This used to be my favorite series. It used to have exciting plots and wonderful, charming characters. Not so much any more. Now the plots are thin and boring. Now the characters are trite and flat.

The last two books have killed this series for me. Brown no longer seems to care about her stories or her readers. She spends most of her time, every third page or so, boring us and pulling the reader out of the story by beating us over the head with her political agenda. I don't buy these books to read pages of diatribes about how evil the government is, Rep. or Dem. You're a Libertarian-All govt. bad. We get it already.

Harry has become boring, preachy and I expect her next adventure will be in a survivalist training camp learning to spot black heliocopters.  Maybe she needs to be single again cause since she remarried Fair she's become totally unlikable.

Oh, and the ending/motive of this was ridiculous. Brown pulled the wrap-up for this out of her...er...out of thin air.
1315966
I've been reading and collecting BATW volumes since 2000, and for years it has been one of the highlights of my yearly reading list. But for the third year in a row the collection disappoints to the point of being irritating. Either the genre is in steep decline or series editor Jason Wilson has run his course and needs to move on to new endeavors, giving someone else a chance to breath new life into the series. Until the publisher makes a change I doubt I'll be buying or reading future editions.
1860757
I once loved this series, but for years they have become so poor in so many ways. It's as if names and clues are being pulled out of a hat for the purpose of getting another book out. Just end it, it's not worth the paper they are printed on, how sad.
3566223
The 9th book in the series was a let down. After the realism of the earlier books, it seems like the author is running out of steam and trying to wrap it up.
3257655
I don't know if it's because Meg Cabot has lost her touch (which may be the reason all of Mia's adventures are becoming predictable and overdone) or what, but I was very disappointed by Cabot's 5th installment in this series. The Princess Diaries initially drew me in because I could believe Mia as a real 14-year-old, but as the series is progressing, Mia seems to be regressing. In Princess in Pink, Mia's search for self-actualization (which at this point has slowed to a snail's pace) seems to entail acting like a sheltered sixth grader and involves a tiresome amount of CAPITAL LETTERS and exclamation points (...). The scenes that used to be fresh and funny have become stale and are bordering on the absurd. Mia needs to begin realizing some of her potential or I'm going to begin self-actualizing myself away from this previously charming, and currently pedantic, series.
3725547
I keep hoping this series will get back on track!  I loved the first 10 books, and the next few were okay, but since 13 or 14, it's been all downhill.  I've read posts on the web claiming Janet's daughter now writes the books, and I didn't believe it until this one - the characters all seem off, somehow. Their voices no longer ring true, it recycles jokes and lines we've heard 2 or 3 times now! It just goes nowhere, like Stephanie herself.  I thought there was a chance a few books ago where Steph considered working for Ranger where she could have shown some personal growth and maturity, but that option also vanished.  The plots don't change, the characters don't change, and all I can say is, what a shame.  Steph is lost, and so is my interest.
4655347
This is the last of the series that I can say I enjoyed. Even then I thought there was too much running around, and not enough figuring things out by our hero. For a guy who can foreshadow and is allegedly pretty smart, Alex keeps doing dumb things. He's spent 4 books reacting to everything, and at some point he needed to just up and get out of London if things were going to continue to be this unsafe for him and his friends. For a series that started off well and was enjoyable, it's sad that it's merely tolerable by book 5, and books 6 and 7 are just blah. Where most series become more interesting, and the writers become more polished with characters they have worked with over multiple books, that's not the case with Jacka and this series. Every book it feels like he's writing for these characters for the first or second time. The writing itself doesn't become easier to read, unlike Butcher and Aaronovitch became as their similar series went along. This is the last book I bought for the series, and borrowed the next two from a friend. I won't be reading past 7, as it's become more of a chore than it should.
4908783
I enjoyed this book, but it was definitely a disappointment.  The first four books in the series were so awesome, and the fifth one was okay, so you're really rooting for this one to be good.  But it doesn't take a keen observer to see that the train is gathering speed, and this series is about to go off the rails.
351581
I absolutely loved this series when it began. Anita was strong, the characters vivid, the dialogue witty, the action non-stop and the stories were entertaining.

This book was utterly disappointing. Throughout the last several books, Anita has turned into a selfish, whiney brat who has to be the center of attention.

The book could have been 300 pages or less. I nearly quit reading when the first OVER 200 pages was nothing more than a phonecall from Edward and pages upon pages of explaining the details and nuances of the plethora of relationships, arguments, explanations of why minor characters don't respect certain characters, and pretty much just over-explaining and justifying the poly lifestyle. It was honestly boring and extremely difficult to continue reading.

Not to mention that the characters that used to be so vivid and different have lost their individuality. With the exception of their descriptions, you could actually drop any character into any role and it would make no difference.

I think this may have been my last purchase of an LKH novel. I have been a loyal reader of this series, but when the story takes a back seat to the explanations and justification of the life choices, it isn't worth it. I have been hoping for a return to the adventure, the occasional steamy sex scene, the humor and wit but the last several books have shown that the plot train is now so far off the track it has turned into an ATV. Read at your own risk.
3498261
This is no longer a mystery. This series has become a very dull and boring drama. This is the book where I say it's enough. It seems very unlikely to me that the series will get any better and I don't want to read 1-star  and 2-star books.
4404353
Ok, I have loved this series from the start and was excitedly anticipating this addition to the series.  While people have said the last book was a disappointment to the series as well, it still was acceptable, especially compared to this installment.

While many of the books in the series suffered form a plethora of technical errors, i.e. misnaming several ammunition calibers.  I was able to overlook many of them.  However, this last addition to the series was definitely a let down.  There are multiple continuity errors namely calling "Grey fox" from the earlier books "Black fox" and so on.  also it seems to be missing half the book.  I was listening to it and looked at the time remaining and nothing exciting had happened yet.  Infact, I felt 45-50% of the book was a rehash of the backstory with many many plot inconsistencies.

All in all I am thankful I didn't pay anything for this work and doubt I will read any future installments, especially if this is the caliber of work I can expect.  Very Disappointing!
991276
The first and second book in the series were great. Now it seem the author is just writing words that
will fill a book that can be sold as part of a great series that is now not very interesting.
3613365
This series like her Psychic Eye series are just going downhill. The characters are getting more and more whiny and self centered. I loved the first book or two of this series and the first several of her other series but this one is gonna be the last one i buy by this author period. I read to escape the world and when the story just makes ya want to smack the characters that's not good escape. lol
4076573
I am a huge DaVinci Code fan, but man this series has been on a steady decline in quality.  What used to feel like a fresh narrative style has really started to become cliched and no longer captivates me in quite the same way.

This story in particular has some interesting ideas but the story progression just doesn't make you want to see it through to the end.

I really had to force myself to finish it just because I've invested so much in the other stories in the series.