Good but disappointing
589078
Slash is one of my favourite villains in TMNT and I really enjoyed his appearance in the 2012 franchise. I was looking forward to this action figure but I got really disappointed on the paint job. It's not as good as how it appears on this photo. The scale is not right, he's supposed to be bigger than the other turtles but he appears much shorter. The back of his shell is painted lime green all over, his finger nails aren't painted and his feet and toe nails are the same colour as his leg bandage. The sculpture is pretty good though, especially his plastron and its brownish yellow color. The articulation is okay. Shoulder joints can be rotated and moved up and down, elbows can bend, leg joints can rotate but knees can't bend. The quality isn't as good as the old ones but is still a must have for a tmnt collector.
3673593
This book was about what I've come to expect from the English Garden series (by far not one of her best).  Her characters are recycled from previous works, and the plots are the same.  However, her writing was engaging, and though familiar (If you've read the Rocky Mountain series, you'll remember the twin boys who make a repeat appearance here with different names), the characters were poignant.  The ending was the most disappointing, since I always enjoy Lori Wick's signature way of ending a series by fast forwarding a few years and tying up all the loose ends for all her characters.  She did try to do that, but I felt a bit more time and words, for that matter, could have been spent on the epilogue.  I felt a bit let down.  It sort of felt like she just wanted to finish writing it, and get it published.  This whole series has felt more like a money-maker project rather than "I have this story in my head and I just can't wait to write it down".  That's too bad, because I've seen what Lori Wick is capable of in the past.  Try the Kensington Chronicles by Lori Wick if you want great romance and adventure.  This series isn't quite up to par.
2471953
Well, this one left me kind of flat. I love Mr. Aaronovitch's Rivers of London series - it's some of the best fantasy writing out there today and certainly the best urban fantasy I've ever read, and I eagerly look for each new installment's publication. That said, The Furthest Station was a letdown.

For starters, it's extremely short - I wasn't aware that I was purchasing a novella rather than a full volume, and that was disappointing. Second, as other reviewers have mentioned, it feels very rushed and lacks a lot of the humor, descriptive detail and general joie de vrie of the other Peter Grant books. And third, there's no mention of the primary antagonist of the series and/or advancement of the plot there.

The bad stuff out of the way, there's still some good to be found - this isn't a terrible book by any means, Abigail is a good character, and a Peter Grant story is always welcome. Unfortunately, though, the final verdict for me is that it felt flat overall and the writing wasn't quite up to the extremely high standards Mr. Aaronovitch has set with his previous novels.

I sincerely hope that this installment doesn't signal the decline of the Rivers of London novels. I realize that the author is also busy with the comic book (pardon me, graphic novel) series of the same name, but I'd much rather read actual books, especially with a writer as talented as Mr. Aaronovitch, so I hope that his focus hasn't shifted too far away from that. I'll file The Furthest Station away as entertaining, but ultimately unfulfilling, and return to eagerly awaiting the next great Peter Grant novel.
10244
There was a lot of hype about this book and the synopsis made it sound amazing. However, I feel let down.  From the synopsis I assumed we would get this tough as nails Tate and a groveling Jared.  Well...I got neither.  While Tate displayed growth and some strength she ended up groveling and Jared...he was an ass for half the book and then semi ok for the rest - he had his sweet moments but they were few and far between.  Jared returned to his bullying ways and Tate returned to continually opening her heart and forgiving him even though he NEVER say's "I'm sorry"
Yes, he explains his absence but its seemed empty to me.
I wish we could have got the book that the synopsis indicated.  Overall, it was a good book and it did provide us with a HEA. I just felt incomplete and empty in some ways.
2502687
Parts of this book were just lovely and inspired. I particularly loved the chapters in which Willa was the narrator, and the chapters made up of letters written by Layla Beck. However, I'd say the novel took a wrong turn about 3/4 of the way through. Without turning this review into a spoiler, I'll only say that I found the book disappointing from the point at which the "truth" was finally revealed about what happened with Felix, Vause, Sol, and the fire. The dialog in this scene seemed forced and unnatural. It felt as though the author suddenly faced a deadline and needed to wrap things up quickly. There seemed to be no continuity in the character of Sol from one chapter to another. I also found how things turned out to be unsatisfying.

In places, the novel is really skillfully written and enjoyable...but on the whole, I was disappointed.
4043709
I have loved reading these books, but this one left me disappointed. It is not that I didn't like the book and the story, but when I finished it, I felt like there should be a lot more. It felt like the middle chapters to a larger book. I wanted more, and it looks like he is leaving that for the next two...
795086
Though I have liked this author's books in the past, this one was disappointing.

I know that one of the reviewer's said that Carla's story was "the good one" but I felt just the opposite.  Yes, her journey was harrowing but let's not forget that everything she was doing was to get to this country illegally and then take advantage of free education, medical care, etc.

I found Alice's story much more interesting and would have like to have seen more about the "big sister" relationship with a troubled teen-ager she is talked into by the local principal of a school that is struggling to survive.  Evian (the "little sister") seemed interesting and real to me.

After Alice's struggles with infertility and a failed adoption, she reaches out to fill her need to nurture - first a puppy and then Evian, who she finds interesting and compelling, but also sees there could be trouble ahead.

This book lacked the author's usual "wow" moment at the end of her books.  I doubt anyone didn't see coming what happened.  Skip this book and read her "How to be Lost."  It's terrific.
468843
I love Becca Fktzpatrick and this book but it seems to be missing the enemy's plan. I mean Nora's dad cant kill her when Patch is around so why is the dad out to get her? Thi was interesting but disappointing at the same time.
4424543
First of all spoilers bellow:

I want to start by say I still liked the book I was great as is all of chima's work. With that said there were a few things that I was hopeful for but got let down.
I liked that they came back to the fells and the queendom we love. This book gave us some really good new charecters like Alyssa, Capitan Maelston, Shadow, etc. I liked them all and I added some awesome new color. But this book felt less like a second book and more like a parrralel to the first book. I disappointed me that Ash wasn't given even a single P.o.v. . Even though he was mentioned a few times I felt a little empty without him.
It did occasionally make me happy the Jenna had a P.o.v. but there was only a single mention of him from which was confusing because i thought they had a deeper conection than that.
The ending started with a cool siege at the Chalk Cliffs. I was really cool until all of a sudden the book was over and I thought there could have been much more.

For the next book/last book I would love to see something that is up ward of 700 pages to tie all the characters together.
4679318
Even though I still enjoyed this book and I would still recommend everyone to follow the series,it was a let down. The translator mixed Bagheera  and Tigress  which made it confusing to follow. If you  hadn't reread  the series , you would have been lost. The  action was  nonstop and  there were some surprises. I will  keep following the series.
4046796
I thoroughly enjoyed the book till about the last 4 or 5 chapters. I thought the beginning was well-written and left a lot of room for sub-plot expansion and development that would have made the over-all plot much more interesting. The ending, however, didn't live up to the beginning, leaving a lot of questions unanswered or with very disappointing resolutions. The death scene came across as needless and (to be honest)..., almost like it was thrown in as an afterthought instead of intending to be meaningful like in the 4th book. Over all, the ending was disappointing, instead of expanding the current plot, it seemed to reinterate what the previous 4 books have already established. It seemed like Rowlings was rushed when writing those last few chapters, though I wouldn't have minded waiting longer for a more complete book.
By all means, not bad and overall enjoyable, but clearly not the best out of the series.
3205084
I was really looking forward to reading this as I had read her previous book "Summer at Mt Hope" and was really please that one had been made into a movie. Unfortunately although I did enjoy the read it also reminded me of all the things that had annoyed me in the previous book. There are some amazing characters but I don't think they get treated with with enough depth, the plot has some amazing twists but the never really get developed, and the fragments we learn about Tilly's past, which underpin the entire story, are only ever treated superficially. I would have liked to see a much better developed story and a better paced ending - I feel it was resolved far too quickly and simplistically - my main criticism of "Summer at Mt Hope" - it feels like there's a word limit that can't be exceeded and the story has taken up too words so the ending must be crammed into the small number of words left. It left me unsatisfied. Am now going to see the movie and hoping that perhaps some of these issues are resolved in the script.
3039075
I love Jamie McGuire. Beautiful Disaster came out at a time in my life where I needed to escape and it kept providing that for me over and over. However, with Walking Disaster revealing not revealing anything new to that story, I had high hopes for Beautiful Oblivion. Jamie is a wonderful writer, (especially loved Red Hill) but she needs a new storyline. Oblivion felt like a rehash of both disasters and the amount of super-involved (and similiarly named!) secondary characters had my head spinning. I wanted SO MUCH MORE of Trenton. I had such high hopes to love him like I love Travis. But I felt like by the end he was slipping through the cracks and I just lost connection. Cami was a great character, but she spent too much time at odds with the 93204823904 characters in the book. Not to mention, I figured out the TJ twist  before the end of the first chapter. I'm only giving this three stars because I love the Maddox boys, but I wanted to see a whole new story and world (and I thought timeframe!), but it was too much of the previous books and no new insights. I felt like this was written in a rush without giving it time to breathe and really have the important characters shine through.
3100047
I was a big fan of Halo: ODST and found this book good but it left me with a sense of disappointment about the characters. Halo: ODST has a lot of dialog and cut scenes in it so the player could build a rapport with the characters and I found that book was pretty bleak about the what happened to Alpha 9 after the events of Halo: ODST. I know that Halo MC edition will soon get a refreshed version of Halo: ODST and I suspect knowing what I now know about some of the characters, is going to make part of the game play feel slightly empty.
619866
I wanted to like this book more.  The main characters in this story were better than in the first book of the series.  And like the first book, the story is good, but just very unfinished.  I don't know how many more books it's going to take to wrap everything up.  Each book has furthered the plot a bit, but not nearly enough.  The only things that have been wrapped up in these two books of the series are the romances, and even those felt somewhat incomplete.  These books are almost like parts of a longer novel, not books unto themselves, which is disappointing.  I liked the plot and the characters, but this author is taking the concept of a series a bit too far, and leaving way too many unanswered questions.  I can't recommend buying this book until the series is complete, unless you really don't mind being left hanging.

The writing is good, the characters and plot development are good, and the author knows her stuff, but unfortunately that's not enough for me.

I received a free ebook from Bold Strokes Books and NetGalley in return for an honest review.
1664789
I love Radclyffe's books, so I looked forward to this one with a lot of hope. Sadly, it didn't deliver. From any other author, I would say the book is amazing. But knowing what Radclyffe can do, this book left a little to be desired.

So much more could have been done with Arienne's career. (Although I understand if the author didn't want to make a political statement.) Also, Mrs. Whitley's romance seemed a little forced, almost like Radclyffe wrote it as an afterthought and didn't know what to do with it.

Overall, this book is worth reading and owning. Just be prepared.
4119630
I absolutely loved the first two books in the Georgia Nicholson series, but this one there was lacking something...oh yeah, an interesting plot.  It was completely character-based which isn't all bad considering Georgia is a great character, but I just thought that Rennison could have done more.  It is almost like she is rolling these books out without considering having a personality for each book.  I really wanted to love this book, but I was just dissapointed by how unfulfilling it was.