Biggest Disappointments

jain : The ending was terrible, but I really liked the first ~3/4 of the book.

Cecrow: Fun deficiency

Cecrow: So much potential, so little happens. But the sequels are better.

Cecrow: Probably deserves another chance, but was too dense for me to penetrate.

Cecrow: Too much hyperbole raised my expectations

Cecrow: Repetition, little forward momentum, Ayla's Mary Sue complex ... good comfort read, though.

jain: Ditto the cut edition. The book starts out great, but it goes off the rails pretty early on.

aulsmith: Heinlein really did need to edit this.

aulsmith: It just didn't grab me, especially after all the hype from my friends.

aulsmith: Didn't appreciate the satire when I was a child. After Man of La Mancha, it was too late.

aulsmith: I just couldn't take the resurrection of the dead characters. It was clear Herbert didn't know where to go.

aulsmith: Found this much less engrossing than 1984 to which it had been compared.

aulsmith: Too long and episodic without an overall point.

Cecrow : The first two trilogies I really liked, but I'd agree the last set didn't add anything.

Sammystarbuck: 7 pages to describe a tree. 7. There is such a thing as too much of a good thing, and that falls under that heading. also, don't like Thomas at all, which is awkward in an MC