Biggest Disappointments

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What books were so much worse than you expected them to be?
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jain,ManWithAnAgenda
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jain: Great premise; absurdly bad murder mystery plot.
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jain, Brandy1411
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jain: I've loved everything I've read of Butler except this book.
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jain, Peace2,thecoroner ,ManWithAnAgenda
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jain: Far more boring than it should've been.
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jain, sunqueen, aulsmith, Cecrow, merrystar, scottd,tottman , ,gypsysmom ,ManWithAnAgenda
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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.
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jain,merrystar ,ManWithAnAgenda ,Charon07
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jain: I love Sherlock Holmes, but this particular story's very clumsily written.
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gilroy, ABVR, generalkala, foggidawn, Tafadhali, mmignano11, Cecrow, Christy.Riege, merrystar, dste, gypsysmom, pewterbreath, tmsaguid, mspixieears, elainemberman, Brandy1411, blakelylaw,jain , ,amysisson , , ,MmeRose ,racergirl76 , , ,ManWithAnAgenda ,Charon07
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jain : The ending was terrible, but I really liked the first ~3/4 of the book.
Cecrow: Fun deficiency
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Cecrow, starbox, WhatUsername, kara.shamy, rplinke,gennyt ,jain ,EMS_24 , ,Simone2
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Cecrow: Probably deserves another chance, but was too dense for me to penetrate.
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pitjrw, aulsmith, MmeRose,jain ,KimarieBee ,gypsysmom
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aulsmith: Expecting an award winning book on gender. Got a mediocre piece of spec fic with a lot of hurt/comfort.
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Minthe,jain
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aulsmith, ncgraham,gennyt ,jain
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aulsmith: Too episodic and I didn't think the Morgaine stuff helped.
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enrique_molinero, aulsmith, Simone2, mspixieears, elainemberman,hipdeep ,jain ,wdwilson3 ,martensgirl ,Sammystarbuck ,ManWithAnAgenda ,Charon07
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aulsmith: I thought it dragged. It was obvious where the plot was going and I didn't find the jokes worth the time to get there.
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Simone2, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda, ,jain ,aulsmith ,cej1027 ,TashMason ,Charon07
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aulsmith : This is an adult book, not a sequel to Tom Sawyer.
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aprille, amysisson, Bluewolf0411, ahef1963, jeffza, Peace2, zottel, aspirit,Edward ,gilroy ,anglemark ,jain ,aulsmith ,sjmccreary ,Simone2 ,WhatUsername , ,Charon07
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aspirit: Feels like insanity. Don't know why I should want to experience that voluntarily.
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Peace2, ManWithAnAgenda,jain ,gypsysmom
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jain : Includes "A Study in Emerald," which singlehandedly is enough to elevate this collection for me.