Biggest Disappointments

jain: I couldn't read more than a couple of pages, the writing style was *so bad*.

jain: Great premise; absurdly bad murder mystery plot.

jain: I've loved everything I've read of Butler except this book.

jain: Far more boring than it should've been.

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.

jain: I love Sherlock Holmes, but this particular story's very clumsily written.

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

Cecrow: Fun deficiency

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

aulsmith: Expecting an award winning book on gender. Got a mediocre piece of spec fic with a lot of hurt/comfort.

aulsmith: Too episodic and I didn't think the Morgaine stuff helped.

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.

aulsmith: Found it nearly incomprehensible.

aulsmith : This is an adult book, not a sequel to Tom Sawyer.

aspirit: Feels like insanity. Don't know why I should want to experience that voluntarily.

aulsmith: Too long and episodic without an overall point.

jain : Includes "A Study in Emerald," which singlehandedly is enough to elevate this collection for me.