[Dima]

Two novels which I looked forward to for a long time: "Onion Girl" and "Black House" were deeply disappointing.
"Black House" was a good horror novel, but it had little to do with amazing "Talisman".

Which books do you consider disappointments? (They might be good books, just not what you expected)

[Cardo]

The Redemption of Althalus by Eddings. After Iīve read all the other books by him I expected something far better or at least something quite different. Havenīt even managed to finish the book, yet.

[JohnH]

I would have to say Perdido Street Station.
Nowhere near any of the fuss many have given it. Rather boring and slow. Many of the situations seemed either forced or a little too fortuitous.

But that is why there is vanilla and why there is chocolate.

[Cadfael]

JohnH... I am really glad you said it first, but PSS bored the heck out of me. To be fair it may have been all the hype on the forum, but it was a big let down for me as well...

Er... sorry Shehzad http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/smile.gif

[Arty]

The last 3 Jordans.

[allanon]

"Wolf in Shadow" and "Last Guardian" by David Gemmel.

[Valada]

I'd have to agree with The Redemption of Althalus - yawn and sigh... I did (at the time) expect better from Eddings. I try not to let it crush my fond memories of reading his early series.

[Alucard]

The lord of the rings was my ultimate disappointment. You see and here about it everywhere. Every fantasy epic is compared to it. With all of the praise, I expected to love it. I was sorely disappointed. I found it slow and chocked full of characters that didn't appeal to me. It did have it's good points, but not enough for me to enjoy it.

[Rhaegar]

Well, I wouldn't really consider it highly anticipated except by the absolute diehard fans, but I recently gave A WINTER'S HEART a try. I had heard that it was an improvement over PATH OF DAGGERS. As it turned out, I couldn't even get through the 80+ page prologue. This particular prologue may have been the most tedious reading I can ever remember. I've heard it mentioned that the ending of A WINTER'S HEART is actually exciting and eventful. Too bad I couldn't get that far....

[Elan Morin Tedronai]

TERRY GOODKIND AND DAVID GEMMEL!!!!