D… is for… Disappointment #atoz

I’m a girl who adores butter.

Margarine – I spit at the idea.

So imagine my disappointment to discover that last weeks food shop yielded a blend of mixed vegetable fat that was wrapped to look like butter! I’d rather go hungry than eat/use it!

I felt robbed. Cheated and swindled. Talk about disappointed.

When was the last time a book disappointed you, as a reader?

Last month I came to: Mary Anne by Daphne Du Maurier, with a level of expectation for a good read that sadly was not met, despite this novel being well crafted. At reading group I discovered I was not alone in my disappointment.

So what does a new reader expect from a new author?

I was not disappointed by new author, Isabel Ashdown, who in my opinion, has delivered. Her first book ‘Glasshopper’ is a poignant and insightful read. And I would recommend it. I have not, as yet, read her second novel, ‘Hurry up and Wait’ but I have high hopes for another good read.

Disappointment can come in all shapes and guises. What disappointed you today, this week, this year?