Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I was looking forward to this book and at least 50% of it is a let down. First, the paper is a huge disappointment compared to Enchanted Forest. My first "Preordered" copy arrived with a machine made looking hole (damage from either the printer or the binder) in the center one of the pages and had to be returned. (Amazon was great re: replacement). The second copy arrived two days later intact. The paper in both copies of "Lost Ocean" that I received is noticeably almost see through thin. To triple check myself, I went to Target today, and checked their copies of "Lost Ocean" with their copies of "Enchanted Forest" and the difference in paper quality, side by side, is huge. Hold a page of "Lost Ocean" up, and you can see through the paper, the design on the other side, not so with "Enchanted Forest". Second, there are too many pages with the intricate details that others have complained about. They are so intricate that unless you have the eyes of an eagle a magnifying glass will probably be required to color them. What to use that will make thin enough lines and not bleed through the paper - I have no clue. Once page like this would have been fine, but there are at least 10 pages afflicted with this microscopic line disorder in varying degrees of severity. There are only a few pages in the happily robust illustration size, and the rest are in the range of struggling to avoid eye strain. It is beautiful artwork that has been mangled for coloring by poor layout - had some of the illustrations that are small narrow bands that go across the page been placed on the diagonal the coloring area would have increased by critical fractions of inches. Some of the repeated patterns just look like micro rendered wallpaper. So many love the ocean, they mystique of the ocean, pirate ships, treasure chests, mermaids, etc. expectations were high that this book would be as well done as "Enchanted Forest" or "Secret Garden" and it is a let down. Johanna Basford has the artistic talent - I wish she would go back to the drawing board and redo this book right and on the decent quality paper. I also miss the decent binding - this book is glued. The others were quality sewn.