Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I gave this read a little over 100 pages, and stopped to consult some reviews. Negative reviews (the very few of them) reflected my perspective, and as such I didn't see the issues I was having with the book changing, so I called it. In spite of the flowery adjective-filled writing, substance is lacking. The plot is slow, it's hard to feel engaged with the characters, and the mystery is... boring. I searched the reviews for "page-turner" prior to purchase. We must have been reading different books because this, my friends, is NOT a page-turner. It is actually the kind of book you pick up the next day, start to read, and realize you have forgotten where the character is now, who he is having a conversation with, etc. This is all subjective of course. What inspired me to actually leave a negative review was the depiction of women in the story. Female characters are either presented as large busted maternal old maids, or alternatively described in terms of their "waist of a mannequin" "classically proportioned calves" or "china doll's complexion". By the end of my valiant 100 pages, every time a new female appeared, my eyes were already half-rolled in preparation.