Believe me, I was the last one in the world who wanted to see the book fail.

I rushed out to buy it (along with many others here) the first day it came out, and read it just about straight through in as close to one sitting as I could.

I wanted nothing more than a satisfying and compelling sequel, and, along with most other readers, felt horribly short-changed and disappointed.

I also think that GF III, despite its many flaws, was a far better film sequel than GFR was as a book sequel. At least there was a certain continuity which Weingardner's book, for me at least, largely lacked.