I haven't read the books, so I can't imagine the disappointment that some of the reviews that have been one-sided. Bad, I think not, great it seems to have fallen a bit short! I would have given it 3¹/² Stars but can't. This was Entertaining and intrigued by the storyline regardless if they did follow the books interpretation. There's enough evil in the world that we don't need a 12-year-old supervillain. If the book was never written we wouldn't have so many haters. I hope Disney continues the saga and ignores the haters.