Yeah, and like I said in the first post, I got the book at a substantial discount (and likely wouldn't have purchased it otherwise). I don't feel like I got a bad value for what I spent - I would've just preferred a different take on the content.
Also, like I said, it comes down to preference for the map scale; I can easily change that. It will just take as long as makes narrative sense to get to a specific location. And if my Slumbering Beast Mountains in my campaign stretch farther than the eye can see, that's what it is.
Fan-created content like
@dave2008 's Project Darklords (which looks fantastic, btw) will fill in the gaps that I perceive was left by VRGtR. The fear, horror, madness, sinkhole of evil, and other traits from the 2E red box setting, I can try to update to 5E.
It's not a useless book - I'm just not going to use a lot of it in play. I am viewing it more like a gazetteer introduction to the setting with the rest of the work being done by me or others.