Yep, pretty much identical to my purchases. I bought the 2 Waterdeep adventures because I wanted to give running published adventures a shot, and quickly realized it just didn't agree with my DMing temperament.
Heck, they barely make sense to me when I'm playing and someone else is running.
AgreePublished adventures just never make sense in my brain. Not when I read them, not when I try to run them; it's been a complete disaster whenever I've tried. Heck, they barely make sense to me when I'm playing and someone else is running. Published setting kinda bounce off, too, but I can usually mine them for ideas (or at least a subclass or three).
Could you elaborate on that some?
On published adventures barely making sense to me as a player (as opposed to my inability to run them)?
Published ones not making sense, as opposed to homebrew do make sense. I was just curious.