There were a couple things I do think they did well and iirc some of the Foley effects to capture moments in the book were very cool, but unfortunately at this remove I mostly remember my complaints ....

... oh okay this is not true I also remember the theme song which went and the dark, the dark is riiiisiing, and the dark, the dark is RIIIISING which cracked me up every time. This is not a complaint because I enjoyed cracking up every time.