They may turn out to be a great disappointment, or perhaps they may be full of enchanting surprises.
It seems wisest to assume the worst from the beginning...and let anything better come as a surprise.
I was 15, not 14, when I was inside there [Auschwitz], 15, and for me both were actually a surprise.
That's always the biggest surprise when people meet me: how buoyant I am and how fun and light I am.