I would say it's definitely not as dark as her past two albums. I think All Is Well would have been a good bit of variety for it, but I guess she was going with the whole theme of a person discovering herself and/or growing.
Everyone's favorite seems to be More Than This. I didn't like it at first, and it is starting to grow on me- but it kind of surprised me how much my mom disliked it. My mom likes Vanessa, but when that song started to play at first she said, "Pretty piano", but she turned it off after the first verse saying she was barely singing in key and it was impossible to sit through. I do have to agree that it's a bit strange sounding, but I think I might get used to it.