It is pretty hard yeah XD really good, polished game though. A softer difficulty curve at the start would definitely up your ratings from other people, I'm definitely giving 4/5 to this despite difficulty.
Probably this was ported from the iphone version, and as such is buggier than the version that is for sale. I can see how this would be good on the iphone, but I feel no need to get one.
To all the people saying "just get the original": I tried. I did. I bought it on Steam. And it wouldn't run. Both Steam and the company that makes Peggle got me to try a bunch of things, send them error reports etc, and I eventually got a refund, that's how much Peggle doesn't run on my (windows) system. I'm sorry but games that run are better than games that won't.
What's the horizontal brick? A friend that is good at being a bridge? Too strong to be a dog or a snake, not tall enough to be a horse. Komodo dragon? Friendly crocodile? But it can't swim...