My new Fujifilm FinePix S4000

[Fujifilm FinePix S4000]

Just brought my first bridge camera, the Fujifilm FinePix S4000. I brought it to replace my Canon Ixus 700. I decided to buy the FinePix S4000 as the reviews on Amazon.co.uk were very good, and so was the price! I have never used a camera like this before so I took some pictures in the auto mode, when I got home and uploaded them I was a little dissapointed as the images (when zoomed) appeared to be very soft, kind of like painted! 4 days after buying the camera I read a review on a blog site, they mentioned what I first thought about the softness when zoomed and many comments were saying how bad the images were! I have uploaded a few these were all taken with the auto setting and some of the close up with macro. Are they that bad, should I return the camera?

This my gallery for larger samples http://www.flickr.com/photos/63941886@N03/