If this is going to be also the case in 2017 then it is going to be another boring year for Bitcoin.
I think we saw some best price of bitcoin in this year before the halving so we cannot say that this was the bad year for bitcoin and we may see much higher price as we get close to the end of the year.
You know why people say it's a bad year? Because they have bought their coins after the block halving because they were expecting the price to shoot up. And exactly that didn't happen. That's why they are disappointed in this year.
if you look in that direction last time price went up after halving in late October and early November if the path is the same then we can expect similar in next few weeks
Everyone is expecting higher price at the end of the year, and if that happens then that will be followed even in the next year, this year so far has been good for bitcoin as price almost doubled in compare to last year