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1 | Poor! | I agree with most of what the other reviewer has to say, but I have one major difference of opinion. The casting of this production is awful. There are some good voices, Gens in particular, but no one seems quite right. The Zerlina and Masetto are both swallowed up and leave a lot to be desired in terms of acting. The Ottavio is awful, and the commendatore took his time finding the beat. The only performers worth seeing are the Donna Elvira and Don Giovanni, both are fine, but not special and the people I haven't mentioned are utterly forgetable.I don't have a problem with Modern productions, in fact, at times I perfer them, but this doesn't work and isn't worth the disc it's burned onto. If you want a modern Don, get the Salzburg with Hampson and D'arcangelo, or the new release with Keenlyside. There are some awesome traditional Don dvd's like the Met's with Terfel. Steer clear of this unless you are collector, and if you are a collector make sure you have every other version before this one. | 1,008 | [
"I agree with most of what the other reviewer has to say, but I have one major difference of opinion.",
"The casting of this production is awful.",
"There are some good voices, Gens in particular, but no one seems quite right.",
"The Zerlina and Masetto are both swallowed up and leave a lot to be desired in terms of acting.",
"The Ottavio is awful, and the commendatore took his time finding the beat.",
"The only performers worth seeing are the Donna Elvira and Don Giovanni, both are fine, but not special and the people I haven't mentioned are utterly forgetable.I don't have a problem with Modern productions, in fact, at times I perfer them, but this doesn't work and isn't worth the disc it's burned onto.",
"If you want a modern Don, get the Salzburg with Hampson and D'arcangelo, or the new release with Keenlyside.",
"There are some awesome traditional Don dvd's like the Met's with Terfel.",
"Steer clear of this unless you are collector, and if you are a collector make sure you have every other version before this one."
] |
1 | Fraud | With the seeming explosion of literary frauds, one more example is hardly worth an eye-blink it seems. While this case will never be discussed on Oprah, it is worthy of note to those with a passing interest for truth in research.In the publication wars, ethics have fallen by the wayside. Researchers commit fraud on both the large and small scale. From multi-million dollar stem cell research fraud, to the hoards of students who have no qualms about buying entire papers and submitting them as their own, or just peppering their papers with minor bits of fraudelent or plagiarized data.The most important piece of evidentiary data in the book is forged. There is no question about that. The picture that is in this book does not match the picture that is on record in the library archives from which it was taken. Neither the authors, nor the publishers are willing to go on record and explain how such a "mistake" could have occurred. Yet another sad example of a growing trend in the "non-fiction" field. | 1,008 | [
"With the seeming explosion of literary frauds, one more example is hardly worth an eye-blink it seems.",
"While this case will never be discussed on Oprah, it is worthy of note to those with a passing interest for truth in research.In the publication wars, ethics have fallen by the wayside.",
"Researchers commit fraud on both the large and small scale.",
"From multi-million dollar stem cell research fraud, to the hoards of students who have no qualms about buying entire papers and submitting them as their own, or just peppering their papers with minor bits of fraudelent or plagiarized data.The most important piece of evidentiary data in the book is forged.",
"There is no question about that.",
"The picture that is in this book does not match the picture that is on record in the library archives from which it was taken.",
"Neither the authors, nor the publishers are willing to go on record and explain how such a \"mistake\" could have occurred.",
"Yet another sad example of a growing trend in the \"non-fiction\" field."
] |
1 | ... | HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!This book encourages parents to ignore their babies cries, thus teaching them that no one will respond to their needs. Yah, they probably *will* stop crying after a while! They'll eventually figure out you're not going to come soothe them or feed them. Dont you think that infancy is a little early for such harsh treatment?? I do. It's a fact that babies rely on their parents for just about all of their emotional needs. They need us to make them feel safe and secure. This book teaches babies that their needs are second to ours, no exceptions. It is frighteningly reminiscent of pet training manuals. Hey, babies are people too! Give them a break already! Give them a hug and rock them back to sleep! ...Ezzo actually teaches DISCIPLINE in this book. If you still have to buy into his vile cruel method, please at least ignore the discipline segment. There is NEVER a good reason to hit a baby. (Ezzo describes how to smack an infant on the thighs to avoid leaving marks, no joke.) .... | 1,008 | [
"HORRIBLE!!!",
"!!!",
"!!!",
"!",
"This book encourages parents to ignore their babies cries, thus teaching them that no one will respond to their needs.",
"Yah, they probably *will* stop crying after a while!",
"They'll eventually figure out you're not going to come soothe them or feed them.",
"Dont you think that infancy is a little early for such harsh treatment??",
"I do.",
"It's a fact that babies rely on their parents for just about all of their emotional needs.",
"They need us to make them feel safe and secure.",
"This book teaches babies that their needs are second to ours, no exceptions.",
"It is frighteningly reminiscent of pet training manuals.",
"Hey, babies are people too!",
"Give them a break already!",
"Give them a hug and rock them back to sleep!",
"...Ezzo actually teaches DISCIPLINE in this book.",
"If you still have to buy into his vile cruel method, please at least ignore the discipline segment.",
"There is NEVER a good reason to hit a baby.",
"(Ezzo describes how to smack an infant on the thighs to avoid leaving marks, no joke.) ...."
] |
1 | YUCK!! | Stop buying Clay's fame!!!!!This CD is definitely not 5 stars! L:ike someone said earlier, read the musiccritics reviews on it before you purchase.Whoever bought 10 copies of thisCD is a FOOL and an idiot! Actually that would make the whole so called "Clay nation" who are all purchasing multiple copies of it in their sick campaign to buy Clay his fame. Where is your trust in histalent? Please leave him alone and purchase the CD theway normal fans would buy for their favorite artist and see what happens?You are only hurting him, making him think that he's more than he is and franklyit's embarrassing. To see him strutting and stooping and straining and switching the mike from hand to hand trying to work up some feeling to the songs. lol!it's a big jokein our house. We actually had a party too laughing at this guy.I love Justin Timberlake, Beyonce and a few others, but to purchase more than one or two copies of their CD is totally rediculous! Stop buying Clays way to the top! LEAVE HIM ALONE!!!! | 1,007 | [
"Stop buying Clay's fame!!!",
"!!",
"This CD is definitely not 5 stars!",
"L:ike someone said earlier, read the musiccritics reviews on it before you purchase.Whoever bought 10 copies of thisCD is a FOOL and an idiot!",
"Actually that would make the whole so called \"Clay nation\" who are all purchasing multiple copies of it in their sick campaign to buy Clay his fame.",
"Where is your trust in histalent?",
"Please leave him alone and purchase the CD theway normal fans would buy for their favorite artist and see what happens?",
"You are only hurting him, making him think that he's more than he is and franklyit's embarrassing.",
"To see him strutting and stooping and straining and switching the mike from hand to hand trying to work up some feeling to the songs.",
"lol!",
"it's a big jokein our house.",
"We actually had a party too laughing at this guy.I love Justin Timberlake, Beyonce and a few others, but to purchase more than one or two copies of their CD is totally rediculous!",
"Stop buying Clays way to the top!",
"LEAVE HIM ALONE!!!",
"!"
] |
1 | Oh no! | I wish I had taken stock of the other reviewer who gave this a one star :-)Terrible book. This is the first Brenda Jackson book that I've bought where I had to skip most of the middle section as it was soooooooooooooo boring :-( and unbelievable, cringe worthy, implausible - oh - and annoying).The part where he wants to share his family's 'secret recipe' with her after only knowing her about one week - right! That's when I got so annoyed at the foolishness I was reading that I put the book down. When I did pick it up again (the following night or so) it was only to read the last couple of pages, for no other reason than that I actually bought the book instead of borrowing it from the library!If you like Brenda Jackson's other books - give this one a miss - and definitely don't make this your first Brenda Jackson book or you wont read any of her others, which (some) are actually ok.I'm still a fan (just about) but I choose Beverly Jenkins over her any day (no dis-respect intended Mrs Jackson). | 1,007 | [
"I wish I had taken stock of the other reviewer who gave this a one star :-)Terrible book.",
"This is the first Brenda Jackson book that I've bought where I had to skip most of the middle section as it was soooooooooooooo boring :-( and unbelievable, cringe worthy, implausible - oh - and annoying).The part where he wants to share his family's 'secret recipe' with her after only knowing her about one week - right!",
"That's when I got so annoyed at the foolishness I was reading that I put the book down.",
"When I did pick it up again (the following night or so) it was only to read the last couple of pages, for no other reason than that I actually bought the book instead of borrowing it from the library!",
"If you like Brenda Jackson's other books - give this one a miss - and definitely don't make this your first Brenda Jackson book or you wont read any of her others, which (some) are actually ok.I'm still a fan (just about) but I choose Beverly Jenkins over her any day (no dis-respect intended Mrs Jackson)."
] |
1 | Don't. | If you enjoy Lewis Black's stand-up routine and enjoy watching him on Comedy Central, you may be surprised to discover, he's written quite possibly the most boring book ever published. I listened to the audiobook, and it was like having Black himself telling me over and over what a bad decision I'd made.There should be a warning label. "Warning: Do Not File Under Humor."This is NOT a humor book. This is an outrageously boring memoir of the high school, college and post-graduate years of an ordinary person who happens to be a comedian. I swear he even writes about being in student government. Student government!For those expecting a funny book, this is a serious bait-and-switch. I almost feel like it's some kind of creepy joke. I found myself wondering how many book editors tried to kill themselves while reading it.I don't know you, but I'm doing you a favor. I'm helping you improve your life by telling you this: if you were considering reading this book or listening to the audiobook... don't! | 1,007 | [
"If you enjoy Lewis Black's stand-up routine and enjoy watching him on Comedy Central, you may be surprised to discover, he's written quite possibly the most boring book ever published.",
"I listened to the audiobook, and it was like having Black himself telling me over and over what a bad decision I'd made.There should be a warning label.",
"\"Warning: Do Not File Under Humor.\"This is NOT a humor book.",
"This is an outrageously boring memoir of the high school, college and post-graduate years of an ordinary person who happens to be a comedian.",
"I swear he even writes about being in student government.",
"Student government!",
"For those expecting a funny book, this is a serious bait-and-switch.",
"I almost feel like it's some kind of creepy joke.",
"I found myself wondering how many book editors tried to kill themselves while reading it.I don't know you, but I'm doing you a favor.",
"I'm helping you improve your life by telling you this: if you were considering reading this book or listening to the audiobook... don't!"
] |
1 | Bad | I've watched most of Segal's films, and I own several as well. But this film is one of the worst films I've seen in the last ten years. Excepting for a chance to look at Jacqueline Lord (a Catherine Zeta Jones look, act, and dress alike) for a little while, and her acting wasn't very good most of the time, there are no redeeming aspects to this film.For a film in the action genre, it consists of ALL bad elements. The plot actually had potential, except the dialog is on the level of a bad High School film. Segal is so over-weight that you can tell he's struggling to do even the most basic martial arts sequences. Unless he can lose weight and get into shape, this is the last film of his I'll spend any time watching.Unfortunately, the sets, the action, the dialog, the acting, the directing, and so forth, are all between the D+ to C levels of quality.I'd rather have seen a corny Kung Fu movie. At least there would have been some excuse for so many bad elements in one film.Avoid this film totally. | 1,007 | [
"I've watched most of Segal's films, and I own several as well.",
"But this film is one of the worst films I've seen in the last ten years.",
"Excepting for a chance to look at Jacqueline Lord (a Catherine Zeta Jones look, act, and dress alike) for a little while, and her acting wasn't very good most of the time, there are no redeeming aspects to this film.For a film in the action genre, it consists of ALL bad elements.",
"The plot actually had potential, except the dialog is on the level of a bad High School film.",
"Segal is so over-weight that you can tell he's struggling to do even the most basic martial arts sequences.",
"Unless he can lose weight and get into shape, this is the last film of his I'll spend any time watching.Unfortunately, the sets, the action, the dialog, the acting, the directing, and so forth, are all between the D+ to C levels of quality.I'd rather have seen a corny Kung Fu movie.",
"At least there would have been some excuse for so many bad elements in one film.Avoid this film totally."
] |
1 | .... | .... If you want to learn about the care, feeding, and manipulation of the single action revolver, buy Sixguns by Elmer Keith. If you want to learn about the handguns and holsters used in Cowboy Action Shooting Mr. Stephens provides a brief list of manufacturers, but nothing in the way of details or descriptions about their products. If you already know how to shoot any type of handgun, you already know more than you could possibly learn from this book. If you don't know anything about handling firearms, then this book is not the place to start. The book includes very rudimentary descriptions of shooting stances, but nothing specifically related or unique about Cowboy Shooting. You can learn more about the proper way to handle a revolver by watching John Wayne in The Shootist than you will learn from this book. If you are interested in Cowboy Shooting or revolvers in general, read Elmer Keith's book Sixguns, and then request the rule book from the Single Action Shooting Society. I wish I had. | 1,007 | [
".... If you want to learn about the care, feeding, and manipulation of the single action revolver, buy Sixguns by Elmer Keith.",
"If you want to learn about the handguns and holsters used in Cowboy Action Shooting Mr.",
"Stephens provides a brief list of manufacturers, but nothing in the way of details or descriptions about their products.",
"If you already know how to shoot any type of handgun, you already know more than you could possibly learn from this book.",
"If you don't know anything about handling firearms, then this book is not the place to start.",
"The book includes very rudimentary descriptions of shooting stances, but nothing specifically related or unique about Cowboy Shooting.",
"You can learn more about the proper way to handle a revolver by watching John Wayne in The Shootist than you will learn from this book.",
"If you are interested in Cowboy Shooting or revolvers in general, read Elmer Keith's book Sixguns, and then request the rule book from the Single Action Shooting Society.",
"I wish I had."
] |
1 | tripe | Be aware. This book is dealing with an important topic but in a very conservative fashion. If you like writers like Diane Ravitch, Michael Gurian (Wondor of Boys) and ED Hirsch (Cultural Literacy) you might like this book. If you have any progressive ideas at all and like writers like Theodore Sizer (Horace's Compromise), Alfie Kohn (The Schools Our Children Deserve) or God forbid, Rousseau!, be aware that she is not only blasting feminists in her book but progressive thinkers throughout history. She even goes so far as to blame my old friend John Tinker (Tinker vs. Des Moines School District) for "the beginning of the end of effective school discipline."If you want a better understanding of boys growing up today, I would stick with William Pollack's "Real Boys" or Kindlon & Thompson's "Raising Cain". If you want conservative, reactionary tripe, go with Sommers.(FYI -I have been an educator for nearly 30 years and have never written a book review until this book made me mad enough to do so.) | 1,006 | [
"Be aware.",
"This book is dealing with an important topic but in a very conservative fashion.",
"If you like writers like Diane Ravitch, Michael Gurian (Wondor of Boys) and ED Hirsch (Cultural Literacy) you might like this book.",
"If you have any progressive ideas at all and like writers like Theodore Sizer (Horace's Compromise), Alfie Kohn (The Schools Our Children Deserve) or God forbid, Rousseau!",
", be aware that she is not only blasting feminists in her book but progressive thinkers throughout history.",
"She even goes so far as to blame my old friend John Tinker (Tinker vs.",
"Des Moines School District) for \"the beginning of the end of effective school discipline.\"If you want a better understanding of boys growing up today, I would stick with William Pollack's \"Real Boys\" or Kindlon & Thompson's \"Raising Cain\".",
"If you want conservative, reactionary tripe, go with Sommers.(FYI -I have been an educator for nearly 30 years and have never written a book review until this book made me mad enough to do so.)"
] |
1 | Broken | Read within these pages the effects of extreme mental and emotional abuse upon a child and the way it plays out as an adult. Eustace is a broken human. His unfortunate treatment at the hands of his father seriously crippled him. People who have suffered like Eustace are often over-achieving, perfectionists; unable to maintain relations with others; either oblivious to the needs of others or slavishly catering to the whims of others and they almost always come to closley resemble the abuser.Big Eustace was a denizen of the office and the classroom- liked to write out long equations and ramble on to hear the sound of his own voice, so little Eustace subcociously chose a path 180 degrees away from father and becomes a creature of the forest but ended up rambling in his classroom just the same, just a different subject.To me this was an eminently sad tale of a boy going to any length for father's notice and approval. Neither of which came at least by the conclusion of this book.Eutace-walk away. | 1,006 | [
"Read within these pages the effects of extreme mental and emotional abuse upon a child and the way it plays out as an adult.",
"Eustace is a broken human.",
"His unfortunate treatment at the hands of his father seriously crippled him.",
"People who have suffered like Eustace are often over-achieving, perfectionists; unable to maintain relations with others; either oblivious to the needs of others or slavishly catering to the whims of others and they almost always come to closley resemble the abuser.Big Eustace was a denizen of the office and the classroom- liked to write out long equations and ramble on to hear the sound of his own voice, so little Eustace subcociously chose a path 180 degrees away from father and becomes a creature of the forest but ended up rambling in his classroom just the same, just a different subject.To me this was an eminently sad tale of a boy going to any length for father's notice and approval.",
"Neither of which came at least by the conclusion of this book.Eutace-walk away."
] |
1 | Warning | Do not purchase.The company advertises that the price includes free website access. Once you purchase the book, the company responds by asking a list of personal questions when you attempt to access their site. The book includes an access code but no password. They refuse to give a passcode until you have answered personal questions.What if you dont want your personal info in someones database? Thats too bad. Apparently the web site / software isn't quite free once you have purchased the book. Boycott this book until they stop asking personal questions that are none of their business. Their excuse is that they need this info to list a student in their database. Do you really think college students should be bullied into giving up personal data? If sales falls off, perhaps they can figure out how to create a unique number in each book so that account numbers are unique. This would mean all a student would need to do would be to choose a unique password and sign on the web site.Do Not Purchase | 1,006 | [
"Do not purchase.The company advertises that the price includes free website access.",
"Once you purchase the book, the company responds by asking a list of personal questions when you attempt to access their site.",
"The book includes an access code but no password.",
"They refuse to give a passcode until you have answered personal questions.What if you dont want your personal info in someones database?",
"Thats too bad.",
"Apparently the web site / software isn't quite free once you have purchased the book.",
"Boycott this book until they stop asking personal questions that are none of their business.",
"Their excuse is that they need this info to list a student in their database.",
"Do you really think college students should be bullied into giving up personal data?",
"If sales falls off, perhaps they can figure out how to create a unique number in each book so that account numbers are unique.",
"This would mean all a student would need to do would be to choose a unique password and sign on the web site.Do Not Purchase"
] |
1 | Fantasy | Brun's telling of the downing of KAL 007 has be refuted long ago. His supposed transcipts of Soviet air defense pilots and controllers doesn't agree with the actual recordings, his facts can't be double checked, and none of it agrees with the declassified records that have been made available in the wake of the collapse of the USSR.So why do people continue to defend Brun, and claim that he alone is correct, and all others are somehow corrupt?Conspiracy theorists are motivated by a great many things. Some are simply looking for verification of their existing predjudices. Many revel in the ideal that they alone are privy to secret information not available to others. And some find solace in conspiracy theories that mirror their own paranoid delusions.Whatever the case, Brun's work has long been discredited- see, for example, the tremendous amount of research that Soviet aerospace expert James Oberg has put in on this at his own web pages (www.jamesoberg.com). And yet, the hysteria lingers on. | 1,006 | [
"Brun's telling of the downing of KAL 007 has be refuted long ago.",
"His supposed transcipts of Soviet air defense pilots and controllers doesn't agree with the actual recordings, his facts can't be double checked, and none of it agrees with the declassified records that have been made available in the wake of the collapse of the USSR.So why do people continue to defend Brun, and claim that he alone is correct, and all others are somehow corrupt?",
"Conspiracy theorists are motivated by a great many things.",
"Some are simply looking for verification of their existing predjudices.",
"Many revel in the ideal that they alone are privy to secret information not available to others.",
"And some find solace in conspiracy theories that mirror their own paranoid delusions.Whatever the case, Brun's work has long been discredited- see, for example, the tremendous amount of research that Soviet aerospace expert James Oberg has put in on this at his own web pages (www.jamesoberg.com).",
"And yet, the hysteria lingers on."
] |
1 | I wish | I am unable to review a product never received. I don't think its Amazon's fault because apparently the book is sent or mailed from some other company. Information was that the book should be mailed anytime from (this is an example) Nov 27 - Dec 16. I waited patiently till one day before the cutoff date to email the company that was mailing the product to inform them that I haven't yet received it. I understand that the postal service scan some of the products sent and this product was scanned as delivered. Mistakes are done in delivery and other instances. That could have been this situation. I just know that I have never received that product. Question asked to me by the company lead me to believe that I recieved it. Question I am asking. Why would I want the company to send me a secong book. What would one book have that the other wouldn't. Bottom line is I can't review a book not received.Thank You,JoeLas carpetas: persecucion politica y derechos civiles en Puerto Rico (Spanish Edition) | 1,005 | [
"I am unable to review a product never received.",
"I don't think its Amazon's fault because apparently the book is sent or mailed from some other company.",
"Information was that the book should be mailed anytime from (this is an example) Nov 27 - Dec 16.",
"I waited patiently till one day before the cutoff date to email the company that was mailing the product to inform them that I haven't yet received it.",
"I understand that the postal service scan some of the products sent and this product was scanned as delivered.",
"Mistakes are done in delivery and other instances.",
"That could have been this situation.",
"I just know that I have never received that product.",
"Question asked to me by the company lead me to believe that I recieved it.",
"Question I am asking.",
"Why would I want the company to send me a secong book.",
"What would one book have that the other wouldn't.",
"Bottom line is I can't review a book not received.Thank You,JoeLas carpetas: persecucion politica y derechos civiles en Puerto Rico (Spanish Edition)"
] |
1 | Dull | As a fan, I thought I could watch anything about Marvel, but not this. The questions were tired, and Stan's responses were what he has been saying for 40 or 50 years. He is a loveable and charming man (who I met as a young fan-boy), but I don't want to hear him, yet again, take near total credit for the creation of the early Marvel universe. And then there is Kevin Smith. He come off as a half-wit, not only with his insipid questions, but with his endless stream of profanities that he must think makes him sound like an adult. Even the mediocre production values would not have gotten in the way if the content were worth the time it takes to watch this DVD. If you want to see a much tighter production of Stan's reminiscences, I recommend the DVD "Stan Lee's Mutants, Monsters & Marvels: Creating Spider-Man and Here Come the Heroes" and his autobiography, "Excelsior!: The Amazing Life of Stan Lee", and the biography, "Stan Lee and the Rise and Fall of the American Comic Book" by Jordan Raphael. | 1,005 | [
"As a fan, I thought I could watch anything about Marvel, but not this.",
"The questions were tired, and Stan's responses were what he has been saying for 40 or 50 years.",
"He is a loveable and charming man (who I met as a young fan-boy), but I don't want to hear him, yet again, take near total credit for the creation of the early Marvel universe.",
"And then there is Kevin Smith.",
"He come off as a half-wit, not only with his insipid questions, but with his endless stream of profanities that he must think makes him sound like an adult.",
"Even the mediocre production values would not have gotten in the way if the content were worth the time it takes to watch this DVD.",
"If you want to see a much tighter production of Stan's reminiscences, I recommend the DVD \"Stan Lee's Mutants, Monsters & Marvels: Creating Spider-Man and Here Come the Heroes\" and his autobiography, \"Excelsior!",
": The Amazing Life of Stan Lee\", and the biography, \"Stan Lee and the Rise and Fall of the American Comic Book\" by Jordan Raphael."
] |
1 | Useless! | I attempted to use this seat on 4 different tables and it only successfully hooked onto one of them -- ironically the one in my home!!!Two of the tables I tried were dining room tables that had a wooden piece running underneath the length of the table for insertion of table leaves. This interfered with the seat's attachment and the seat could not be used.The third table we tried was a booth at a pizza place. The seat was able to attach at the end of the table, however once in place the adult diners were not able to sit down because the seat's attachment rods did not allow enough room between the booth seat and the table for an adult leg to slide through and sit down. Even if the adult slid in first the attachment rods interferred with the adult's leg room. Again the seat could not be used.Also beware that this seat will not hook onto tables with at tablecloth. It doesn't tell you this on the box so I didn't find out until I read the enclosed booklet.Needless to say I am returning this ASAP! | 1,005 | [
"I attempted to use this seat on 4 different tables and it only successfully hooked onto one of them -- ironically the one in my home!!!",
"Two of the tables I tried were dining room tables that had a wooden piece running underneath the length of the table for insertion of table leaves.",
"This interfered with the seat's attachment and the seat could not be used.The third table we tried was a booth at a pizza place.",
"The seat was able to attach at the end of the table, however once in place the adult diners were not able to sit down because the seat's attachment rods did not allow enough room between the booth seat and the table for an adult leg to slide through and sit down.",
"Even if the adult slid in first the attachment rods interferred with the adult's leg room.",
"Again the seat could not be used.Also beware that this seat will not hook onto tables with at tablecloth.",
"It doesn't tell you this on the box so I didn't find out until I read the enclosed booklet.Needless to say I am returning this ASAP!"
] |
1 | Terrible | I am a huge fan of Jane Green and I'm glad I read her other books before this one or I wouldn't have picked up another book by her. This book was terrible. I hated the main character--truly hated her, and it wasn't the "it's fun to hate her" kind of distaste. Her friends were all disasters. Was anyone happy in their personal lives at all in this book? She was so shallow, sleeping with all the wrong men. Even the attempt to sleep with one man, where the chemistry was so intense, but it turned out to be a disappointment? That was unbelieveable.***SPOILER ALERT** I also found the idea that she was not in love with her best friend and had no attraction to him....and then all of a sudden she's in love and attracted to him? Uh, no. Not possible. Yes, it's possible for chemistry to grow, but not when you clearly did not love him or were not attracted to him and then you do a 180. Sorry Jane Green, you readers don't buy it.Do yourselves a favor and read Beach House or Mr. Maybe. Far more fun reads. | 1,005 | [
"I am a huge fan of Jane Green and I'm glad I read her other books before this one or I wouldn't have picked up another book by her.",
"This book was terrible.",
"I hated the main character--truly hated her, and it wasn't the \"it's fun to hate her\" kind of distaste.",
"Her friends were all disasters.",
"Was anyone happy in their personal lives at all in this book?",
"She was so shallow, sleeping with all the wrong men.",
"Even the attempt to sleep with one man, where the chemistry was so intense, but it turned out to be a disappointment?",
"That was unbelieveable.***SPOILER ALERT** I also found the idea that she was not in love with her best friend and had no attraction to him....and then all of a sudden she's in love and attracted to him?",
"Uh, no.",
"Not possible.",
"Yes, it's possible for chemistry to grow, but not when you clearly did not love him or were not attracted to him and then you do a 180.",
"Sorry Jane Green, you readers don't buy it.Do yourselves a favor and read Beach House or Mr.",
"Maybe.",
"Far more fun reads."
] |
1 | Terrible | The honeymoon is definitely over for Charles and Diana; she's bored, frustrated, and lonely. Then she meets a handsome army captain who becomes her riding instructor and then, her lover. Five years later, they part under sad circumstances.This made-for-TV movie is really awful. No attempt was made to make the actors look anything like their famous counterparts: Diana doesn't have her trademark hairstyle (or any sense of style at all), Hewitt, Fergie, and Prince Harry aren't redheads, and Charles is a foot taller than Diana. Both the trite script and the unconvincing actors are to blame for a total lack of chemistry between the lovers; everyone in the cast has the personality of a wet rag, giving the movie a completely lackluster quality.There are some beautiful, grand houses and sets as backdrops, but the story is tawdry and surprisingly tedious. It's based on a book to which Hewitt was a major contributor, so of course, he comes out a hero while Diana is an emotional mess. Not recommended. | 1,005 | [
"The honeymoon is definitely over for Charles and Diana; she's bored, frustrated, and lonely.",
"Then she meets a handsome army captain who becomes her riding instructor and then, her lover.",
"Five years later, they part under sad circumstances.This made-for-TV movie is really awful.",
"No attempt was made to make the actors look anything like their famous counterparts: Diana doesn't have her trademark hairstyle (or any sense of style at all), Hewitt, Fergie, and Prince Harry aren't redheads, and Charles is a foot taller than Diana.",
"Both the trite script and the unconvincing actors are to blame for a total lack of chemistry between the lovers; everyone in the cast has the personality of a wet rag, giving the movie a completely lackluster quality.There are some beautiful, grand houses and sets as backdrops, but the story is tawdry and surprisingly tedious.",
"It's based on a book to which Hewitt was a major contributor, so of course, he comes out a hero while Diana is an emotional mess.",
"Not recommended."
] |
1 | Bad News | I started reading the 1st chapter and did not finish it. He quotes a mystic and then 3 or 4 pages later he talks about a spirt guide. This is not the true gospel of Jesus Christ!!!The first chapter has to do with a type of meditation that scientology uses.Do not be decieved!!!Jesus loves you and you can accept Christ as your savior right now. The steps to eternal life are for you.1. Tell God that you are a sinner and that you cannot earn eternal life.2. Tell God that you believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God and that He died on the cross for you.3. Ask Jesus to forgive you of your sins and to live in your heart through His Holy Spirit.4. Commit your life to love and serve Him.5. Thank Him for you new salvation.A bible study I have found to be very helpful is called, "Beth Moore, Breaking Free" It's wonderful how she brings the brokeness of self with the Word of God.It truly is a acurate bible study of the truth of God's Word. I went through the study myself and found it to be very helpful. | 1,005 | [
"I started reading the 1st chapter and did not finish it.",
"He quotes a mystic and then 3 or 4 pages later he talks about a spirt guide.",
"This is not the true gospel of Jesus Christ!!!",
"The first chapter has to do with a type of meditation that scientology uses.Do not be decieved!!!",
"Jesus loves you and you can accept Christ as your savior right now.",
"The steps to eternal life are for you.1. Tell God that you are a sinner and that you cannot earn eternal life.2. Tell God that you believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God and that He died on the cross for you.3. Ask Jesus to forgive you of your sins and to live in your heart through His Holy Spirit.4. Commit your life to love and serve Him.5. Thank Him for you new salvation.A bible study I have found to be very helpful is called, \"Beth Moore, Breaking Free\" It's wonderful how she brings the brokeness of self with the Word of God.It truly is a acurate bible study of the truth of God's Word.",
"I went through the study myself and found it to be very helpful."
] |
1 | Junk | For something like this to work, it must be the highest quality image, full screen, and interesting to look at. This was just junk. I work in video, was trained in video arts when I went to art school, and can tell you that this video is without creativity, without imagination, and it is certainly bad art. I'm sorry, but I thought this was real junk. Awful quality. Looks ugly on my Imac screen. I would never have this playing in the background at a get-together in my home, which is what I intended for when I bought this thing Very disappointing. If you can find a video called "By Design" by a company called Colorcalm, you will see what a collection of great video artists are capable of doing. This video has a series of gorgeous and subtle video 'chapters', each one like a beautiful moving abstract painting. I've wanted to buy this for all my friends, but I can't seem to find even one other copy. Meanwhile, save your money on this video. I watched this for 5 minutes, and just through it out. | 1,005 | [
"For something like this to work, it must be the highest quality image, full screen, and interesting to look at.",
"This was just junk.",
"I work in video, was trained in video arts when I went to art school, and can tell you that this video is without creativity, without imagination, and it is certainly bad art.",
"I'm sorry, but I thought this was real junk.",
"Awful quality.",
"Looks ugly on my Imac screen.",
"I would never have this playing in the background at a get-together in my home, which is what I intended for when I bought this thing Very disappointing.",
"If you can find a video called \"By Design\" by a company called Colorcalm, you will see what a collection of great video artists are capable of doing.",
"This video has a series of gorgeous and subtle video 'chapters', each one like a beautiful moving abstract painting.",
"I've wanted to buy this for all my friends, but I can't seem to find even one other copy.",
"Meanwhile, save your money on this video.",
"I watched this for 5 minutes, and just through it out."
] |
1 | artsymom | My daughter loves to play with her friend's Fisher Price magna doodle so I thought this one was more appropriate for her age (18 months) and was a good "starter" one. We received it as a gift and it was immediately rejected by her. The lever to pull to erase your drawings can't be pulled by her and I have to use a lot of effort to pull myself. Once you pull the lever to the bottom it automatically creeps back up itself; so it makes a mechanical noise which scares her. Then the cute animals at the top which makes shapes can't be easily gotten out and once they are out she can't "snap" them back in so if she carries her drawing somewhere all the little animals fall out. And last, the connecting string to the pen just reaches the edges. If your child can actually draw with the pen up straight then you will have no problem:) Even though this one was recommended for a younger age than some of the Fisher Price ones, it isn't worth it. The intention is great, but fails to work for an 18 month old. | 1,005 | [
"My daughter loves to play with her friend's Fisher Price magna doodle so I thought this one was more appropriate for her age (18 months) and was a good \"starter\" one.",
"We received it as a gift and it was immediately rejected by her.",
"The lever to pull to erase your drawings can't be pulled by her and I have to use a lot of effort to pull myself.",
"Once you pull the lever to the bottom it automatically creeps back up itself; so it makes a mechanical noise which scares her.",
"Then the cute animals at the top which makes shapes can't be easily gotten out and once they are out she can't \"snap\" them back in so if she carries her drawing somewhere all the little animals fall out.",
"And last, the connecting string to the pen just reaches the edges.",
"If your child can actually draw with the pen up straight then you will have no problem:) Even though this one was recommended for a younger age than some of the Fisher Price ones, it isn't worth it.",
"The intention is great, but fails to work for an 18 month old."
] |
1 | Abysmal. | Cappon's book is sloppy, rushed, and incomplete. I can't recommend it to anyone.The same Pope quotation is trotted out twice (p. 34 & p. 76), the second time clumsily, and both times Cappon renders it incorrectly.Page 40's entry on commas in series includes a misspelling ("stuf") and a violation of the rule covering capitalization after a colon (which can be found on p. 28).The "Hands Off" warning from the chapter on quotation marks is dogmatic about handling speech in its raw form: "Grammatical and other errors are the speaker's problems, not yours." Yet what practicing journalist transcribes every "um," "uh," and false start the recorder captures?When a book that purports to help writers offers more in the way of hindrance--and can't trouble itself to take its own advice--it can only be judged a failure.This is another post-Strunk & White writing guide that prizes brevity over clarity and cuteness over completeness. If the AP wants a useful punctuation guide, it should start from scratch. | 1,005 | [
"Cappon's book is sloppy, rushed, and incomplete.",
"I can't recommend it to anyone.The same Pope quotation is trotted out twice (p.",
"34 & p.",
"76), the second time clumsily, and both times Cappon renders it incorrectly.Page 40's entry on commas in series includes a misspelling (\"stuf\") and a violation of the rule covering capitalization after a colon (which can be found on p.",
"28).The \"Hands Off\" warning from the chapter on quotation marks is dogmatic about handling speech in its raw form: \"Grammatical and other errors are the speaker's problems, not yours.\" Yet what practicing journalist transcribes every \"um,\" \"uh,\" and false start the recorder captures?",
"When a book that purports to help writers offers more in the way of hindrance--and can't trouble itself to take its own advice--it can only be judged a failure.This is another post-Strunk & White writing guide that prizes brevity over clarity and cuteness over completeness.",
"If the AP wants a useful punctuation guide, it should start from scratch."
] |
1 | Beware | This booklet (it's quite small) is not what you might expect.Consider these facts before purchasing:--About half of the book is not specific to the Digital Rebel--it's general photography basics. Choosing a lens, how to photograph landscapes, etc. In other words, filler.--It's all in black and white.--There are *no* example illustrations of the settings on the Rebel. So if they are talking about say, AWB, there are no illustrations about where the buttons are, what the camera display shows when buttons are pressed, etc. This is true throughout the booklet; it talks about settings, but never shows them.Nutshell: this appears to be a very short booklet on the Rebel with a few general discussions on a few of the Rebel's features. However, there are no illustrations, not everything is covered, and one gets the feeling it was then filled out with generic information (including a long list of the accessories available at the end of the book).The manual that comes with the camera is 10x better.... | 1,005 | [
"This booklet (it's quite small) is not what you might expect.Consider these facts before purchasing:--About half of the book is not specific to the Digital Rebel--it's general photography basics.",
"Choosing a lens, how to photograph landscapes, etc.",
"In other words, filler.--It's all in black and white.--There are *no* example illustrations of the settings on the Rebel.",
"So if they are talking about say, AWB, there are no illustrations about where the buttons are, what the camera display shows when buttons are pressed, etc.",
"This is true throughout the booklet; it talks about settings, but never shows them.Nutshell: this appears to be a very short booklet on the Rebel with a few general discussions on a few of the Rebel's features.",
"However, there are no illustrations, not everything is covered, and one gets the feeling it was then filled out with generic information (including a long list of the accessories available at the end of the book).The manual that comes with the camera is 10x better...."
] |
1 | Ugh | This game is bad. Bad bad bad. Let me start by saying that I love playing disc golf. Maybe that's why im so hard on this game but I dont know that John q public would feel any different.The disc golf side lacks any features and all you can do is play a front 9 back 9 or all 18. No computer opponent no low score leader board. You you pointlessly playing. it might just be my taste but I thought the game was a little too tough. There wasn't a leveling up system or anything like that to keep you playing. To throw you just flick in a straight line on the second screen. Obviously this lacks feedback so it's hard to get a feel for how far the disc is going to go. There is also no meter so you can't see afterward how well your shot went. Its worth pointing out that the graphics are sub par to boot.I didn't buy this name for the ultimate half of it but I tinkered with it for fun. I'm not familiar with the sport in real life and this did nothing to help that.Overall just avoid this game at all costs. | 1,005 | [
"This game is bad.",
"Bad bad bad.",
"Let me start by saying that I love playing disc golf.",
"Maybe that's why im so hard on this game but I dont know that John q public would feel any different.The disc golf side lacks any features and all you can do is play a front 9 back 9 or all 18.",
"No computer opponent no low score leader board.",
"You you pointlessly playing.",
"it might just be my taste but I thought the game was a little too tough.",
"There wasn't a leveling up system or anything like that to keep you playing.",
"To throw you just flick in a straight line on the second screen.",
"Obviously this lacks feedback so it's hard to get a feel for how far the disc is going to go.",
"There is also no meter so you can't see afterward how well your shot went.",
"Its worth pointing out that the graphics are sub par to boot.I didn't buy this name for the ultimate half of it but I tinkered with it for fun.",
"I'm not familiar with the sport in real life and this did nothing to help that.Overall just avoid this game at all costs."
] |
1 | Bad movie | This is the type of horror movie they made back in the old days. i.e. low budget, bad acting, guy in a fake looking rubber monster suit. The concepts for this movie were likely copied from Alien, Predator, and Independence day. The DVD cover's alien looks similar to the creature from the Alien movies, however the actual movie's alien looks different from the DVD cover. The alien can become invisible like the creature from Predator. One scene was obviously copied from Independence day (the alien has it's tentacle around the dead scientists neck, making the scientist's body say "...r e l e a s e... m e..."). Perhaps the alien may have been more believable if it had been filmed under dim lighting conditions, however views of the alien were in full daylight making it obviously a badly designed fake rubber monster suit.The special features consists of an interview with the director who is wearing a rubber monster mask. I guess I would also hide my face if I were involved with making this movie. | 1,004 | [
"This is the type of horror movie they made back in the old days.",
"i.e. low budget, bad acting, guy in a fake looking rubber monster suit.",
"The concepts for this movie were likely copied from Alien, Predator, and Independence day.",
"The DVD cover's alien looks similar to the creature from the Alien movies, however the actual movie's alien looks different from the DVD cover.",
"The alien can become invisible like the creature from Predator.",
"One scene was obviously copied from Independence day (the alien has it's tentacle around the dead scientists neck, making the scientist's body say \"...r e l e a s e... m e...\").",
"Perhaps the alien may have been more believable if it had been filmed under dim lighting conditions, however views of the alien were in full daylight making it obviously a badly designed fake rubber monster suit.The special features consists of an interview with the director who is wearing a rubber monster mask.",
"I guess I would also hide my face if I were involved with making this movie."
] |
1 | Avril | Okay there are good reviews and then there are bad reviews..I'm going to give you a bad review with Ms. Avril here. First off the girl is a bit annoying if you will. She is rude to her fans, she calls herself things that arn't true, and have you ever seen this girl on a skateboard other then in her videos? She needs to change her attitude or prove some things, and not just flip off the camera and wear a tutu with combat boots. She is the reason we have one of the worst word in the history of time today: "The poser". She practly made that a house hold saying...and it's not something a real "punk" would say. Now on to her music. She's a bit...let's say whiney. She's way to pop punk for her own good. Anyway...I guess I don't know alot about her music other then I dislike it. But to all the Avril fans out there...more power to you..I prolly wouldn't beable to stand an idol that was rude to me for dressing like her and acually liking her. So demand some respect from her Avrilfans! Do something! | 1,004 | [
"Okay there are good reviews and then there are bad reviews..I'm going to give you a bad review with Ms.",
"Avril here.",
"First off the girl is a bit annoying if you will.",
"She is rude to her fans, she calls herself things that arn't true, and have you ever seen this girl on a skateboard other then in her videos?",
"She needs to change her attitude or prove some things, and not just flip off the camera and wear a tutu with combat boots.",
"She is the reason we have one of the worst word in the history of time today: \"The poser\".",
"She practly made that a house hold saying...and it's not something a real \"punk\" would say.",
"Now on to her music.",
"She's a bit...let's say whiney.",
"She's way to pop punk for her own good.",
"Anyway...I guess I don't know alot about her music other then I dislike it.",
"But to all the Avril fans out there...more power to you..I prolly wouldn't beable to stand an idol that was rude to me for dressing like her and acually liking her.",
"So demand some respect from her Avrilfans!",
"Do something!"
] |
1 | Hmm... | I hesitate to give the doc 3 stars, because it is very slow paced and spends way too much time looking at the narrator sitting in front of monitors in a studio. The guy's a little annoying. You could play a drinking game in which you must drink every single time he says, "Question!" prior to posing a question. It's too long, sometime overly belaboring and reviewing it's points. Unless you're a child, you may want to yell, "I get it already!" The main reason for the stars is that if you've got the time, it DOES raise some darn intriguing questions that I'd like to hear answers to. I'm like the reviewer who went into this thing thinking, "Oh, c'mon!" But there's some real evidence here that we do not know a good deal about exactly what happened that day. If you have the time & patience, you should hear what the doc has to say.UPDATE: just search for "911 conspiracy debunked" on google and I think you'll find reasonable answers for most questions this program raises. I downgrade it to 1 star. | 1,004 | [
"I hesitate to give the doc 3 stars, because it is very slow paced and spends way too much time looking at the narrator sitting in front of monitors in a studio.",
"The guy's a little annoying.",
"You could play a drinking game in which you must drink every single time he says, \"Question!",
"\" prior to posing a question.",
"It's too long, sometime overly belaboring and reviewing it's points.",
"Unless you're a child, you may want to yell, \"I get it already!",
"\" The main reason for the stars is that if you've got the time, it DOES raise some darn intriguing questions that I'd like to hear answers to.",
"I'm like the reviewer who went into this thing thinking, \"Oh, c'mon!",
"\" But there's some real evidence here that we do not know a good deal about exactly what happened that day.",
"If you have the time & patience, you should hear what the doc has to say.UPDATE: just search for \"911 conspiracy debunked\" on google and I think you'll find reasonable answers for most questions this program raises.",
"I downgrade it to 1 star."
] |
1 | Junk | Yes, I'm a Metallica hater, since the day they said they simply don't care about anything eles more than their own inflated egoes. Just that. Since the day Lar$ went against Napster; since the day they fired Newsted and all the truth about their cruel behaving against their bass player came out; since when they hired pop metal producer Bob Rock; since the stupid S&M; since Load & Reload; and, finally, since St. Anger, the "Ugliest" metal album ever.They scored a point here: altough the album is clearly trying to copy numetal, it's not a commercial album at all, because it's simply impossible to listen to this kind of disjointed, bad-tasted, ludicrous "music".Some people say the DVD sound is better. That's true. But is impossible to swallow Lars and his hideous face, to stand Trujillo ridiculous movements, see that Bob Rock is around, and check that Hetfield's vocals are gone for sure.This band is fake, they committed the greatest sell out of the music industry ever.Well, St. Anger is junk. | 1,004 | [
"Yes, I'm a Metallica hater, since the day they said they simply don't care about anything eles more than their own inflated egoes.",
"Just that.",
"Since the day Lar$ went against Napster; since the day they fired Newsted and all the truth about their cruel behaving against their bass player came out; since when they hired pop metal producer Bob Rock; since the stupid S&M; since Load & Reload; and, finally, since St.",
"Anger, the \"Ugliest\" metal album ever.They scored a point here: altough the album is clearly trying to copy numetal, it's not a commercial album at all, because it's simply impossible to listen to this kind of disjointed, bad-tasted, ludicrous \"music\".Some people say the DVD sound is better.",
"That's true.",
"But is impossible to swallow Lars and his hideous face, to stand Trujillo ridiculous movements, see that Bob Rock is around, and check that Hetfield's vocals are gone for sure.This band is fake, they committed the greatest sell out of the music industry ever.Well, St.",
"Anger is junk."
] |
1 | The Worst | I've read quiet a few Doctor Who novels but this one has been the worst. I only finished the book out of loyalty to the series. The author takes the approach of little to no action, and goes way in depth at describing the characters feelings during different situations. This wouldn't of been that bad except for the fact I felt he got the characters all wrong. The way he described the characters is not how I remember them from watching the TV show. Again, not only was the book not accurate in portraying the characters, it was boring, and I literally had to force myself to finish reading it. One final warning for this book, it is by far the darkest and most adult Dr. Who book I have read to date. The ending is also not happy, in the fact that Dodo does something so insanely stupid & out of character that it kind of just ruins the story. In fact Dodo was nothing like she was in the TV series. But everyone has their own opinion, & mine happens to be a bit harsh because I didn't like the story. | 1,004 | [
"I've read quiet a few Doctor Who novels but this one has been the worst.",
"I only finished the book out of loyalty to the series.",
"The author takes the approach of little to no action, and goes way in depth at describing the characters feelings during different situations.",
"This wouldn't of been that bad except for the fact I felt he got the characters all wrong.",
"The way he described the characters is not how I remember them from watching the TV show.",
"Again, not only was the book not accurate in portraying the characters, it was boring, and I literally had to force myself to finish reading it.",
"One final warning for this book, it is by far the darkest and most adult Dr.",
"Who book I have read to date.",
"The ending is also not happy, in the fact that Dodo does something so insanely stupid & out of character that it kind of just ruins the story.",
"In fact Dodo was nothing like she was in the TV series.",
"But everyone has their own opinion, & mine happens to be a bit harsh because I didn't like the story."
] |
1 | Traumatic | One reviewer went as far as to say that the spanking is "healthy" in a relationship.Excuse me? Pain is "healthy" for two people who had a horrific past? Um, no.This was a terrible story with an awfully sadistic point of view. Some people really don't understand how bad bringing that particular thing into play in the bed. For passionate- yet tender-hearted readers, which is what we all are since we're reading Harlequin and not authors like Rachel Kramer Bussel, it's not fun. It's not sexy. It's not "healthy."The spanking ruined an entire book. It's extremely unrealistic for people who had traumatic pasts to like this. And I hate that there are some authors who really don't understand that. I've read many books where this has happened, and I wonder, why do these writers think that someone who was abused, or came from a tragic and hurtful past, would actually like a spanking? That's what caused the pain and trauma in the first place!Skip this book. It's just ridiculous, and absolutely unreal. | 1,004 | [
"One reviewer went as far as to say that the spanking is \"healthy\" in a relationship.Excuse me?",
"Pain is \"healthy\" for two people who had a horrific past?",
"Um, no.This was a terrible story with an awfully sadistic point of view.",
"Some people really don't understand how bad bringing that particular thing into play in the bed.",
"For passionate- yet tender-hearted readers, which is what we all are since we're reading Harlequin and not authors like Rachel Kramer Bussel, it's not fun.",
"It's not sexy.",
"It's not \"healthy.\"The spanking ruined an entire book.",
"It's extremely unrealistic for people who had traumatic pasts to like this.",
"And I hate that there are some authors who really don't understand that.",
"I've read many books where this has happened, and I wonder, why do these writers think that someone who was abused, or came from a tragic and hurtful past, would actually like a spanking?",
"That's what caused the pain and trauma in the first place!",
"Skip this book.",
"It's just ridiculous, and absolutely unreal."
] |
1 | Plastic | Poorly engineered, or perhaps ingenious engineering?Well, I'm fairly certain that Karcher doesn't make their money selling machines, but selling parts. There are several weak spots that seem to be built in to this machine.The hose attachment is plastic and a huge weak point. It does not seal well, and when it does, it eventually springs a leak.The hose: Way too light. The hose seems to be made of dripper lines(?). The hose is far too thin. It kinks. It does not like to be brushed against cement or bricks. It scuffs way too easily making the weak point even worse.The handle: Leaks like a waterhose. They had me order replacement parts. First order was wrong, wouldn't return shipping and handling. 2nd did not fix the problem.The plug: GFI plug rusted and eventually needed replacing. I was able to replace, not with OEM.I'm sure I'll recall other problems I've had with this unit. This machine is a money pit. Less than an hour of use.-AVOID KARCHER- Spend a little more and get a quality machine. | 1,004 | [
"Poorly engineered, or perhaps ingenious engineering?",
"Well, I'm fairly certain that Karcher doesn't make their money selling machines, but selling parts.",
"There are several weak spots that seem to be built in to this machine.The hose attachment is plastic and a huge weak point.",
"It does not seal well, and when it does, it eventually springs a leak.The hose: Way too light.",
"The hose seems to be made of dripper lines(?",
").",
"The hose is far too thin.",
"It kinks.",
"It does not like to be brushed against cement or bricks.",
"It scuffs way too easily making the weak point even worse.The handle: Leaks like a waterhose.",
"They had me order replacement parts.",
"First order was wrong, wouldn't return shipping and handling.",
"2nd did not fix the problem.The plug: GFI plug rusted and eventually needed replacing.",
"I was able to replace, not with OEM.I'm sure I'll recall other problems I've had with this unit.",
"This machine is a money pit.",
"Less than an hour of use.-AVOID KARCHER- Spend a little more and get a quality machine."
] |
1 | Worthless | This is one of the worst books I've ever read, about anything, ever. If you follow some of the advice in this book, you will actually be a worse filmmaker than if you just started bumbling your way through it on your own. (And, some of his advice will land you in jail, if you get caught.)The book is poorly written, incoherent at times, and each short section only conveys the vaguest information possible about the subject it purports to be about. The tone is sarcastic and vaguely insulting. Some of the advice was so stupid I was offended by it. I've read at least fifty books about filmmaking, and this is hands-down the worst. Period. It's hard to comment on the information in much detail, because there is so little depth to the information in this book that it's like reading a ream of blank paper.If you read this book, you'll need to read at least one good one to understand all the vague things, and un-lear all the incorrect things, that you'll hear about filmmaking from this piece of junk. | 1,004 | [
"This is one of the worst books I've ever read, about anything, ever.",
"If you follow some of the advice in this book, you will actually be a worse filmmaker than if you just started bumbling your way through it on your own.",
"(And, some of his advice will land you in jail, if you get caught.)The book is poorly written, incoherent at times, and each short section only conveys the vaguest information possible about the subject it purports to be about.",
"The tone is sarcastic and vaguely insulting.",
"Some of the advice was so stupid I was offended by it.",
"I've read at least fifty books about filmmaking, and this is hands-down the worst.",
"Period.",
"It's hard to comment on the information in much detail, because there is so little depth to the information in this book that it's like reading a ream of blank paper.If you read this book, you'll need to read at least one good one to understand all the vague things, and un-lear all the incorrect things, that you'll hear about filmmaking from this piece of junk."
] |
1 | it sucks | Sure it's easy to assemble and attach, but the company probably spent all their energy figuring out a "quick and easy" assembly and abandoned any thought on a child's comfort. I bought this for my 15 month old son to ride with my 18 month old neice. she was okay for 2 minutes and then she just wanted out of it. My son wriggled in it and the straps got tangled. We can usually overlook small things, but it was impossible to try and make the seat work well. it's just cheap material hanging from a bar with uncomfortable and difficult straps with no padding. Definitely not a "quick 'n easy" harness system. There's no structure to the seat and it also lacked padding for back support. If you really want a trailer and a GOOD one, you should look at the more expensive ones (I saw several good ones at REI).I finally decided I'd rather get the iBert child seat for my bike, since I've done my research on it and it has received 88 five star reviews, an award, and recognition on parenting magazine ^_^ . | 1,004 | [
"Sure it's easy to assemble and attach, but the company probably spent all their energy figuring out a \"quick and easy\" assembly and abandoned any thought on a child's comfort.",
"I bought this for my 15 month old son to ride with my 18 month old neice.",
"she was okay for 2 minutes and then she just wanted out of it.",
"My son wriggled in it and the straps got tangled.",
"We can usually overlook small things, but it was impossible to try and make the seat work well.",
"it's just cheap material hanging from a bar with uncomfortable and difficult straps with no padding.",
"Definitely not a \"quick 'n easy\" harness system.",
"There's no structure to the seat and it also lacked padding for back support.",
"If you really want a trailer and a GOOD one, you should look at the more expensive ones (I saw several good ones at REI).I finally decided I'd rather get the iBert child seat for my bike, since I've done my research on it and it has received 88 five star reviews, an award, and recognition on parenting magazine ^_^ ."
] |
1 | Outdated | The differential diagnosis scheme presented in the book is very confusing. I think the best way to categorize lesions is by internal structure. This is the most prominent feature of any lesion. Any lesion can be one of three possibilities; radiolucent,radiopaque or mixed. There is no fourth possibility. After that lesions can be further grouped according to patient age, relation to teeth, site and other characteristic features. Oral radiology, principles and interpretation by white and pharaoh provides a perfect system of describing lesions in an easy and very organized manner. Wood and Goaz book was printed in 1997. It contains names of lesions that no longer exist. For example you will find odontogenic keratocyst which is renamed by WHO to keratocystic odontogenic tumor because of its aggressive behavior. You should never study from such an outdated book that classify oral and maxillofacial lesions in a complicated and confusingway. I myself placed an order on amazon to return this book. | 1,004 | [
"The differential diagnosis scheme presented in the book is very confusing.",
"I think the best way to categorize lesions is by internal structure.",
"This is the most prominent feature of any lesion.",
"Any lesion can be one of three possibilities; radiolucent,radiopaque or mixed.",
"There is no fourth possibility.",
"After that lesions can be further grouped according to patient age, relation to teeth, site and other characteristic features.",
"Oral radiology, principles and interpretation by white and pharaoh provides a perfect system of describing lesions in an easy and very organized manner.",
"Wood and Goaz book was printed in 1997.",
"It contains names of lesions that no longer exist.",
"For example you will find odontogenic keratocyst which is renamed by WHO to keratocystic odontogenic tumor because of its aggressive behavior.",
"You should never study from such an outdated book that classify oral and maxillofacial lesions in a complicated and confusingway.",
"I myself placed an order on amazon to return this book."
] |
1 | RIP OFF | I basically got ripped off. I ordered the product and it arrived. However, the product I ordered was a DVD set that would not play on my equipment because it was HD-DVD. It is true that it clearly states on the ad THAT the product is HD-DVD, but not WHAT an HD-DVD is. I had NO IDEA. I later found out that the HD-DVD format was a DVD format that had been supported by Microsoft, the patron saint of lost causes and that the world stopped supporting it about three years ago.When I contacted the supplier, they told me that they would reimburse me, but that I would have to pay postage from Japan and that there would be a restocking fee. It would cost me MORE to get my money back than to just forget about it.The supplier is responsible and Amazon is also responsible for this. The ad on Amazon was misleading. There was important data missing from the ad and in that sense it was misleading.My advice to Amazon buyers is to read the description very carefully, or you may get ripped off too.John Davis | 1,004 | [
"I basically got ripped off.",
"I ordered the product and it arrived.",
"However, the product I ordered was a DVD set that would not play on my equipment because it was HD-DVD.",
"It is true that it clearly states on the ad THAT the product is HD-DVD, but not WHAT an HD-DVD is.",
"I had NO IDEA.",
"I later found out that the HD-DVD format was a DVD format that had been supported by Microsoft, the patron saint of lost causes and that the world stopped supporting it about three years ago.When I contacted the supplier, they told me that they would reimburse me, but that I would have to pay postage from Japan and that there would be a restocking fee.",
"It would cost me MORE to get my money back than to just forget about it.The supplier is responsible and Amazon is also responsible for this.",
"The ad on Amazon was misleading.",
"There was important data missing from the ad and in that sense it was misleading.My advice to Amazon buyers is to read the description very carefully, or you may get ripped off too.John Davis"
] |
1 | AWFUL!!! | This book was so awful. Thank god I bought it used and cheap. The author talks as some elitest preaching down to her worshipers. Some claims she makes are so ridiculous, avoid black cats cause "they attract unsavory spirits and bad energy". Im soooo thankful I read this AFTER I read Lupa's book because this book is so discouraging I wouldnt have pursued animal magic at all after reading it. The author seems most concerned with the EXACT definitions to the types of shapeshifters, she spent way too long describing the details of what makes one an integrated, as opposed to non-integrated as opposed to hereditary as opposed to classical, physical bla bla bla . The voice of this book is so immature and insecure, like shes trying to make sure YOU know that she herself is a genuine shapeshifer. It comes across as very unfriendly , the author is one of the popular cool people and YOU ARENT!!!Id say read Lupa's books they are so much more helpful and supportive and full of useable information.Julia | 1,004 | [
"This book was so awful.",
"Thank god I bought it used and cheap.",
"The author talks as some elitest preaching down to her worshipers.",
"Some claims she makes are so ridiculous, avoid black cats cause \"they attract unsavory spirits and bad energy\".",
"Im soooo thankful I read this AFTER I read Lupa's book because this book is so discouraging I wouldnt have pursued animal magic at all after reading it.",
"The author seems most concerned with the EXACT definitions to the types of shapeshifters, she spent way too long describing the details of what makes one an integrated, as opposed to non-integrated as opposed to hereditary as opposed to classical, physical bla bla bla.",
"The voice of this book is so immature and insecure, like shes trying to make sure YOU know that she herself is a genuine shapeshifer.",
"It comes across as very unfriendly , the author is one of the popular cool people and YOU ARENT!!!",
"Id say read Lupa's books they are so much more helpful and supportive and full of useable information.Julia"
] |
1 | deceptive | My son searched Amazon for a Christmas gift for his dad. He saw this and we both thought it was a great idea. He paid me with his hard earned money that he worked a couple of weeks for and I ordered it with my charge card. He waited anxiously for the box to arrive. It did arrive. ONE wrench in a box at least six times its size. ONE wrench. From the picture we thought we were purchasing a SET. Unless you are a mechanic even the description is deceptive. The shipping was $11.25! I thought that was a lot but assumed the set would be heavy and therefor warranted the price. We are both very disappointed. There are other tools on this site pictured individually. I feel that this was not an accident. To charge someone (in this case a child) $42.69 for one wrench is very deceptive. As a frequent shopper of Amazon I am disappointed with the seller and Amazon. I am returning this ONE wrench today. I am curious to see how much the postage will actually be. I hope there are no problems with returning. | 1,004 | [
"My son searched Amazon for a Christmas gift for his dad.",
"He saw this and we both thought it was a great idea.",
"He paid me with his hard earned money that he worked a couple of weeks for and I ordered it with my charge card.",
"He waited anxiously for the box to arrive.",
"It did arrive.",
"ONE wrench in a box at least six times its size.",
"ONE wrench.",
"From the picture we thought we were purchasing a SET.",
"Unless you are a mechanic even the description is deceptive.",
"The shipping was $11.25!",
"I thought that was a lot but assumed the set would be heavy and therefor warranted the price.",
"We are both very disappointed.",
"There are other tools on this site pictured individually.",
"I feel that this was not an accident.",
"To charge someone (in this case a child) $42.69 for one wrench is very deceptive.",
"As a frequent shopper of Amazon I am disappointed with the seller and Amazon.",
"I am returning this ONE wrench today.",
"I am curious to see how much the postage will actually be.",
"I hope there are no problems with returning."
] |
1 | Tricked | Have you ever played Metal Gear Solid? Sneaking around, silently killing, and avoiding detection, you work through each level with a great story line. Not so in Metal Gear Acid. The main flaw in the story line is that the main characters tell you how to use the cards, completely ruining the reality of the story line.I bought this game thinking of how much I liked the other Metal Gear games. This is the worst game released with the title of Metal Gear. To move, you need a card, to kill, you need a card, to defend yourself you need a card. If you get into a tough spot, unless you have the right cards, you're stuck. It is nothing like the other games in the series.If you can actually get behind a bad guy, without your turn ending and him discovering you, you cannot choke him or drag him using him as a shield. All you can do is punch him, if you don't have a card to shoot him.Overall, this is one of the worst games I have ever played. Do not waste your hard earned money on this worthless game. | 1,004 | [
"Have you ever played Metal Gear Solid?",
"Sneaking around, silently killing, and avoiding detection, you work through each level with a great story line.",
"Not so in Metal Gear Acid.",
"The main flaw in the story line is that the main characters tell you how to use the cards, completely ruining the reality of the story line.I bought this game thinking of how much I liked the other Metal Gear games.",
"This is the worst game released with the title of Metal Gear.",
"To move, you need a card, to kill, you need a card, to defend yourself you need a card.",
"If you get into a tough spot, unless you have the right cards, you're stuck.",
"It is nothing like the other games in the series.If you can actually get behind a bad guy, without your turn ending and him discovering you, you cannot choke him or drag him using him as a shield.",
"All you can do is punch him, if you don't have a card to shoot him.Overall, this is one of the worst games I have ever played.",
"Do not waste your hard earned money on this worthless game."
] |
1 | Borrring! | I have not read Mr. Larsen's first book, which I understand is quite excellent. That reputation is the reason I bought this. I am unafraid of intellectual, historical novels that are well written . . . but this is exhausting. I have yet to finish the 390 page book (plus appendices and notes), but am now 280 pages into it and the plot has yet to develop. I believe there is a murder, and I believe Marconi's wonderful wireless invention will help with the murder case. But the two parallel stories of Marconi's invention and the developing murder -two separate aspects of the novel- have yet to become entwined in any manner. As a matter of fact the major part of the Marconi story is in the late 1890s into 1903 or 1904 at this point . . . and the other plot (the murder mystery) takes place mostly around 1910. As I state in the title here, this very borrring, and the plot has no momentum. A poor effort, and it seems almost formulaic if I undertstand the plot devlopment in his first book correctly. | 1,004 | [
"I have not read Mr.",
"Larsen's first book, which I understand is quite excellent.",
"That reputation is the reason I bought this.",
"I am unafraid of intellectual, historical novels that are well written.",
".",
".",
"but this is exhausting.",
"I have yet to finish the 390 page book (plus appendices and notes), but am now 280 pages into it and the plot has yet to develop.",
"I believe there is a murder, and I believe Marconi's wonderful wireless invention will help with the murder case.",
"But the two parallel stories of Marconi's invention and the developing murder -two separate aspects of the novel- have yet to become entwined in any manner.",
"As a matter of fact the major part of the Marconi story is in the late 1890s into 1903 or 1904 at this point.",
".",
".",
"and the other plot (the murder mystery) takes place mostly around 1910.",
"As I state in the title here, this very borrring, and the plot has no momentum.",
"A poor effort, and it seems almost formulaic if I undertstand the plot devlopment in his first book correctly."
] |
1 | GARBAGE!!! | Given the level of creativity and the seamless implementation of WETA's effects, I expected much more from this movie than a long overdrawn saga. The story was okay, but hindered badly by the poor integration of live-action and cg. I mean, the compositing was just plain lousy and the movements of the large creatures weren't scaled well at all. I was so distracted during the scene in which the characters are running from the herd of brachiosaurs (or whatever they were) by the obvious fakery of the images that I couldn't see past it. Better effects were achieved in the original King Kong. I don't expect to see this kind of crap on screen when it comes from the same people who were behind LOTR.In short, King Kong was overhyped, overbudgeted, underproduced and overall underwhelming. The best example of integrated cg in a film is still the first film to use the technology: Jurassic Park. Let's hope that Peter Jackson decides to take on something less classic and less demanding on the audience. | 1,003 | [
"Given the level of creativity and the seamless implementation of WETA's effects, I expected much more from this movie than a long overdrawn saga.",
"The story was okay, but hindered badly by the poor integration of live-action and cg.",
"I mean, the compositing was just plain lousy and the movements of the large creatures weren't scaled well at all.",
"I was so distracted during the scene in which the characters are running from the herd of brachiosaurs (or whatever they were) by the obvious fakery of the images that I couldn't see past it.",
"Better effects were achieved in the original King Kong.",
"I don't expect to see this kind of crap on screen when it comes from the same people who were behind LOTR.In short, King Kong was overhyped, overbudgeted, underproduced and overall underwhelming.",
"The best example of integrated cg in a film is still the first film to use the technology: Jurassic Park.",
"Let's hope that Peter Jackson decides to take on something less classic and less demanding on the audience."
] |
1 | Surprise | If you are looking for one of those heart-throbbing romances, that Linda Howard typical writes, you are going to be disappointed with this. To my very disappointment, Ms. Howard has been slowly but moving away from her wonderful love stories (my favorites: After the Night, Shades of Twilight, Duncan's Bride, Loving Evangeline, to mentioned a few), into stories without any heart felt, heart moving stories that just that "stories". I would like for Ms. Howard to read some of her old love stories to capture the feeling again.Whatever happened to characters such as Zane and Joe, as well as Duncan (and the characters from Shades of Twilight, Roanna and). With the power and strength of their characters that made their stories so compelling and pleasurable to read. . . . Open Season, however, made me wondering if I was reading a book written by Linda Howard. I am one of your biggest fans and I miss your love stories. Both Mr. Perfect and this last one Open Season were a big disappointment to me, | 1,003 | [
"If you are looking for one of those heart-throbbing romances, that Linda Howard typical writes, you are going to be disappointed with this.",
"To my very disappointment, Ms.",
"Howard has been slowly but moving away from her wonderful love stories (my favorites: After the Night, Shades of Twilight, Duncan's Bride, Loving Evangeline, to mentioned a few), into stories without any heart felt, heart moving stories that just that \"stories\".",
"I would like for Ms.",
"Howard to read some of her old love stories to capture the feeling again.Whatever happened to characters such as Zane and Joe, as well as Duncan (and the characters from Shades of Twilight, Roanna and).",
"With the power and strength of their characters that made their stories so compelling and pleasurable to read.",
".",
".",
".",
"Open Season, however, made me wondering if I was reading a book written by Linda Howard.",
"I am one of your biggest fans and I miss your love stories.",
"Both Mr.",
"Perfect and this last one Open Season were a big disappointment to me,"
] |
1 | danger | My 2 tear old dog is in the 24/7 emergency hospital for the past 2 weeks with anemia and an autoimmune problem... only thing that was different was that we applied k9 advantix. Her red blood cell count dropped to as low as 8 ( normal range is 35 - 50 ) and she has had 2 blood transfusions. there is another dog in the same hospital with the same thing and in talking with the owner the only thing that was differnt was a flea treatment. Please be careful with these chenicals as they are dangerous. Thousands of dollars later her blood count is slowly rising.... but she is on 2 steroids and 3 stomach meds as steroids are very bad on the stomach... Do not use K9 advantix... if you do and you see any adverse reaction give the dog a bath immediately, Donot use k9 advantix Buy A flea comb... any chemical applied to your pet can cause side effects...Ths time it could be deadly... Still praying that she keeps improving and doesn't relapse.I will be contacting BAyer and the EPA in regards to this.... | 1,003 | [
"My 2 tear old dog is in the 24/7 emergency hospital for the past 2 weeks with anemia and an autoimmune problem... only thing that was different was that we applied k9 advantix.",
"Her red blood cell count dropped to as low as 8 ( normal range is 35 - 50 ) and she has had 2 blood transfusions.",
"there is another dog in the same hospital with the same thing and in talking with the owner the only thing that was differnt was a flea treatment.",
"Please be careful with these chenicals as they are dangerous.",
"Thousands of dollars later her blood count is slowly rising.... but she is on 2 steroids and 3 stomach meds as steroids are very bad on the stomach... Do not use K9 advantix... if you do and you see any adverse reaction give the dog a bath immediately, Donot use k9 advantix Buy A flea comb... any chemical applied to your pet can cause side effects...Ths time it could be deadly... Still praying that she keeps improving and doesn't relapse.I will be contacting BAyer and the EPA in regards to this...."
] |
1 | What?!!! | If you purchase this movie, this is the feeling/question you'll be left with. While Elba is convincing as a man who's mind devolves into delusion, the storyline is nearly non-existent, patchwork. Mental disorder is hard enough to capture as entertainment. It's even more difficult to present a story from only the perspective of a warped mind's concoctions. The film needed at least one other character's viewpoint to give the audience validation (or not) of the main character's perceptions. Unfortunately, this didn't happen, leaving the audience hostage to the constant question of reality or fantasy. All characters introduced, with the exception of two, were products of the main character's mind. While one was a peripheral character that was on screen for about 5 mins, the other was served as the story's villain. He is only glimpsed through the eyes of the sick character. The end is designed to make you think, but it doesn't go far enough (especially without at least one additional vantage). | 1,003 | [
"If you purchase this movie, this is the feeling/question you'll be left with.",
"While Elba is convincing as a man who's mind devolves into delusion, the storyline is nearly non-existent, patchwork.",
"Mental disorder is hard enough to capture as entertainment.",
"It's even more difficult to present a story from only the perspective of a warped mind's concoctions.",
"The film needed at least one other character's viewpoint to give the audience validation (or not) of the main character's perceptions.",
"Unfortunately, this didn't happen, leaving the audience hostage to the constant question of reality or fantasy.",
"All characters introduced, with the exception of two, were products of the main character's mind.",
"While one was a peripheral character that was on screen for about 5 mins, the other was served as the story's villain.",
"He is only glimpsed through the eyes of the sick character.",
"The end is designed to make you think, but it doesn't go far enough (especially without at least one additional vantage)."
] |
1 | Sad | This is a recording of the dress rehearsal for the concert from Hawaii the following evening.Presley's often off key and off-mike. He's tired, forgets lyrics, he's just running through the tunes and doesn't sound like he want to be there.He races through "Suspicious Minds, is drowned out by the piano in "My Way", barely audible in "It's Over", does a sad fat Elvis self-impersonation of "Hound Dog"He slurs like he's drunk or drugged on "Fever", "I Can't help Falling in Love With You" is so bad it's annoying, and all the audience screaming only makes it worse.The engineering is equally bad, with an audience mixed way too loud to create a phony sense of excitement for this pathetic performance.The actual concert the following evening was a masterpiece by engineered by the legendary Bill Potter.The notes makes outladish claims that this is "A superb Presley performance from the acme of his career", and that this is a "truly extraordinary album".Don't waste your money. It's a complete rip-off. | 1,003 | [
"This is a recording of the dress rehearsal for the concert from Hawaii the following evening.Presley's often off key and off-mike.",
"He's tired, forgets lyrics, he's just running through the tunes and doesn't sound like he want to be there.He races through \"Suspicious Minds, is drowned out by the piano in \"My Way\", barely audible in \"It's Over\", does a sad fat Elvis self-impersonation of \"Hound Dog\"He slurs like he's drunk or drugged on \"Fever\", \"I Can't help Falling in Love With You\" is so bad it's annoying, and all the audience screaming only makes it worse.The engineering is equally bad, with an audience mixed way too loud to create a phony sense of excitement for this pathetic performance.The actual concert the following evening was a masterpiece by engineered by the legendary Bill Potter.The notes makes outladish claims that this is \"A superb Presley performance from the acme of his career\", and that this is a \"truly extraordinary album\".Don't waste your money.",
"It's a complete rip-off."
] |
1 | A warning | I started reading this series when I was in college. I have since been through medical school, residency, and have been working for several years. I regret that I ever picked up the first book. I enjoyed the first three books, but always anticipated a grand finale that never came. Somewhere after the fifth book, I quit. No longer could I bear to hear about a female character tugging at her hair when she was angry or other such interminably repeated mannerisms. Because of this series, I promised myself I would never start a series that had not already been completed. In fact, I was so disappointed in the time I had wasted in reading these books, that I have read little fiction since. Let my experience serve as a warning to you: don't start this series until it is done and you know from others that it is worth the investment of time and money. I suspect the series will never be really done, and that even though a few plot lines will finish, we will see spin-offs of the secondary characters. | 1,003 | [
"I started reading this series when I was in college.",
"I have since been through medical school, residency, and have been working for several years.",
"I regret that I ever picked up the first book.",
"I enjoyed the first three books, but always anticipated a grand finale that never came.",
"Somewhere after the fifth book, I quit.",
"No longer could I bear to hear about a female character tugging at her hair when she was angry or other such interminably repeated mannerisms.",
"Because of this series, I promised myself I would never start a series that had not already been completed.",
"In fact, I was so disappointed in the time I had wasted in reading these books, that I have read little fiction since.",
"Let my experience serve as a warning to you: don't start this series until it is done and you know from others that it is worth the investment of time and money.",
"I suspect the series will never be really done, and that even though a few plot lines will finish, we will see spin-offs of the secondary characters."
] |
1 | HORRID | I am a voracious reader and an historical romance reader in particular - and I must say, out of all of the historical romances that I've finished, this is BY FAR the worst I've ever read. HORRID.The hero of the story is MEAN. Just plain mean. For instance - our heroin was accidentally locked in a dungeon that floods during bad storms by the hero. And of course after she's locked in, a bad storm erupts, flooding her cell and forcing her to move with the water thru a tunnel that empties out over a cliff. Our hero, upon seeing her clinging to the side of the cliff, knowing what happened states "I'm going to wring her neck". SERIOUSLY? For what, surviving? And he goes on in that vein, calling her a fool. That's just one example, though I could have put MANY.This book isn't worth reading even if free. I can't imagine who these other readers are that have given this book 4 and 5 star reviews. Although I've indicated 1 star in mine, I'd rather have given it 0 stars. Don't waste your time, folks. | 1,003 | [
"I am a voracious reader and an historical romance reader in particular - and I must say, out of all of the historical romances that I've finished, this is BY FAR the worst I've ever read.",
"HORRID.The hero of the story is MEAN.",
"Just plain mean.",
"For instance - our heroin was accidentally locked in a dungeon that floods during bad storms by the hero.",
"And of course after she's locked in, a bad storm erupts, flooding her cell and forcing her to move with the water thru a tunnel that empties out over a cliff.",
"Our hero, upon seeing her clinging to the side of the cliff, knowing what happened states \"I'm going to wring her neck\".",
"SERIOUSLY?",
"For what, surviving?",
"And he goes on in that vein, calling her a fool.",
"That's just one example, though I could have put MANY.This book isn't worth reading even if free.",
"I can't imagine who these other readers are that have given this book 4 and 5 star reviews.",
"Although I've indicated 1 star in mine, I'd rather have given it 0 stars.",
"Don't waste your time, folks."
] |
1 | Not Good | I don't think there's ever been as unlikable a heroine as Sayre in any Sandra Brown book. The woman hates her family and cuts all ties with them, yet she suddenly throws herself into bringing them down on her return to town 10 years later? If you hate them, cut them out of your life and keep it that way -- don't go overboard sticking your nose into every aspect of their lives trying to stir up trouble. It made me dislike her even more. She was spoiled, selfish, arrogant, snobby and someone you couldn't care about in the least. Even when I found out her "secret," I felt nothing, other than wishing she'd run her convertible off a cliff somewhere.The other characters weren't any better, save for Beck. However, all I could think of throughout the book was why on earth this man would want anything to do with a chick like that. Her "Beige Marilyn" pedicure must've been something else.All in all, don't waste your time or money. Very disappointing to see Sandra Brown put out such a complete flop. | 1,003 | [
"I don't think there's ever been as unlikable a heroine as Sayre in any Sandra Brown book.",
"The woman hates her family and cuts all ties with them, yet she suddenly throws herself into bringing them down on her return to town 10 years later?",
"If you hate them, cut them out of your life and keep it that way -- don't go overboard sticking your nose into every aspect of their lives trying to stir up trouble.",
"It made me dislike her even more.",
"She was spoiled, selfish, arrogant, snobby and someone you couldn't care about in the least.",
"Even when I found out her \"secret,\" I felt nothing, other than wishing she'd run her convertible off a cliff somewhere.The other characters weren't any better, save for Beck.",
"However, all I could think of throughout the book was why on earth this man would want anything to do with a chick like that.",
"Her \"Beige Marilyn\" pedicure must've been something else.All in all, don't waste your time or money.",
"Very disappointing to see Sandra Brown put out such a complete flop."
] |
1 | Terrible. | Doggeral trash at best. A horrible 'guide' that will influence future hacks to create their own trashy lazy work at worst. This book promises originality in its title but then goes on to show a bunch of amateurish imitative artwork as its examples. That the author trashes other 'how to draw manga' books is laughable when this book is such poor quality. I suspect that the people giving positive reviews of this waste of money are more swayed by the pretentious and misguided text in it than by the author's actual teaching or drawing talent. Want manga in your own unique style? You are better off studying traditional drawing technique without manga influence and then evolving into your own style as a consequence of being a strong artist regardless of whether you draw manga style or not. You will learn more about drawing better quality Manga through the teachings of George Bridgeman or Robert Beverly Hale than you will trusting an over-opinionated hack artist who trashes other mediocre talent. | 1,003 | [
"Doggeral trash at best.",
"A horrible 'guide' that will influence future hacks to create their own trashy lazy work at worst.",
"This book promises originality in its title but then goes on to show a bunch of amateurish imitative artwork as its examples.",
"That the author trashes other 'how to draw manga' books is laughable when this book is such poor quality.",
"I suspect that the people giving positive reviews of this waste of money are more swayed by the pretentious and misguided text in it than by the author's actual teaching or drawing talent.",
"Want manga in your own unique style?",
"You are better off studying traditional drawing technique without manga influence and then evolving into your own style as a consequence of being a strong artist regardless of whether you draw manga style or not.",
"You will learn more about drawing better quality Manga through the teachings of George Bridgeman or Robert Beverly Hale than you will trusting an over-opinionated hack artist who trashes other mediocre talent."
] |
1 | godspank | Wanna get rich and get laid real quick? Well, just follow the godsmack formula of RIPPING OTHER PEOPLE OFF. Just take any other band, name YOUR band after a song title that the other, good band made up, copy their music style EXACTLY, sleep with the right people, get lots of tattoos, AND YOUR IN. Say if you created a band called "Freak on a Leash" and then got a bassist who pounds on his bass guitar and a bunch of dreadlocked guys from Bakersfield and tried to sound exactly like Korn, IT WOULD WORK.Come on people. I can't belive that anyone who's ever heard of Alice in Chains could ever take these dumbasses seriously. I have to sit through them at Ozzfest, so I'm not looking forward to that. How could anyone impersonate someone elses vocal style (Layne Staley) and then have the balls to acctually name your band after his song!!! A.I.C. should sue the hell out of Godcrack, just so we don't have to listen to their weakass music on the radio. Do the world a favor, DO NOT BUY THIS CRAP!!!!!!! | 1,003 | [
"Wanna get rich and get laid real quick?",
"Well, just follow the godsmack formula of RIPPING OTHER PEOPLE OFF.",
"Just take any other band, name YOUR band after a song title that the other, good band made up, copy their music style EXACTLY, sleep with the right people, get lots of tattoos, AND YOUR IN.",
"Say if you created a band called \"Freak on a Leash\" and then got a bassist who pounds on his bass guitar and a bunch of dreadlocked guys from Bakersfield and tried to sound exactly like Korn, IT WOULD WORK.Come on people.",
"I can't belive that anyone who's ever heard of Alice in Chains could ever take these dumbasses seriously.",
"I have to sit through them at Ozzfest, so I'm not looking forward to that.",
"How could anyone impersonate someone elses vocal style (Layne Staley) and then have the balls to acctually name your band after his song!!!",
"A.I.C. should sue the hell out of Godcrack, just so we don't have to listen to their weakass music on the radio.",
"Do the world a favor, DO NOT BUY THIS CRAP!!!",
"!!!",
"!"
] |
1 | DO NOT BUY | This tv was delivered about 10 days after I ordered and white glove service was great. A week later it started powering off and on by itself. I called Samsung, and was refered to a technician. He told me he would bring the parts that could be causing the problem. On the day of the appointment he was late, brought no parts or tools, and stayed under 10 minutes. He tried to do a software update even though the tv was new, repeated that about 8 times, then said "I don't have what I need to fix this, we'll call next week" and left. He never called. White glove picked it up today, 48 hours after I called them. Amazon is giving me a full refund since I never want a Samsung product again. Don't be fooled by the initial quality of this tv. It's like a shiny used car that dies 10 minutes after you drive it off the lot, and Samsung acted like a used car salesman. On the upside Amazon has the best customer service I've ever experienced and I'll certainly buy my next tv from them. Just not a Samsung. | 1,003 | [
"This tv was delivered about 10 days after I ordered and white glove service was great.",
"A week later it started powering off and on by itself.",
"I called Samsung, and was refered to a technician.",
"He told me he would bring the parts that could be causing the problem.",
"On the day of the appointment he was late, brought no parts or tools, and stayed under 10 minutes.",
"He tried to do a software update even though the tv was new, repeated that about 8 times, then said \"I don't have what I need to fix this, we'll call next week\" and left.",
"He never called.",
"White glove picked it up today, 48 hours after I called them.",
"Amazon is giving me a full refund since I never want a Samsung product again.",
"Don't be fooled by the initial quality of this tv.",
"It's like a shiny used car that dies 10 minutes after you drive it off the lot, and Samsung acted like a used car salesman.",
"On the upside Amazon has the best customer service I've ever experienced and I'll certainly buy my next tv from them.",
"Just not a Samsung."
] |
1 | D/J | I have read many reviews here, but there is one thing everyone is leaving out. Kevin Williamson explains that he wanted Andie in the entire finale not just one 90 second scene with Pacey. He explains that the show was writtin to have Pacey & Andie end up together, and Dawson & Joey end up together. It would not have worked to have Pacey & Andie, who haven't talked in 7 years (going back to season 4) sit down for one scene, and have them end up together. Andie was working on another movie at the time and could only stay for one day.So the re-writing that Williamson did, not just for the second hour, but for most of the finale didn't have much to do with letting the story take him where it should. He was left with no other choice. A Pacey/Andie ending would have been far better than a Pacey/Joey ending anyway.After all I think Pacey & Joey are on world war1000 by now. And we can't forget how Pacey feels when he is around Joey. "When I'm With You I Feel Like I'm Nothing"Now that's chemistry! | 1,003 | [
"I have read many reviews here, but there is one thing everyone is leaving out.",
"Kevin Williamson explains that he wanted Andie in the entire finale not just one 90 second scene with Pacey.",
"He explains that the show was writtin to have Pacey & Andie end up together, and Dawson & Joey end up together.",
"It would not have worked to have Pacey & Andie, who haven't talked in 7 years (going back to season 4) sit down for one scene, and have them end up together.",
"Andie was working on another movie at the time and could only stay for one day.So the re-writing that Williamson did, not just for the second hour, but for most of the finale didn't have much to do with letting the story take him where it should.",
"He was left with no other choice.",
"A Pacey/Andie ending would have been far better than a Pacey/Joey ending anyway.After all I think Pacey & Joey are on world war1000 by now.",
"And we can't forget how Pacey feels when he is around Joey.",
"\"When I'm With You I Feel Like I'm Nothing\"Now that's chemistry!"
] |
1 | REALLY BAD | This cookbook is really bad. As a Latvian cook, I can tell the author does not know real Latvian cooking. The best Latvian cookbook with authentic Latvian food is the one by Latvian women from Ontario Canada. The book is called Latvian Cooking. It has had 9 printings, so you know it is good. The Taste of Latvia cookbook has very weird recipes in it for Latvian food. Also it has editorial errors. For example, the recipe for Klingeris starts with " cups very warm milk". It does not specify how many cups. The recipe for Alexander cake is to make it in three layers. I have never made or seen one with 3 layers, not even in Latvia. It is always made with 2 layers. Also, the book is missing basic Latvian foods, like braised sauerkraut. Braised sauerkraut is a Latvian staple and no book on Latvian cooking is complete without it. I won't even go into her errors on Latvian history. The author would have been better off writing a cookbook from her own heritage. Latvian is definetly not her heritage. | 1,003 | [
"This cookbook is really bad.",
"As a Latvian cook, I can tell the author does not know real Latvian cooking.",
"The best Latvian cookbook with authentic Latvian food is the one by Latvian women from Ontario Canada.",
"The book is called Latvian Cooking.",
"It has had 9 printings, so you know it is good.",
"The Taste of Latvia cookbook has very weird recipes in it for Latvian food.",
"Also it has editorial errors.",
"For example, the recipe for Klingeris starts with \" cups very warm milk\".",
"It does not specify how many cups.",
"The recipe for Alexander cake is to make it in three layers.",
"I have never made or seen one with 3 layers, not even in Latvia.",
"It is always made with 2 layers.",
"Also, the book is missing basic Latvian foods, like braised sauerkraut.",
"Braised sauerkraut is a Latvian staple and no book on Latvian cooking is complete without it.",
"I won't even go into her errors on Latvian history.",
"The author would have been better off writing a cookbook from her own heritage.",
"Latvian is definetly not her heritage."
] |
1 | horrible | I read this book while on a trip to Africa. I actively search out fast paced books with at least one intelligent character and a compelling theme. The reviewers (back cover) seemd to support my thought that this book was worth a read. I don't think I've ever been so disappointed: slow start, poorly developed characters, an "intelligent character" that was anything but, an author character with zero writing skills, confusing mid-section, and a drink of water for an ending. I was so disappointed with the book that I actually left it on British Airways backseat pocket and hadwrote a note to the next reader: "don't waste your time".The only thing that is actually a mistery about the book is why a few people rieks their names and reputations talking it up. Total lies.Finally, this is the very first time, I've ever written a review about a book. Normally, I won't waste my time. However, in this case, I felt obligated to warn potnetial future readers.Don't read. You will be gravely disappointed. | 1,003 | [
"I read this book while on a trip to Africa.",
"I actively search out fast paced books with at least one intelligent character and a compelling theme.",
"The reviewers (back cover) seemd to support my thought that this book was worth a read.",
"I don't think I've ever been so disappointed: slow start, poorly developed characters, an \"intelligent character\" that was anything but, an author character with zero writing skills, confusing mid-section, and a drink of water for an ending.",
"I was so disappointed with the book that I actually left it on British Airways backseat pocket and hadwrote a note to the next reader: \"don't waste your time\".The only thing that is actually a mistery about the book is why a few people rieks their names and reputations talking it up.",
"Total lies.Finally, this is the very first time, I've ever written a review about a book.",
"Normally, I won't waste my time.",
"However, in this case, I felt obligated to warn potnetial future readers.Don't read.",
"You will be gravely disappointed."
] |
1 | Sell Out!! | Weight loss Yoga? Not happening people. Lets look at the some science here.So she says.. lose 5lbs in a week... since there is 3500 calories in ONE lbs... that is 17,500 calories in FIVE lbs. Even if you were super HUGE and couldn't walk through your front door, you are not going to burn this. 180lb man will burn about 200 calories an hour doing yoga... so MAYBE you will get 300 with this.... but probably not.Sure, go for it! You can do it. Plunk down your $$... just know...YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO 87 HOURS A WEEK WORTH OF YOGA!!!!!She makes me sick marketing this stuff this way.FYI. I am certified personal trainer and a yoga instructor. This stuff ticks me off. She is using her 'as seen on TV' to swindle people out of their cash. You can add to her piggy bank if you want. What do you give someone who has millions... more money I guess... you should go by her diet pills too.. better act quick she is being sued for 5 million for false advertising. Looks like she is doing it again <sigh> | 1,003 | [
"Weight loss Yoga?",
"Not happening people.",
"Lets look at the some science here.So she says..",
"lose 5lbs in a week... since there is 3500 calories in ONE lbs... that is 17,500 calories in FIVE lbs.",
"Even if you were super HUGE and couldn't walk through your front door, you are not going to burn this.",
"180lb man will burn about 200 calories an hour doing yoga... so MAYBE you will get 300 with this.... but probably not.Sure, go for it!",
"You can do it.",
"Plunk down your $$... just know...YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO 87 HOURS A WEEK WORTH OF YOGA!!!",
"!!",
"She makes me sick marketing this stuff this way.FYI.",
"I am certified personal trainer and a yoga instructor.",
"This stuff ticks me off.",
"She is using her 'as seen on TV' to swindle people out of their cash.",
"You can add to her piggy bank if you want.",
"What do you give someone who has millions... more money I guess... you should go by her diet pills too..",
"better act quick she is being sued for 5 million for false advertising.",
"Looks like she is doing it again <sigh>"
] |
1 | So-so | Kind of works... dog hears noise, looks confused, and then barks again. Maybe stops after a while. I thought it would be high-pitched noise that only dogs could hear. Actually very loud, annoying BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP.Confusing packaging and advertising conflict re: appropriateness for small dogs. My dog is 7lbs. Is this okay? Amazon.com says 8lbs but PetSafe's website does not list size requirements. Also concerned in general for dog's ears. Might it hurt them in long run?In the Operations Manual it says the battery life of the product should be approximately one month, depending on how much the dog barks. My dog does not bark very much but the battery only lasted about six nights of wear. (He barked about 3x per night.) The replacement batteries are made by PetSafe and they cost about $10 for a two-pack. I hope it solves my dog's barking problem soon or this is going to get expensive.Meant to rank 3 stars. Oooops. Better than shock collars but would prefer a better method. | 1,003 | [
"Kind of works... dog hears noise, looks confused, and then barks again.",
"Maybe stops after a while.",
"I thought it would be high-pitched noise that only dogs could hear.",
"Actually very loud, annoying BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP.Confusing packaging and advertising conflict re: appropriateness for small dogs.",
"My dog is 7lbs.",
"Is this okay?",
"Amazon.com says 8lbs but PetSafe's website does not list size requirements.",
"Also concerned in general for dog's ears.",
"Might it hurt them in long run?",
"In the Operations Manual it says the battery life of the product should be approximately one month, depending on how much the dog barks.",
"My dog does not bark very much but the battery only lasted about six nights of wear.",
"(He barked about 3x per night.) The replacement batteries are made by PetSafe and they cost about $10 for a two-pack.",
"I hope it solves my dog's barking problem soon or this is going to get expensive.Meant to rank 3 stars.",
"Oooops.",
"Better than shock collars but would prefer a better method."
] |
1 | Warning! | The track listing that Amazon supplies above is not the actual track listing of the "To Be Free" CD. I had to find this out the hard way after I purchased the CD. If anyone knows where I would be able to find the CD with "If You Go Away" I would be grateful if you responded. Thanks for ruining my night Amazon, because of this I'm going to go beat my children so I can work off my anger. I hope you're satisfied.Update 01-19-05:Well, in case anyone was looking to buy Emiliana Torrini's version of "If you go away" on cd, it can be found on "Next: Tribute to Jacques Brel". The cd costs $38 without shipping and is an import. The cd contains what appears to be covers of old Jacques Brel songs. I had never heard most of these songs or for that matter of Jacques Brel, but when I listened to them I liked them except for one or two. There's some really good stuff on the cd, so if you want the Emiliana track and don't mind shelling out the money, don't be worried about the rest of the tracks sucking. | 1,003 | [
"The track listing that Amazon supplies above is not the actual track listing of the \"To Be Free\" CD.",
"I had to find this out the hard way after I purchased the CD.",
"If anyone knows where I would be able to find the CD with \"If You Go Away\" I would be grateful if you responded.",
"Thanks for ruining my night Amazon, because of this I'm going to go beat my children so I can work off my anger.",
"I hope you're satisfied.Update 01-19-05:Well, in case anyone was looking to buy Emiliana Torrini's version of \"If you go away\" on cd, it can be found on \"Next: Tribute to Jacques Brel\".",
"The cd costs $38 without shipping and is an import.",
"The cd contains what appears to be covers of old Jacques Brel songs.",
"I had never heard most of these songs or for that matter of Jacques Brel, but when I listened to them I liked them except for one or two.",
"There's some really good stuff on the cd, so if you want the Emiliana track and don't mind shelling out the money, don't be worried about the rest of the tracks sucking."
] |
1 | Classic? | I'll come clean first. I stopped reading after 100 pages. A lot happens in this book, with deaths and spirits and insomnia and marriages, and it's all fairly easy enough to figure out what's going on. Yet, nothing happens. So much plot takes place that the characterization suffers. I simply didn't care what happened to the characters, or anyone in the town. If a bomb had levelled Macondo, I would have simply flipped to the next page to see what happened next, not to read on about the characters. If you're interested in a classic worthy of its praise, where characterization is king, do yourself a favor and pick up Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner. You'll work to read, but your mind and soul will be enriched. Faulkner's novels are like movies you watch in slow motion to get every nuance. Marquez, on the other hand, is like a movie you watch in fast forward. You get the plot and action, but when all is said and done, nothing sticks in your mind that is worthy of the space it occupies. | 1,002 | [
"I'll come clean first.",
"I stopped reading after 100 pages.",
"A lot happens in this book, with deaths and spirits and insomnia and marriages, and it's all fairly easy enough to figure out what's going on.",
"Yet, nothing happens.",
"So much plot takes place that the characterization suffers.",
"I simply didn't care what happened to the characters, or anyone in the town.",
"If a bomb had levelled Macondo, I would have simply flipped to the next page to see what happened next, not to read on about the characters.",
"If you're interested in a classic worthy of its praise, where characterization is king, do yourself a favor and pick up Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner.",
"You'll work to read, but your mind and soul will be enriched.",
"Faulkner's novels are like movies you watch in slow motion to get every nuance.",
"Marquez, on the other hand, is like a movie you watch in fast forward.",
"You get the plot and action, but when all is said and done, nothing sticks in your mind that is worthy of the space it occupies."
] |
1 | Hate em!! | I replaced my old cheap tires with these rediculously expensive tires ($50 each) hoping to get less flats. I'm a bicycle commuter and ride 28 miles per day on urban streets. Flats just come with the territory on my commute, but honestly I'm getting more flats now than I ever have with these tires and I paid 3 times more. I've had 10 flats in the past 3 months! The majority were from punctures, but now I'm starting to get pinch flats because the bead is now damaged. That leads me into the other thing I hate about these tires, the wire bead is so tight that changing a flat is harder than ever! It's just a matter of time before the bead is damaged. I've even broken a few levers trying to take off these mothers. Avoid these tires like the plague! Take it from someone who has put them to the true test. They're definitely not worth the money! Go with armadillos or shwalbes all the way. I've always had good success with those tires. They're expensive, but they're actually worth the extra money. | 1,002 | [
"I replaced my old cheap tires with these rediculously expensive tires ($50 each) hoping to get less flats.",
"I'm a bicycle commuter and ride 28 miles per day on urban streets.",
"Flats just come with the territory on my commute, but honestly I'm getting more flats now than I ever have with these tires and I paid 3 times more.",
"I've had 10 flats in the past 3 months!",
"The majority were from punctures, but now I'm starting to get pinch flats because the bead is now damaged.",
"That leads me into the other thing I hate about these tires, the wire bead is so tight that changing a flat is harder than ever!",
"It's just a matter of time before the bead is damaged.",
"I've even broken a few levers trying to take off these mothers.",
"Avoid these tires like the plague!",
"Take it from someone who has put them to the true test.",
"They're definitely not worth the money!",
"Go with armadillos or shwalbes all the way.",
"I've always had good success with those tires.",
"They're expensive, but they're actually worth the extra money."
] |
1 | SNOOZE | I hate this alarm clock. I would like to know what is wrong with it, the snooze button only works when it wants to. I got one as a wedding present and the snooze only worked when it wanted so i took it back and got a new one and the new one does the same thing. I have tried useing only Alarm 1 or only Alarm 2 and using both, also tried hitting the snooze button in different places and sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. This morning my husband used Alarm 2 and got up at 4:30 and i hit the snooze to test it and it worked, (hasn't worked in about 5 days) and my alarm 1 went off at 7am and I hat the snooze and it didn't work so I didn't wake up till 8:00, Hello suppose to be at work already! It is very fustrating, and I can't figure out when it likes to work and when it doesn't. So I would like to chuck it across the room. I will be buying another alarm clock and throwing this one away! My husbands $.25 clock that he got at a rummage sale works better!! If you see this alarm clock run! | 1,002 | [
"I hate this alarm clock.",
"I would like to know what is wrong with it, the snooze button only works when it wants to.",
"I got one as a wedding present and the snooze only worked when it wanted so i took it back and got a new one and the new one does the same thing.",
"I have tried useing only Alarm 1 or only Alarm 2 and using both, also tried hitting the snooze button in different places and sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't.",
"This morning my husband used Alarm 2 and got up at 4:30 and i hit the snooze to test it and it worked, (hasn't worked in about 5 days) and my alarm 1 went off at 7am and I hat the snooze and it didn't work so I didn't wake up till 8:00, Hello suppose to be at work already!",
"It is very fustrating, and I can't figure out when it likes to work and when it doesn't.",
"So I would like to chuck it across the room.",
"I will be buying another alarm clock and throwing this one away!",
"My husbands $.25 clock that he got at a rummage sale works better!!",
"If you see this alarm clock run!"
] |
1 | OBNOXIOUS | I've been a fan of Loreena McKennitt, but this one was a negative shock. To begin with - ONCE I was forced to play "An Ancient Muse" on my portable CD player, I still found that while my back was turned, she hasn't done anything by way of building on what she'd started. To make matters more obnoxious, every time I tried to play the darned CD on my computer, I only got directed to Ms. McKinnitt's self-agrandizing WEBSITE. Not nice, and my system is pretty much set up to play what's thrown up there.I wish I'd had a chance to preview the latest. Had I been given the chance, I would have passed! So much for trust in consistency! I DO hold out hope for the DVD she's supposed to be putting out in March. It begins w/ a piece that I've loved for years. Go figure.If you haven't bought the "vintage" Loreena, I DO suggest you do so - if her website doesn't block you from previewing you from previewing her earlierm and much better stuff. I recommend "The Mask and the Mirror" for starters.Barb Taylor | 1,002 | [
"I've been a fan of Loreena McKennitt, but this one was a negative shock.",
"To begin with - ONCE I was forced to play \"An Ancient Muse\" on my portable CD player, I still found that while my back was turned, she hasn't done anything by way of building on what she'd started.",
"To make matters more obnoxious, every time I tried to play the darned CD on my computer, I only got directed to Ms.",
"McKinnitt's self-agrandizing WEBSITE.",
"Not nice, and my system is pretty much set up to play what's thrown up there.I wish I'd had a chance to preview the latest.",
"Had I been given the chance, I would have passed!",
"So much for trust in consistency!",
"I DO hold out hope for the DVD she's supposed to be putting out in March.",
"It begins w/ a piece that I've loved for years.",
"Go figure.If you haven't bought the \"vintage\" Loreena, I DO suggest you do so - if her website doesn't block you from previewing you from previewing her earlierm and much better stuff.",
"I recommend \"The Mask and the Mirror\" for starters.Barb Taylor"
] |
1 | wimpy | The first book was wonderful. The second was good; not great, but good. The third was just so much wimpy mush. The main character, Ash, was great in the first book because she was strong and smart. She saw the flaws in others and was very perceptive. She was kind and gentle without being a fainting doormat. In the second book she is still pursuing her goal in a non "oh, my goodness" manner and the history of why she is the way she is, is great and takes up a 1/3 of the book. She is naive and innocent, but still an interesting character. In the third book where she gets her memories back, it seems like she looses her spine and her smarts. She seems to relie way too much on a man saving her. Granted, it is a middle-ages setting, but still, after all she has been through, she should be tougher, not weaker. The prithees and thous do bug after awhile, the author could have done less or not at all. Over all the book is worth skimming over to see how the trilogy is tied up but not worth buying. | 1,002 | [
"The first book was wonderful.",
"The second was good; not great, but good.",
"The third was just so much wimpy mush.",
"The main character, Ash, was great in the first book because she was strong and smart.",
"She saw the flaws in others and was very perceptive.",
"She was kind and gentle without being a fainting doormat.",
"In the second book she is still pursuing her goal in a non \"oh, my goodness\" manner and the history of why she is the way she is, is great and takes up a 1/3 of the book.",
"She is naive and innocent, but still an interesting character.",
"In the third book where she gets her memories back, it seems like she looses her spine and her smarts.",
"She seems to relie way too much on a man saving her.",
"Granted, it is a middle-ages setting, but still, after all she has been through, she should be tougher, not weaker.",
"The prithees and thous do bug after awhile, the author could have done less or not at all.",
"Over all the book is worth skimming over to see how the trilogy is tied up but not worth buying."
] |
1 | A Snoozer | Oh, I am so disappointed--in Ron Howard, Tom Hanks, and Audrey Tautou. The adaptation of book to screen had such possibilities! Unfortunately, it ends up as an "action" film without the subtle substance of the book. If the viewer had not read the book first, I'm not sure they would have a clue what was going on in the film. For those of us who read the book, there is disappointment in the efforts to push everything into 149 minutes. It doesn't work.Tom Hanks is one of my favorite actors but he is like a cardboard cutout here. There are no emotions. As one reviewer reflected, Hanks seemed consummately bored with the whole endeavor. The character gave nothing to the audience to hold on to. The same is true for Audrey Tautou and her character. There was no chemistry between the two; the viewer has a difficult time empathizing with the characters, or engaging in the adventure with them. So, read the book and save your popcorn for a different film. This one is a big disappointment all around. | 1,002 | [
"Oh, I am so disappointed--in Ron Howard, Tom Hanks, and Audrey Tautou.",
"The adaptation of book to screen had such possibilities!",
"Unfortunately, it ends up as an \"action\" film without the subtle substance of the book.",
"If the viewer had not read the book first, I'm not sure they would have a clue what was going on in the film.",
"For those of us who read the book, there is disappointment in the efforts to push everything into 149 minutes.",
"It doesn't work.Tom Hanks is one of my favorite actors but he is like a cardboard cutout here.",
"There are no emotions.",
"As one reviewer reflected, Hanks seemed consummately bored with the whole endeavor.",
"The character gave nothing to the audience to hold on to.",
"The same is true for Audrey Tautou and her character.",
"There was no chemistry between the two; the viewer has a difficult time empathizing with the characters, or engaging in the adventure with them.",
"So, read the book and save your popcorn for a different film.",
"This one is a big disappointment all around."
] |
1 | What a hoax | Purchased 5 Snow Joe radiator humidifiers which arrived very soon after the order and in plenty of time for the East Coast blizzard and freeze. For starters, they are a profoundly ugly, charcoal gray eyesore in most any space but a coal mine. The ridges on the back side did not match the pipes on the radiator and the hangers did not fit without force, making them very difficult to install and remove. We were worried about applying too much pressure because the hangers are held in place by a plastic tab which did not seem strong enough. We filled them as directed, anticipating humidity to increase warmth. Two weeks later, very little water had evaporated, and green scum had developed. I used filtered water to prevent mold. I place the humidifiers in 5 separate rooms and the net result was the same.The cost of the humidifiers was a waste and the house is still an old house heated by expensive-to-fill and circulate radiators. the $50 dollars would have been better spent on the heating bill. | 1,002 | [
"Purchased 5 Snow Joe radiator humidifiers which arrived very soon after the order and in plenty of time for the East Coast blizzard and freeze.",
"For starters, they are a profoundly ugly, charcoal gray eyesore in most any space but a coal mine.",
"The ridges on the back side did not match the pipes on the radiator and the hangers did not fit without force, making them very difficult to install and remove.",
"We were worried about applying too much pressure because the hangers are held in place by a plastic tab which did not seem strong enough.",
"We filled them as directed, anticipating humidity to increase warmth.",
"Two weeks later, very little water had evaporated, and green scum had developed.",
"I used filtered water to prevent mold.",
"I place the humidifiers in 5 separate rooms and the net result was the same.The cost of the humidifiers was a waste and the house is still an old house heated by expensive-to-fill and circulate radiators.",
"the $50 dollars would have been better spent on the heating bill."
] |
1 | Abhorrent | This book is:A) Poorly writtenB) Poorly TranslatedC) Poorly devisedD) Poor over allThe "plot" is reminiscent of something seen on "Televido" at four in the afternoon. The whole thing is violently politically scewed, being based around the evil of anyone not a socialist.Allende never once mentions the thousands of atrocities and mass murders perpetrated by the socialist government, and also fails to point out the fact that Chile blossomed into a technologically advanced country competetitive in the world market under its facist dictatorship.It's grotesque, as well. I don't think any of the characters survive the book without being raped at some point, and homosexuality is encouraged as being noble.The characters are all horribly sterotypical archetypes. The idea that this sort of literary musak is considered "classic literature" and forced upon impressionable students in high school.My advice to all students out there: Refuse to read this book en masse. Your teacher won't fail all of you. | 1,002 | [
"This book is:A) Poorly writtenB) Poorly TranslatedC) Poorly devisedD) Poor over allThe \"plot\" is reminiscent of something seen on \"Televido\" at four in the afternoon.",
"The whole thing is violently politically scewed, being based around the evil of anyone not a socialist.Allende never once mentions the thousands of atrocities and mass murders perpetrated by the socialist government, and also fails to point out the fact that Chile blossomed into a technologically advanced country competetitive in the world market under its facist dictatorship.It's grotesque, as well.",
"I don't think any of the characters survive the book without being raped at some point, and homosexuality is encouraged as being noble.The characters are all horribly sterotypical archetypes.",
"The idea that this sort of literary musak is considered \"classic literature\" and forced upon impressionable students in high school.My advice to all students out there: Refuse to read this book en masse.",
"Your teacher won't fail all of you."
] |
1 | One Song | How many bands over the years have started out with great material only to have another singer come on board and everything changes. Sometimes change is good but when it isnt needed it isnt welcomed. Journey had to get a new singer and in comes Steve Perry and the sappy ballads. The Tom Johnston era Doobie Brothers is a lot better on so many levels wether you agree or not. I dont really need to explain that do i everyone who reads this review has already heard The Doobie Brothers before and if you were blessed enough to have good taste in music having Michael Mcdonald take over the lead vocals wasnt gonna work. Now for me this is a rare case where my favorite song on the album was the big hit. It Keeps You Runnin (Great Hook) is the catchiest song on the album and the only song i like and never tire of. Here is an example of where the keyboard is the hook (im not sure what Michael used for a keyboard here). His vocals are fine on that song but like i said the catchy part is the keyboard. | 1,002 | [
"How many bands over the years have started out with great material only to have another singer come on board and everything changes.",
"Sometimes change is good but when it isnt needed it isnt welcomed.",
"Journey had to get a new singer and in comes Steve Perry and the sappy ballads.",
"The Tom Johnston era Doobie Brothers is a lot better on so many levels wether you agree or not.",
"I dont really need to explain that do i everyone who reads this review has already heard The Doobie Brothers before and if you were blessed enough to have good taste in music having Michael Mcdonald take over the lead vocals wasnt gonna work.",
"Now for me this is a rare case where my favorite song on the album was the big hit.",
"It Keeps You Runnin (Great Hook) is the catchiest song on the album and the only song i like and never tire of.",
"Here is an example of where the keyboard is the hook (im not sure what Michael used for a keyboard here).",
"His vocals are fine on that song but like i said the catchy part is the keyboard."
] |
1 | Unlucky Me | Generally, I prefer to read reviews rather than to write them. But in this case, I am annoyed and frustrated because the barn came without the tiny crucial piece and I can't assemble the barn for my daughter. What a sheer disappointment. Since this was an Xmas gift, the gift was purchased way in advance of the 30-day return policy and now I'm stuck with these large bulky pieces that I can't put together. Worst of all, customer service at Reeves International are completely useless - they claim not to have a parts department and asked me to search out the merchant to make the claim. If I had purchased this from a store, returns would be simple...because I purchased off an online merchant (merchant is great, BTW), I'm pretty much out of options here. Maybe I can support the barn with a pair of chopsticks or something. Plus, you need an electric screwdriver to put this together.So when you get the product, make sure all of the pieces are together or else you'll be out of luck like me. Grrr. | 1,002 | [
"Generally, I prefer to read reviews rather than to write them.",
"But in this case, I am annoyed and frustrated because the barn came without the tiny crucial piece and I can't assemble the barn for my daughter.",
"What a sheer disappointment.",
"Since this was an Xmas gift, the gift was purchased way in advance of the 30-day return policy and now I'm stuck with these large bulky pieces that I can't put together.",
"Worst of all, customer service at Reeves International are completely useless - they claim not to have a parts department and asked me to search out the merchant to make the claim.",
"If I had purchased this from a store, returns would be simple...because I purchased off an online merchant (merchant is great, BTW), I'm pretty much out of options here.",
"Maybe I can support the barn with a pair of chopsticks or something.",
"Plus, you need an electric screwdriver to put this together.So when you get the product, make sure all of the pieces are together or else you'll be out of luck like me.",
"Grrr."
] |
1 | Terrible! | Can't even give this one away! Had the same one for years (don't even remember the brand) but decided to get a new one because it seemed to be struggling to sharpen my pencils. I picked up what I thought would be a good one because of the brand and because it was at Staples. I thought I just didn't know how to use it at first because it ate my pencils! I tried to slow down my entry into the sharpening hole but the pencil would flop around and leave one side of wood. It sharpens REALLY sharp so that the point will break off. Maybe if I was a draftsman or something that might work but I only want a nice sharp pencil to make my grocery lists! I'm looking for something better on Amazon (should have gone to read the reviews there first!). Tried to give this away to some family members, some who are teachers, but after they saw how it works they said they'd rather use the old fashion crank type. Surely there's a better electric one out there. I know I had one. But I sent it to the Thrift Shop! | 1,002 | [
"Can't even give this one away!",
"Had the same one for years (don't even remember the brand) but decided to get a new one because it seemed to be struggling to sharpen my pencils.",
"I picked up what I thought would be a good one because of the brand and because it was at Staples.",
"I thought I just didn't know how to use it at first because it ate my pencils!",
"I tried to slow down my entry into the sharpening hole but the pencil would flop around and leave one side of wood.",
"It sharpens REALLY sharp so that the point will break off.",
"Maybe if I was a draftsman or something that might work but I only want a nice sharp pencil to make my grocery lists!",
"I'm looking for something better on Amazon (should have gone to read the reviews there first!",
").",
"Tried to give this away to some family members, some who are teachers, but after they saw how it works they said they'd rather use the old fashion crank type.",
"Surely there's a better electric one out there.",
"I know I had one.",
"But I sent it to the Thrift Shop!"
] |
1 | Pathetic | It's disgusting that this kind of crap can rule the pop charts, alongside Limp Bizkit and Britney Spears. This is just one more piece of proof that the art form of music has been degenerated into mindless guitar-thrashing noise and swearing. I don't know if we really need to go all the way back to the Beatles, although the music of that time period just in general is amazing (The Beatles, Pink Floyd, The Who, The Doors). But at least spend some time in the early nineties, with bands like Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stone Temple Pilots, etc. This crap that's being passed off as music today should be trashed. It's pathetic that people actually listen to this, but even more pathetic that the record execs don't even care about the quality of their products, just how much it sells. I don't really know that this music will have much effect on the state of the nation someday, that may be overreacting just a bit, but I will say that it's a sad state for music. | 1,002 | [
"It's disgusting that this kind of crap can rule the pop charts, alongside Limp Bizkit and Britney Spears.",
"This is just one more piece of proof that the art form of music has been degenerated into mindless guitar-thrashing noise and swearing.",
"I don't know if we really need to go all the way back to the Beatles, although the music of that time period just in general is amazing (The Beatles, Pink Floyd, The Who, The Doors).",
"But at least spend some time in the early nineties, with bands like Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stone Temple Pilots, etc.",
"This crap that's being passed off as music today should be trashed.",
"It's pathetic that people actually listen to this, but even more pathetic that the record execs don't even care about the quality of their products, just how much it sells.",
"I don't really know that this music will have much effect on the state of the nation someday, that may be overreacting just a bit, but I will say that it's a sad state for music."
] |
1 | Terrible | This was a terrible adapter. Not only were the instructions not clear (you need keep your fingers away from the top of the small cassette when pushing the slider door back up, because the top part of the small cassette has to flip up), but it only worked on 3 tapes. Removing the tape is difficult because you really need three hands to take it out (flip it over, hold the side button, flip the top up, and press on the white spool of the cassette to push it out, while also trying to keep the slider door from closing. After doing this with three tapes (all the while concerned that I not push too hard so I don't break anything), the fourth (and subsequent tapes) wouldn't load because the part of the small cassette that is supposed to flip up couldn't because the adapter pulled the tape out too soon, and it couldn't clear it. Arrrggh! What a hassle and a waste of money. Spend a little extra and get one of the motorized ones (borrowed my brother's, which works SO much better that I bought one). | 1,002 | [
"This was a terrible adapter.",
"Not only were the instructions not clear (you need keep your fingers away from the top of the small cassette when pushing the slider door back up, because the top part of the small cassette has to flip up), but it only worked on 3 tapes.",
"Removing the tape is difficult because you really need three hands to take it out (flip it over, hold the side button, flip the top up, and press on the white spool of the cassette to push it out, while also trying to keep the slider door from closing.",
"After doing this with three tapes (all the while concerned that I not push too hard so I don't break anything), the fourth (and subsequent tapes) wouldn't load because the part of the small cassette that is supposed to flip up couldn't because the adapter pulled the tape out too soon, and it couldn't clear it.",
"Arrrggh!",
"What a hassle and a waste of money.",
"Spend a little extra and get one of the motorized ones (borrowed my brother's, which works SO much better that I bought one)."
] |
1 | Junk | My family is on our 4th liter maid. The other three were all the basic litter maids, and all worked ok for several years before jamming up beyond repair. This last time we replaced it with a litter maid elite. What a piece of junk. For starters, it just feels cheaply made. After assembly, I discovered that the trays don't fit properly either. Cutting off the corners seemed to get them to fit, if barely. Once I filled it with litter, I came across another problem. The motor is so underpowered, that it struggles just to even out the liter. If I fill it to the fill mark, it can just make the full cycle. If I fill it to full mark, it jams. This is before the cat got to it. Even with the minimum amount of litter, it is unable to clean the box after the cat uses it. I now have to every day go and clean the litter for it. This defeats the purpose of having the thing in the first place. I might as well have just bought a plain box and saved some money.The litter maid elite is completely useless. | 1,002 | [
"My family is on our 4th liter maid.",
"The other three were all the basic litter maids, and all worked ok for several years before jamming up beyond repair.",
"This last time we replaced it with a litter maid elite.",
"What a piece of junk.",
"For starters, it just feels cheaply made.",
"After assembly, I discovered that the trays don't fit properly either.",
"Cutting off the corners seemed to get them to fit, if barely.",
"Once I filled it with litter, I came across another problem.",
"The motor is so underpowered, that it struggles just to even out the liter.",
"If I fill it to the fill mark, it can just make the full cycle.",
"If I fill it to full mark, it jams.",
"This is before the cat got to it.",
"Even with the minimum amount of litter, it is unable to clean the box after the cat uses it.",
"I now have to every day go and clean the litter for it.",
"This defeats the purpose of having the thing in the first place.",
"I might as well have just bought a plain box and saved some money.The litter maid elite is completely useless."
] |
1 | Bad read | Bad writing, everything about it is cliche especially dialogue, unrealistic, bad and inconsistent characterization, characters actions, likes, dislikes, and dialogue are not consistent, seems like it was a rushed to finish book, after the main character and the children literally dodged bullets in a sappy romantic scene she asks if she is over reacting about being worried about them being safe as she shrugs off the kids flying around the area which is supposed to be a central dangerous location. Obviously she forgot what had happened literally a day before. I loved some of patterson's other books, this one is terrible, DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME, I am sure he is not proud of this one. I seriously hated all of the characters. I heard it on audiobook by the way, so maybe hearing it aloud made all of the bad writing mistakes more visible, but either way if you are expecting it to be beach road good, you will be SERIOUSLY disappointed. I wish I would have read this review before wasting my time. | 1,002 | [
"Bad writing, everything about it is cliche especially dialogue, unrealistic, bad and inconsistent characterization, characters actions, likes, dislikes, and dialogue are not consistent, seems like it was a rushed to finish book, after the main character and the children literally dodged bullets in a sappy romantic scene she asks if she is over reacting about being worried about them being safe as she shrugs off the kids flying around the area which is supposed to be a central dangerous location.",
"Obviously she forgot what had happened literally a day before.",
"I loved some of patterson's other books, this one is terrible, DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME, I am sure he is not proud of this one.",
"I seriously hated all of the characters.",
"I heard it on audiobook by the way, so maybe hearing it aloud made all of the bad writing mistakes more visible, but either way if you are expecting it to be beach road good, you will be SERIOUSLY disappointed.",
"I wish I would have read this review before wasting my time."
] |
1 | disgusting | The point of this movie is the opposite of what it purports to be. `Bang Bang You're Dead' was clearly designed to pollute innocent minds. It pretends to have a morally uplifting message. But nothing could be further from the truth. In case you are nave about what is going on in the world; there is a network of criminals who control the media. This network of criminals is focused on corrupting the minds of innocent children. They are trying to create chaos in the world. This movie, among other things, is telling children that one possible reaction to being bullied at school is to kill people. These criminal filmmakers get away with this type of message by pretending to say, "Killing people is a bad idea." In reality, the point of the film is to put the idea into the minds of children that killing people is an option.Putting this type of imagery into the mind of a child is criminal behavior. "Teachers" who are having their students watch this film should be arrested for child abuse. Word | 1,001 | [
"The point of this movie is the opposite of what it purports to be.",
"`Bang Bang You're Dead' was clearly designed to pollute innocent minds.",
"It pretends to have a morally uplifting message.",
"But nothing could be further from the truth.",
"In case you are nave about what is going on in the world; there is a network of criminals who control the media.",
"This network of criminals is focused on corrupting the minds of innocent children.",
"They are trying to create chaos in the world.",
"This movie, among other things, is telling children that one possible reaction to being bullied at school is to kill people.",
"These criminal filmmakers get away with this type of message by pretending to say, \"Killing people is a bad idea.\" In reality, the point of the film is to put the idea into the minds of children that killing people is an option.Putting this type of imagery into the mind of a child is criminal behavior.",
"\"Teachers\" who are having their students watch this film should be arrested for child abuse.",
"Word"
] |
1 | Terrible | I read this book over vacation, which was a terrible choice I realize now. I should've known when I started it that it was going to be depressing. I have read my share of sad books and often enjoyed them when they offered insight into human nature or offered a message of sorts. This book has literally nothing to offer. It doesn't leave you feeling good or even remotely satisfied. I would summarize the book as others have done but a reader of this would be bored to tears by the summary. I hope that after reading this no one will choose to read or buy this book. The ending was the worst part. I actually threw the book across the room when I finished reading it because I was so absolutely dissatisfied. The most terrible thing was that the author set up a really good outline that could have had the most moving ending with so many twists that do not serve the point they could have. There was a chance for this book to be entertaining but it is not worth the time it takes to drudge through it. | 1,001 | [
"I read this book over vacation, which was a terrible choice I realize now.",
"I should've known when I started it that it was going to be depressing.",
"I have read my share of sad books and often enjoyed them when they offered insight into human nature or offered a message of sorts.",
"This book has literally nothing to offer.",
"It doesn't leave you feeling good or even remotely satisfied.",
"I would summarize the book as others have done but a reader of this would be bored to tears by the summary.",
"I hope that after reading this no one will choose to read or buy this book.",
"The ending was the worst part.",
"I actually threw the book across the room when I finished reading it because I was so absolutely dissatisfied.",
"The most terrible thing was that the author set up a really good outline that could have had the most moving ending with so many twists that do not serve the point they could have.",
"There was a chance for this book to be entertaining but it is not worth the time it takes to drudge through it."
] |
1 | well....... | Where do i start ???Papa Roach are a quartet of lousy so called musicians,who have hit the pop charts by ripping off an iron maiden riff.The singer - an arrogant pompous prententious excuse for a front man who seems as political as an onion, with his bold statements of "F**K The Presidant", which by the way come from his rejection of a visit to the white house, due to him wearing jeans.He can't sing or shout, and frankly belongs in macdonalds...Maybe he should sing in tune next time..alternatively they could release a karaoke version of the album,which i expect wouldsell betterGuitarist - must have watched 'how to play rock guitar' before recording the album. Next time lets hope he takes some lessons.Bassist - struggles to keepup with the guitarist,need i say more??Drummer- need to get in shape so he can drum,he must get tired during the songs.If tasteless distortion, with simple drum beats and a drunk fool wailing over the top is your thing,this is for you.Highly recomended for a laugh | 1,001 | [
"Where do i start???",
"Papa Roach are a quartet of lousy so called musicians,who have hit the pop charts by ripping off an iron maiden riff.The singer - an arrogant pompous prententious excuse for a front man who seems as political as an onion, with his bold statements of \"F**K The Presidant\", which by the way come from his rejection of a visit to the white house, due to him wearing jeans.He can't sing or shout, and frankly belongs in macdonalds...Maybe he should sing in tune next time..alternatively they could release a karaoke version of the album,which i expect wouldsell betterGuitarist - must have watched 'how to play rock guitar' before recording the album.",
"Next time lets hope he takes some lessons.Bassist - struggles to keepup with the guitarist,need i say more??",
"Drummer- need to get in shape so he can drum,he must get tired during the songs.If tasteless distortion, with simple drum beats and a drunk fool wailing over the top is your thing,this is for you.Highly recomended for a laugh"
] |
1 | Rip Off! | Not only is buying this book a rip off, but the so-called humor in it is too. There's a bit in there about the mayor changing the size label on his pants that sounds like it was ripped off from a Seinfield episode.Other than that this story jumps from one thought to the next with no real connection. The attempt at humor doesn't come through and you get the feeling that the writer is pasting together techniques or stories that have run elsewhere, as in Bridget Jones Diary, and Sex in the City. It's a bad attempt at both of those.It's only after a year of writing for her newspaper that one of Ruby's columns is put into the book. The main character only talks about her betting at the poker game near the end of the book after a year of these games. The author's unnerving habit of starting sentences with AND gritted on my nerves to no end.I read the whole book thinking that the ending had to be better then the rest of the book. I was disappointed. Don't waste your time or money on this read. | 1,001 | [
"Not only is buying this book a rip off, but the so-called humor in it is too.",
"There's a bit in there about the mayor changing the size label on his pants that sounds like it was ripped off from a Seinfield episode.Other than that this story jumps from one thought to the next with no real connection.",
"The attempt at humor doesn't come through and you get the feeling that the writer is pasting together techniques or stories that have run elsewhere, as in Bridget Jones Diary, and Sex in the City.",
"It's a bad attempt at both of those.It's only after a year of writing for her newspaper that one of Ruby's columns is put into the book.",
"The main character only talks about her betting at the poker game near the end of the book after a year of these games.",
"The author's unnerving habit of starting sentences with AND gritted on my nerves to no end.I read the whole book thinking that the ending had to be better then the rest of the book.",
"I was disappointed.",
"Don't waste your time or money on this read."
] |
1 | Pure Fiction | In 349 B.C., the ancient Athenian orator Demosthenes wrote: "Nothing is so easy as to deceive one's self; for what we wish, we readily believe."How accurately descriptive of D'Souza's hagiography and the legions of Reagan fans who hold it up as the "definitive" Reagan biography. D'Souza's book merely perpetuates the myth that Reagan was a great man and some sort of knowledgable statesman, and the Reagan fans who wish it were so eat it up like pablum.In truth, Reagan had been a shill for corporate America ever since his B movie career collapsed in the early 1950s. His entire political philosophy was based upon variations of the same stock speeches that were written for him during his days as a spokesman for GE in the mid '50s. Rather than a life of "extraordinary leadership," Reagan was a skilled practitioner of political mountebankery.Hardly something or someone to look up at with unadulterated admiration. People who find this book and its thesis credible simply prove Demosthenes right. | 1,001 | [
"In 349 B.C., the ancient Athenian orator Demosthenes wrote: \"Nothing is so easy as to deceive one's self; for what we wish, we readily believe.\"How accurately descriptive of D'Souza's hagiography and the legions of Reagan fans who hold it up as the \"definitive\" Reagan biography.",
"D'Souza's book merely perpetuates the myth that Reagan was a great man and some sort of knowledgable statesman, and the Reagan fans who wish it were so eat it up like pablum.In truth, Reagan had been a shill for corporate America ever since his B movie career collapsed in the early 1950s.",
"His entire political philosophy was based upon variations of the same stock speeches that were written for him during his days as a spokesman for GE in the mid '50s.",
"Rather than a life of \"extraordinary leadership,\" Reagan was a skilled practitioner of political mountebankery.Hardly something or someone to look up at with unadulterated admiration.",
"People who find this book and its thesis credible simply prove Demosthenes right."
] |
1 | clang | hmmm, where to begin...I purchased an Mpio mp3 player (Mpio fl100 - a cracker), Amazon reviews advised the dumping of the factory ear buds for this model Sony, hear more bass, improved range, natter natter...Made the purchase and shot home for the comparison...drum roll please...Aero smiths "I don't want to miss a thing - Armageddon theme", was sampled with both. The sonys failed to adequately pick up the three settle tin drum beats through the intro, nor the strumming of the Spanish guitar as the tune picks up. I only realized they were there when I plugged the mpio's back in. Again the suttle strings that complete the song are incredibly out of these buds range.There is more bass, but muffled, it sounds like a canvass veil had been pulled over the whole music spectrum - if you want to hear the entire engineering that has been mixed into a song, you will not get it with these dud buds.They promised so much, but could not better a factory set from an MP3 manufacturer?Try something else. | 1,001 | [
"hmmm, where to begin...I purchased an Mpio mp3 player (Mpio fl100 - a cracker), Amazon reviews advised the dumping of the factory ear buds for this model Sony, hear more bass, improved range, natter natter...Made the purchase and shot home for the comparison...drum roll please...Aero smiths \"I don't want to miss a thing - Armageddon theme\", was sampled with both.",
"The sonys failed to adequately pick up the three settle tin drum beats through the intro, nor the strumming of the Spanish guitar as the tune picks up.",
"I only realized they were there when I plugged the mpio's back in.",
"Again the suttle strings that complete the song are incredibly out of these buds range.There is more bass, but muffled, it sounds like a canvass veil had been pulled over the whole music spectrum - if you want to hear the entire engineering that has been mixed into a song, you will not get it with these dud buds.They promised so much, but could not better a factory set from an MP3 manufacturer?",
"Try something else."
] |
1 | Dead Birds | Dead Birds should have been entitled, Dead Ducks! It wasn't the actors, it was the plot! Something (skinned dog manufactured out of spent gum?) attacks the 5 people heading for the old farm and they are forced to kill it before they even get close. Hmmmm, not too promising in my book! Nevertheless, the group continues to the old farm and spend lots of time wandering around the interior (neat old house!) There is also the subplot of the original owner who turned his children into little sneaky things with sharp teeth via cutting up his slaves. Of course, we don't really know why he did this or for what purpose. The kids only show up two or three times to scare someone and their moment of glory is so fast you have to stop frame them to get the full effect. In spite of the feelings of unrest and the fact that characters regularly walk out of the house and disappear, the group continues to stay. Personally, I would have kept walking on down the road after the gumby dog showed up; go figure! | 1,001 | [
"Dead Birds should have been entitled, Dead Ducks!",
"It wasn't the actors, it was the plot!",
"Something (skinned dog manufactured out of spent gum?",
") attacks the 5 people heading for the old farm and they are forced to kill it before they even get close.",
"Hmmmm, not too promising in my book!",
"Nevertheless, the group continues to the old farm and spend lots of time wandering around the interior (neat old house!",
") There is also the subplot of the original owner who turned his children into little sneaky things with sharp teeth via cutting up his slaves.",
"Of course, we don't really know why he did this or for what purpose.",
"The kids only show up two or three times to scare someone and their moment of glory is so fast you have to stop frame them to get the full effect.",
"In spite of the feelings of unrest and the fact that characters regularly walk out of the house and disappear, the group continues to stay.",
"Personally, I would have kept walking on down the road after the gumby dog showed up; go figure!"
] |
1 | Denise | I have not received my order as of yet. I keep emailing Beauty Rose and telling them and I am not receiving any response back from them . I had received an order by mail, it was not what I ordered and it was to a lady in FL, I am in MD. So I, with my own money, forwarded it to the lady and the address on the packing slip. I emailed Beauty Rose and they replied a thank you. I told them that they could credit my order in what I paid for shipping for them. They replied that I had no order with them. I am assuming what happened was they sent my order to the wrong person since I received an order that was to someone else. When the other person received my order, maybe they just kept it instead of returing it or forwarding it. I have emailed Beauty Rose 3 times asking them about my order and they have not responded once. They have taken my money. This company has been very disappointing and right now it looks like they are going to steal my money instead of providing me with what I purchased. | 1,001 | [
"I have not received my order as of yet.",
"I keep emailing Beauty Rose and telling them and I am not receiving any response back from them.",
"I had received an order by mail, it was not what I ordered and it was to a lady in FL, I am in MD.",
"So I, with my own money, forwarded it to the lady and the address on the packing slip.",
"I emailed Beauty Rose and they replied a thank you.",
"I told them that they could credit my order in what I paid for shipping for them.",
"They replied that I had no order with them.",
"I am assuming what happened was they sent my order to the wrong person since I received an order that was to someone else.",
"When the other person received my order, maybe they just kept it instead of returing it or forwarding it.",
"I have emailed Beauty Rose 3 times asking them about my order and they have not responded once.",
"They have taken my money.",
"This company has been very disappointing and right now it looks like they are going to steal my money instead of providing me with what I purchased."
] |
1 | Hollow Man | Jack Welch is no secret he was in the right place at the right time. His business success has nothing to do with good management. There are a thousand Jack Welch's in this world and most of the end up no where. Jack gambled and he won. But to my main point, this guy is soulless. He cares nothing for what is important in life. Greed and power are his middle name. People and humanity be dammed. It makes me sad to think that people aspire to be this man. Here is a poem that in my mind sums up Jack Welch's life. T.S. Elliot 'sHollow MenWe are the hollow menWe are the stuffed menLeaning togetherHeadpiece filled with straw. Alas!Our dried voices, whenWe whisper togetherAre quiet and meaninglessAs wind in dry grassOr rats' feet over broken glassIn our dry cellarShape without form, shade without colour,Paralysed force, gesture without motion;Those who have crossedWith direct eyes, to death's other KingdomRemember us--if at all--not as lostViolent souls, but onlyAs the hollow menThe stuffed men. | 1,001 | [
"Jack Welch is no secret he was in the right place at the right time.",
"His business success has nothing to do with good management.",
"There are a thousand Jack Welch's in this world and most of the end up no where.",
"Jack gambled and he won.",
"But to my main point, this guy is soulless.",
"He cares nothing for what is important in life.",
"Greed and power are his middle name.",
"People and humanity be dammed.",
"It makes me sad to think that people aspire to be this man.",
"Here is a poem that in my mind sums up Jack Welch's life.",
"T.S. Elliot 'sHollow MenWe are the hollow menWe are the stuffed menLeaning togetherHeadpiece filled with straw.",
"Alas!",
"Our dried voices, whenWe whisper togetherAre quiet and meaninglessAs wind in dry grassOr rats' feet over broken glassIn our dry cellarShape without form, shade without colour,Paralysed force, gesture without motion;Those who have crossedWith direct eyes, to death's other KingdomRemember us--if at all--not as lostViolent souls, but onlyAs the hollow menThe stuffed men."
] |
1 | conflictions | This book is horrible, It states in chapter 3 pg 43 Edema is caused by body's ability to pass water and sodium to excrete has failed, which would be noticed for hypernatremia, but on pg 45 hyponatremia, the book basically says hyponatremia is the cause of edema. it says next paragraph on pg 46 that hypernatremia is results of dehydration, mentions nothing edema. i confirmed from google, hypernatremia is the cause of edema, limit salt intake and fluids, but the book says hypo and you limit fluids and sodium.the instructors said there is lots of conflicts with this book, they are right.It doesnt even mention Hyperkalemia tx kalexate causes stool to change color.also, it mentions pancrease po but not mentioned you have to take with your food in Cystic fibrosis.if your school uses this book, just know, they are setting you up to fail, you will notice your instructors using other sources if information, because Evolve sucks! i dont know anyone who passed nclex by using evolve text materials. | 1,001 | [
"This book is horrible, It states in chapter 3 pg 43 Edema is caused by body's ability to pass water and sodium to excrete has failed, which would be noticed for hypernatremia, but on pg 45 hyponatremia, the book basically says hyponatremia is the cause of edema.",
"it says next paragraph on pg 46 that hypernatremia is results of dehydration, mentions nothing edema.",
"i confirmed from google, hypernatremia is the cause of edema, limit salt intake and fluids, but the book says hypo and you limit fluids and sodium.the instructors said there is lots of conflicts with this book, they are right.It doesnt even mention Hyperkalemia tx kalexate causes stool to change color.also, it mentions pancrease po but not mentioned you have to take with your food in Cystic fibrosis.if your school uses this book, just know, they are setting you up to fail, you will notice your instructors using other sources if information, because Evolve sucks!",
"i dont know anyone who passed nclex by using evolve text materials."
] |
1 | Depressing | It's depressing that a writer with the obvious lack of talent of Kevin Anderson is obviously making a mint of money. It's also depressing that the hard science fiction scene is at such a low ebb that I, a sci-fi fan for more than 40 years, picked up this book to satisfy my habit although being well aware of the level of Mr. Anderson's talents from the abominable Dune sequels.Despite some interesting plot concepts, this novel is truly awful. The numerous faults of this novel have been previously mentioned: dialogue that could be bettered by Doc Smith, characters that are (almost to a man, woman, or alien) denser than Forrest Gump, and chapters that cut faster than an MTV video. And while I have never required (and actually tend to dislike) the elaborate scientific explanations for future technology that often accompanied Golden Age sci-fi (when many authors were moonlighting scientists), the utter ridiculousness of an open decked ship in the atmosphere of a gas giant made my eyes goggle. | 1,001 | [
"It's depressing that a writer with the obvious lack of talent of Kevin Anderson is obviously making a mint of money.",
"It's also depressing that the hard science fiction scene is at such a low ebb that I, a sci-fi fan for more than 40 years, picked up this book to satisfy my habit although being well aware of the level of Mr.",
"Anderson's talents from the abominable Dune sequels.Despite some interesting plot concepts, this novel is truly awful.",
"The numerous faults of this novel have been previously mentioned: dialogue that could be bettered by Doc Smith, characters that are (almost to a man, woman, or alien) denser than Forrest Gump, and chapters that cut faster than an MTV video.",
"And while I have never required (and actually tend to dislike) the elaborate scientific explanations for future technology that often accompanied Golden Age sci-fi (when many authors were moonlighting scientists), the utter ridiculousness of an open decked ship in the atmosphere of a gas giant made my eyes goggle."
] |
1 | Oh dear... | I certainly didn't expect much from this movie, as I knew how poorly it had been treated by critcs and the public alike, but this unfortunate film could not even meet my already low expectations. The acting was poor all around, with flat jokes and cliches abounding. The sets, tastelessly overdone with neon lighting and mismatched coloration, were often painful to view. Even the special effects, which might have redeemed an otherwise mediocre movie, were far below the current industry standard. The vehicles, particularly, looked entirely unconvincing, resembling (perhaps intentionally) plastic toys. I don't think the storyline and plot even deserve mention: there was no suspense or tension, and no character (including Batman) ever had much to say beyond the corniest imaginable quips and puns. The only upside to the film is that the viewer may find him or herself laughing during the movie (as did I and several friends), not because of any humorous dialogue, but because it was so TERRIBLE! | 1,001 | [
"I certainly didn't expect much from this movie, as I knew how poorly it had been treated by critcs and the public alike, but this unfortunate film could not even meet my already low expectations.",
"The acting was poor all around, with flat jokes and cliches abounding.",
"The sets, tastelessly overdone with neon lighting and mismatched coloration, were often painful to view.",
"Even the special effects, which might have redeemed an otherwise mediocre movie, were far below the current industry standard.",
"The vehicles, particularly, looked entirely unconvincing, resembling (perhaps intentionally) plastic toys.",
"I don't think the storyline and plot even deserve mention: there was no suspense or tension, and no character (including Batman) ever had much to say beyond the corniest imaginable quips and puns.",
"The only upside to the film is that the viewer may find him or herself laughing during the movie (as did I and several friends), not because of any humorous dialogue, but because it was so TERRIBLE!"
] |
1 | Awful book | I agree with the others who gave this book low marks.This is NOT a book for "introductory" algebra courses or for building a strong basic foundation for understanding the properties of matrices. Strang rattles off with obfuscating explanations as if you have already had a previous exposure to linear algebra and matrix theory.For example, just compare Strang's explanation of the least squares method versus the explanation in Harvey Gerber's "Elementary Linear Algebra", and you will see what I mean. Strang's explanation is hardly adequate, while Gerber's is superior, providing an easy-to-understand motivation for the subject, a well defined proof, and copious examples. (Gerber's isn't the only book out there; there are many, many other books that are far, far better than Strang's. )For best results, if you are required to buy this book for a college course, buy this book "used" (to save money) or borrow it from sombody else (share with a friend?), and buy another book from which to learn. | 1,001 | [
"I agree with the others who gave this book low marks.This is NOT a book for \"introductory\" algebra courses or for building a strong basic foundation for understanding the properties of matrices.",
"Strang rattles off with obfuscating explanations as if you have already had a previous exposure to linear algebra and matrix theory.For example, just compare Strang's explanation of the least squares method versus the explanation in Harvey Gerber's \"Elementary Linear Algebra\", and you will see what I mean.",
"Strang's explanation is hardly adequate, while Gerber's is superior, providing an easy-to-understand motivation for the subject, a well defined proof, and copious examples.",
"(Gerber's isn't the only book out there; there are many, many other books that are far, far better than Strang's.",
")For best results, if you are required to buy this book for a college course, buy this book \"used\" (to save money) or borrow it from sombody else (share with a friend?",
"), and buy another book from which to learn."
] |
1 | Appalled | I was totally shocked to find out that the frank dialogue was between the underage child and her father. To have a child that young talk that explicitly is just wrong. I say shame on Universal Studios and Abigail's parents for encouraging her to be in PG-13 movies and to be the reason for the rating. If I had known that the frank dialogue on the rating was from a child no older than mine, I would not have rented it and will get my money back from movie gallery. I think they should have to say frank dialogue from underage child. I was also suprised to only find one other review in the 15 to 20 I looked at that mentioned how much it bothered them. It was so unacceptable and not needed, It could have been a good movie without all of that sexual dialogue and promiscuity in the plot. I could not finish the movie and will no longer spend my money for Universal Studios or Abigail Breslin's family to use to make more trashy movies. Shame, shame on Universal Studios and Abigail Breslin's family. | 1,001 | [
"I was totally shocked to find out that the frank dialogue was between the underage child and her father.",
"To have a child that young talk that explicitly is just wrong.",
"I say shame on Universal Studios and Abigail's parents for encouraging her to be in PG-13 movies and to be the reason for the rating.",
"If I had known that the frank dialogue on the rating was from a child no older than mine, I would not have rented it and will get my money back from movie gallery.",
"I think they should have to say frank dialogue from underage child.",
"I was also suprised to only find one other review in the 15 to 20 I looked at that mentioned how much it bothered them.",
"It was so unacceptable and not needed, It could have been a good movie without all of that sexual dialogue and promiscuity in the plot.",
"I could not finish the movie and will no longer spend my money for Universal Studios or Abigail Breslin's family to use to make more trashy movies.",
"Shame, shame on Universal Studios and Abigail Breslin's family."
] |
1 | Stay Away | I too was interested in a cheap sub, and this seemed to fit the bill. I read about the farting noise when it went into sleep mode, and figured I could live with it. Well, maybe, but that's not the only issue I had.The amp has two switch positions: "off" and "auto". It does not have an "always on" position, and this is a critical failure. At certain volumes, the auto-sensing "feature" will put the sub into power-save mode mid-song, overlaying the fart noise on top of the music. At this point, there's no bass, until the volume gets turned up, it senses the signal again, and it kicks back on.In songs with quiet periods, or movies where explosions alternate with dialog, the sub turned itself on and off way too often - it was completely intolerable. I could hear a bass line, then it would be gone, replaced with the fart noise.If you're cranking repetative industrial or techno, you won't have this problem, but users with other applications in mind should pony up an extra $23 for a better sub. | 1,001 | [
"I too was interested in a cheap sub, and this seemed to fit the bill.",
"I read about the farting noise when it went into sleep mode, and figured I could live with it.",
"Well, maybe, but that's not the only issue I had.The amp has two switch positions: \"off\" and \"auto\".",
"It does not have an \"always on\" position, and this is a critical failure.",
"At certain volumes, the auto-sensing \"feature\" will put the sub into power-save mode mid-song, overlaying the fart noise on top of the music.",
"At this point, there's no bass, until the volume gets turned up, it senses the signal again, and it kicks back on.In songs with quiet periods, or movies where explosions alternate with dialog, the sub turned itself on and off way too often - it was completely intolerable.",
"I could hear a bass line, then it would be gone, replaced with the fart noise.If you're cranking repetative industrial or techno, you won't have this problem, but users with other applications in mind should pony up an extra $23 for a better sub."
] |
1 | Junk | It was impossible to assemble.(1) One of the nuts, needed to secure one of the locks, had no threads so we couldn't attach one of the two side-locks.(2) The side arm-hinges allow you to open the top and hold it open. Both side arm-hinges were for the same side of the cargo box so we couldn't use them.(3) The edge-hinges were very difficult to attach, and it took two of us to do it.Even if we had the right hardware to assemble the cargo box, I would not trust it to stay closed while driving over 50 MPH down the highway. My suggestion to anyone interested in buying a cargo box is to buy a more substantial box (heavier) and ideally one that is already assembled! Don't buy this one.Post Script: When we took our son to college, we squeezed everything into the car and did not use the cargo box. When I got back, I dis-assembled the cargo box and returned it for a full refund. It was a pain to re-pack it but the Amazon process for returning items was excellent! I was VERY impressed with Amazon. | 1,001 | [
"It was impossible to assemble.(1) One of the nuts, needed to secure one of the locks, had no threads so we couldn't attach one of the two side-locks.(2) The side arm-hinges allow you to open the top and hold it open.",
"Both side arm-hinges were for the same side of the cargo box so we couldn't use them.(3) The edge-hinges were very difficult to attach, and it took two of us to do it.Even if we had the right hardware to assemble the cargo box, I would not trust it to stay closed while driving over 50 MPH down the highway.",
"My suggestion to anyone interested in buying a cargo box is to buy a more substantial box (heavier) and ideally one that is already assembled!",
"Don't buy this one.Post Script: When we took our son to college, we squeezed everything into the car and did not use the cargo box.",
"When I got back, I dis-assembled the cargo box and returned it for a full refund.",
"It was a pain to re-pack it but the Amazon process for returning items was excellent!",
"I was VERY impressed with Amazon."
] |
1 | Self serving | Amber Frey had sex with Scott Peterson the very night she met him.Before her child had even been introduced to Peterson she had him accompany her to pick the kid up from school.The only thing that really ended her romantic invovlement with him was finding another man.All these facts are all too unpleasantly on display in this self serving and obfuscatory work by Amber Frey.Though I'd picked up this book hoping to gain some insight into the mind of Scott Peterson from someone who had unique access to him in the days leading up to and away from his wife's disappearance, I was severely disappointed. That's because Frey was more interested in making excuses for what should have been obvious lapses in judgment.Unintentionally Frey revealed the intellectual abilities and life style habits of the type of woman Peterson would be interested in. But aside from that readers were left just as much in the dark about who Scott Peterson really was as they were when they originally picked up this book. | 1,001 | [
"Amber Frey had sex with Scott Peterson the very night she met him.Before her child had even been introduced to Peterson she had him accompany her to pick the kid up from school.The only thing that really ended her romantic invovlement with him was finding another man.All these facts are all too unpleasantly on display in this self serving and obfuscatory work by Amber Frey.Though I'd picked up this book hoping to gain some insight into the mind of Scott Peterson from someone who had unique access to him in the days leading up to and away from his wife's disappearance, I was severely disappointed.",
"That's because Frey was more interested in making excuses for what should have been obvious lapses in judgment.Unintentionally Frey revealed the intellectual abilities and life style habits of the type of woman Peterson would be interested in.",
"But aside from that readers were left just as much in the dark about who Scott Peterson really was as they were when they originally picked up this book."
] |
1 | Avenger | I bought and read almost all of FF's novels and enjoyed most. This publication is a bummer! My feeling is someone is re-writing history in a very distorted fashion for pure political reasons. Not so much Vietnam or Bosnia etc. but our own relations with OBL and his organization.It is historical knowledge that OBL is a true friend of the Bush family, that he was on the CIA payroll and still may be. The reasons that the arabic world hates us is not religious as this book makes you believe, but mainly found in a never-ending middle eastern conflict.To write a third grade book and semi-hiding just on the side some political statements, unproven and untrue, is scandalous. To see a review by someone under the signature of Gingrich only adds to the propagandistic "value" of this book.As much as I have tried, I can't find FF's original talent as a foremost writer of fiction anyplace in this "novel" I will save your readers time by rehashing the storyline, but it is amateurish and not believable | 1,001 | [
"I bought and read almost all of FF's novels and enjoyed most.",
"This publication is a bummer!",
"My feeling is someone is re-writing history in a very distorted fashion for pure political reasons.",
"Not so much Vietnam or Bosnia etc.",
"but our own relations with OBL and his organization.It is historical knowledge that OBL is a true friend of the Bush family, that he was on the CIA payroll and still may be.",
"The reasons that the arabic world hates us is not religious as this book makes you believe, but mainly found in a never-ending middle eastern conflict.To write a third grade book and semi-hiding just on the side some political statements, unproven and untrue, is scandalous.",
"To see a review by someone under the signature of Gingrich only adds to the propagandistic \"value\" of this book.As much as I have tried, I can't find FF's original talent as a foremost writer of fiction anyplace in this \"novel\" I will save your readers time by rehashing the storyline, but it is amateurish and not believable"
] |
1 | RUN AWAY!!! | I purchased this after reading the reviews. I was thinking "Yanni..., maybe even Manheim Steamroller", WRONG!!!If disco is your thing, maybe, go for it. The best word I can come up with to describe this is... CHEESY. It sounds like the forty dollar keyboard my mother bought for my kids. It has a "play along with" button that supplies accompaniment with known songs including Christmas. Perhaps Mehdi should not have used the freeware accompaniment software that came with the midi soundcard interface. Yes, it is that bad. This disk is destined for the bin where I keep all the AOL disks that I use for target practice. The only other possible use I can think of is to send it to the Pentagon to send to Iraq. They could play it over loud speaker while surrounding Fallujah (SP?). The terrorists should come running out screaming in short order. Please, give our troops plenty of hearing protection. Perhaps someone could possibly like these recordings. The only thing they envoked in me was nausea. | 1,001 | [
"I purchased this after reading the reviews.",
"I was thinking \"Yanni..., maybe even Manheim Steamroller\", WRONG!!!",
"If disco is your thing, maybe, go for it.",
"The best word I can come up with to describe this is... CHEESY.",
"It sounds like the forty dollar keyboard my mother bought for my kids.",
"It has a \"play along with\" button that supplies accompaniment with known songs including Christmas.",
"Perhaps Mehdi should not have used the freeware accompaniment software that came with the midi soundcard interface.",
"Yes, it is that bad.",
"This disk is destined for the bin where I keep all the AOL disks that I use for target practice.",
"The only other possible use I can think of is to send it to the Pentagon to send to Iraq.",
"They could play it over loud speaker while surrounding Fallujah (SP?",
").",
"The terrorists should come running out screaming in short order.",
"Please, give our troops plenty of hearing protection.",
"Perhaps someone could possibly like these recordings.",
"The only thing they envoked in me was nausea."
] |
1 | Fire Fizzles | Some of the subject matter and ideas, especially pack-consciousness and gradient zones of galactic consciousness, have real intrinsic appeal, but the development here is unfocused and cobbled, and eventually, after a long long, take your potted plant for a walk, long time, fizzles with a whimper.Hugo or nogo, "Fire" reads like a careless and bloated first draft: way too much undramatized exposition, i.e. telling about what the characters are thinking and doing and feeling, telling about every thing that's happened elsewhere and else when, even on occasion witlessly telling what is going to happen; sliced onion plot layers--all tears no taco; a perfunctory ooze of sentimentality which slathers further insult on the redundant, extraneous, cliched characters. And, by Yoda's grizzled jowls, turning telepathic puppies and sentient shrubbery into tiresome house guests is...well it shouldn't be done.If you're not primarily a sci-fi fan, you may find a modicum of arsenic to be more efficacious. | 1,001 | [
"Some of the subject matter and ideas, especially pack-consciousness and gradient zones of galactic consciousness, have real intrinsic appeal, but the development here is unfocused and cobbled, and eventually, after a long long, take your potted plant for a walk, long time, fizzles with a whimper.Hugo or nogo, \"Fire\" reads like a careless and bloated first draft: way too much undramatized exposition, i.e. telling about what the characters are thinking and doing and feeling, telling about every thing that's happened elsewhere and else when, even on occasion witlessly telling what is going to happen; sliced onion plot layers--all tears no taco; a perfunctory ooze of sentimentality which slathers further insult on the redundant, extraneous, cliched characters.",
"And, by Yoda's grizzled jowls, turning telepathic puppies and sentient shrubbery into tiresome house guests is...well it shouldn't be done.If you're not primarily a sci-fi fan, you may find a modicum of arsenic to be more efficacious."
] |
1 | Not a set | This is a great price for a nice, bare bones collection of movies, which is perfectly fine by me. What is not fine by me is the fact that some of these movies were wide screen and some were full screen. A few had auto-play while others had previews. I don't mind if they're simply reprints of the original releases, but they could have at least been consistent with the products they reprinted. I am the kind of person who has to have wide screen, and wants things within a set to have the same basic functions (especially when advertised as such); please bear this in mind as you take in this information.Also, the set that I received had five damaged discs; no physical damage or dust on the discs themselves, but they would not play past ten minutes into the movie, and some could not access secondary menus. This grievance is specific to the set I received, but buyer beware.I will be returning this item and waiting for the next (likely more expensive, sadly) release of a Harry Potter boxed set. | 1,001 | [
"This is a great price for a nice, bare bones collection of movies, which is perfectly fine by me.",
"What is not fine by me is the fact that some of these movies were wide screen and some were full screen.",
"A few had auto-play while others had previews.",
"I don't mind if they're simply reprints of the original releases, but they could have at least been consistent with the products they reprinted.",
"I am the kind of person who has to have wide screen, and wants things within a set to have the same basic functions (especially when advertised as such); please bear this in mind as you take in this information.Also, the set that I received had five damaged discs; no physical damage or dust on the discs themselves, but they would not play past ten minutes into the movie, and some could not access secondary menus.",
"This grievance is specific to the set I received, but buyer beware.I will be returning this item and waiting for the next (likely more expensive, sadly) release of a Harry Potter boxed set."
] |
1 | Unrealistic | I read this book not knowing at all what to expect. After a few pages I gave up. Why? At the beginning, the protagonist meets à 8-year old kid and starts chatting. What do they talk about? You would think it would go somewhere along those lines :"hey kid, what's to see in this town?""depends, what are you looking for?""Any good place to eat/sleep/whatever""I'm not sure but people usually go to the market, this way"Right? Wrong. Here they start talking about history. And the kid (who doesn't go to school) speak like a 40-year old history-buff! Darn! It could be ok if the discussion was interesting. But to me it was boring as hell. So I closed the book, and next! Maybe that was a mistake, maybe the remaining would have been better. But why drudge when one as som many right-from-the-start enjoyable books?By the way, I did read Anathem from the same author (which is a book that was difficult to read but really enjoyable). So I'm not totally stupid. But this book felt like eating wood chips. | 1,001 | [
"I read this book not knowing at all what to expect.",
"After a few pages I gave up.",
"Why?",
"At the beginning, the protagonist meets à 8-year old kid and starts chatting.",
"What do they talk about?",
"You would think it would go somewhere along those lines :\"hey kid, what's to see in this town?",
"\"\"depends, what are you looking for?",
"\"\"Any good place to eat/sleep/whatever\"\"I'm not sure but people usually go to the market, this way\"Right?",
"Wrong.",
"Here they start talking about history.",
"And the kid (who doesn't go to school) speak like a 40-year old history-buff!",
"Darn!",
"It could be ok if the discussion was interesting.",
"But to me it was boring as hell.",
"So I closed the book, and next!",
"Maybe that was a mistake, maybe the remaining would have been better.",
"But why drudge when one as som many right-from-the-start enjoyable books?",
"By the way, I did read Anathem from the same author (which is a book that was difficult to read but really enjoyable).",
"So I'm not totally stupid.",
"But this book felt like eating wood chips."
] |
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