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1 | UGH! | After having finished this novel, I have now read six of Ann Beattie's books -- her first four, written in the late 70s and early 80s, and two recent novels ANOTHER YOU (1995) and this book PICTURING WILL (1989). Clearly something happened during the intervening years. Whereas Beattie's early fiction was full of odd characters, delightful non-sequiters, and brilliant dialogue, PICTURING WILL is dull, dull, dull. The characters are totally bland and whereas a muscular plot might have fleshed them out more, there is no plot to speak of. Beattie looks at the lives of character and explains, explains, explains; she doesn't DRAMATIZE. This tendency not to dramatize was brilliantly exploited in her earlier work, which recreated the ennui and anomie of her characters lives in prose that was razor sharp. PICTURING WILL is filled with none-too-original characters doing nothing much in prose that is lackluster and undistinguished. PICTURING WILL is so bad it makes ANOTHER YOU look distinguished. | 1,000 | [
"After having finished this novel, I have now read six of Ann Beattie's books -- her first four, written in the late 70s and early 80s, and two recent novels ANOTHER YOU (1995) and this book PICTURING WILL (1989).",
"Clearly something happened during the intervening years.",
"Whereas Beattie's early fiction was full of odd characters, delightful non-sequiters, and brilliant dialogue, PICTURING WILL is dull, dull, dull.",
"The characters are totally bland and whereas a muscular plot might have fleshed them out more, there is no plot to speak of.",
"Beattie looks at the lives of character and explains, explains, explains; she doesn't DRAMATIZE.",
"This tendency not to dramatize was brilliantly exploited in her earlier work, which recreated the ennui and anomie of her characters lives in prose that was razor sharp.",
"PICTURING WILL is filled with none-too-original characters doing nothing much in prose that is lackluster and undistinguished.",
"PICTURING WILL is so bad it makes ANOTHER YOU look distinguished."
] |
1 | Why? | Generally speaking, human beings prefer to frame new knowledge in terms that they are already familiar with. Metaphor is therefore one the most common ways of expressing compound ideas in a simple yet powerful/effective manner.'The sands of time', for example, though originating from the use of sand in an hour glass, is a metaphor rich with alternative images and meanings.But how long can you go on making this very basic point?In the case of "Metaphors We Live By" the answer is 'over 200' pages. Which is, in this reviewer's opinion, at least 200 pages TOO LONG.Many of the examples are either extremely strained, or simply inconsequential. Is "happiness" ALWAYS equated with "up"? (How about ROTFLMAO?) And even if it were, so what?By the time I got to the end of this thoroughly academic text, my primary thought was simply WHY?Why did the authors bother to write it?Why did the publishers bother to publish it?And why would anyone bother to read it (if they knew in advance what it was like)? | 1,000 | [
"Generally speaking, human beings prefer to frame new knowledge in terms that they are already familiar with.",
"Metaphor is therefore one the most common ways of expressing compound ideas in a simple yet powerful/effective manner.'The sands of time', for example, though originating from the use of sand in an hour glass, is a metaphor rich with alternative images and meanings.But how long can you go on making this very basic point?",
"In the case of \"Metaphors We Live By\" the answer is 'over 200' pages.",
"Which is, in this reviewer's opinion, at least 200 pages TOO LONG.Many of the examples are either extremely strained, or simply inconsequential.",
"Is \"happiness\" ALWAYS equated with \"up\"?",
"(How about ROTFLMAO?",
") And even if it were, so what?",
"By the time I got to the end of this thoroughly academic text, my primary thought was simply WHY?",
"Why did the authors bother to write it?",
"Why did the publishers bother to publish it?",
"And why would anyone bother to read it (if they knew in advance what it was like)?"
] |
1 | Well... | Is it just me or does it seem like Britney was only a key to fame for the young female pop artists of today? Spears, Christina Aguilera, Jessica Simpson and new-comer Willa Ford (pokemon soundtrack under the name Mandah) are all of the same age, give or take a year, but really, who has a more developed, mature sound? Whilst Spears' vocal talent is still stuck somewhere in her pre-teen years(my mother thought she was only about 13 or so), Aguilera, Simpson and Ford project a much more older sound, and not just vocally. 'Email my heart' (I really laughed listening to this) is just one of the examples of the many mistakes Spears has made. I must admit though, I didn't mind some of the slower songs, such as 'Born to make you happy'. The only problem was the voice. Which I guess means that it's not really Britney's talent, but the lyricist/composer, and the credits go to them. Heck, you can even compare Britney Spears to the young'un Mandy Moore and you'll find Moore has a more older sound. | 1,000 | [
"Is it just me or does it seem like Britney was only a key to fame for the young female pop artists of today?",
"Spears, Christina Aguilera, Jessica Simpson and new-comer Willa Ford (pokemon soundtrack under the name Mandah) are all of the same age, give or take a year, but really, who has a more developed, mature sound?",
"Whilst Spears' vocal talent is still stuck somewhere in her pre-teen years(my mother thought she was only about 13 or so), Aguilera, Simpson and Ford project a much more older sound, and not just vocally.",
"'Email my heart' (I really laughed listening to this) is just one of the examples of the many mistakes Spears has made.",
"I must admit though, I didn't mind some of the slower songs, such as 'Born to make you happy'.",
"The only problem was the voice.",
"Which I guess means that it's not really Britney's talent, but the lyricist/composer, and the credits go to them.",
"Heck, you can even compare Britney Spears to the young'un Mandy Moore and you'll find Moore has a more older sound."
] |
1 | Waste of time | I am a novice upland hunter who recently purchased a lab and wanted to train him as a hunting companion. Based on the reviews and description I thought this book would be a good place to start. I was very wrong. The first 50 or so pages are the author carrying on about what is wrong with the field trial circuit and justifying his feelings, he could have summed this up with a single line and moved on. Each chapter is light on actual training technique and heavy on tangential stories of different dogs/trainers/ and how good he or the dogs/trainers are and it adds little value to the book. With regard to training for handling the author actually writes that it would be redundant for him to cover handling so he won't. At that point I threw the book down and will not continue. This book was frustrating to read, the author changes his tone and point of view several times in each chapter, and with a byline of 'Training the Labrador Retriever...' I thought this book completely missed the mark. | 1,000 | [
"I am a novice upland hunter who recently purchased a lab and wanted to train him as a hunting companion.",
"Based on the reviews and description I thought this book would be a good place to start.",
"I was very wrong.",
"The first 50 or so pages are the author carrying on about what is wrong with the field trial circuit and justifying his feelings, he could have summed this up with a single line and moved on.",
"Each chapter is light on actual training technique and heavy on tangential stories of different dogs/trainers/ and how good he or the dogs/trainers are and it adds little value to the book.",
"With regard to training for handling the author actually writes that it would be redundant for him to cover handling so he won't.",
"At that point I threw the book down and will not continue.",
"This book was frustrating to read, the author changes his tone and point of view several times in each chapter, and with a byline of 'Training the Labrador Retriever...' I thought this book completely missed the mark."
] |
1 | BLAH! | This movie was a terrible dissapointment to me. After reading the reviews of this movie on numerous websites including this one, it truely sounded like a movie worth matching. I can't believe how horrible this movie is! Bette Davis has done the worst portrayal of Elizabeth the first that i have ever seen! The script is quite witty, but Bette Davis either over acts or under acts. She can't even uphold the accent for more than one line!I can't even tell you how may times a burst out laughing while watching this movie due to acting that is soo bad that some of the school plays that I have seen in the past has acting that blows this movie away.I would give this no stars if I could.Defintly do not see this movie if you are expecting a wonderful depiction of Queen Elizabeth the first, because you defintly aren't going to get it. If you want to see some good portrayals of Queen Elizabeth I, see the Elizabeth R series staring Glenda Jackson, or the more recent Elizabeth staring Cate Blanchett. | 1,000 | [
"This movie was a terrible dissapointment to me.",
"After reading the reviews of this movie on numerous websites including this one, it truely sounded like a movie worth matching.",
"I can't believe how horrible this movie is!",
"Bette Davis has done the worst portrayal of Elizabeth the first that i have ever seen!",
"The script is quite witty, but Bette Davis either over acts or under acts.",
"She can't even uphold the accent for more than one line!",
"I can't even tell you how may times a burst out laughing while watching this movie due to acting that is soo bad that some of the school plays that I have seen in the past has acting that blows this movie away.I would give this no stars if I could.Defintly do not see this movie if you are expecting a wonderful depiction of Queen Elizabeth the first, because you defintly aren't going to get it.",
"If you want to see some good portrayals of Queen Elizabeth I, see the Elizabeth R series staring Glenda Jackson, or the more recent Elizabeth staring Cate Blanchett."
] |
1 | null | Unless you're a completist and can tolerate tons of metalcore bands, the horrible Six Feet Under and the ridiculous black metal band Ancient, there's really no need for you to have this video compilation. There's at least 3 good songs in here that are accompanied by some great visuals: Amon Amarth's "Death in fire"(finally a listenable song from this band), Brainstorm's "Highs without lows" (great heavy metal song, period) and Cattle Decapitation's "To serve man"(brutal death metal that actually sounds evil, backed up by some cool video effects). The director for Cannibal Corpse's video could have come up with a much more mature concept for their video. I guess the mediocre song complements the video. The other clips are more or less professionally done. I'm not really surprised by the amount of metalcore bands on Metal Blade's roster. However, I am still confused as to how Six Feet Under got so popular all these years by playing some of the most boring and monotonous death metal ever. | 1,000 | [
"Unless you're a completist and can tolerate tons of metalcore bands, the horrible Six Feet Under and the ridiculous black metal band Ancient, there's really no need for you to have this video compilation.",
"There's at least 3 good songs in here that are accompanied by some great visuals: Amon Amarth's \"Death in fire\"(finally a listenable song from this band), Brainstorm's \"Highs without lows\" (great heavy metal song, period) and Cattle Decapitation's \"To serve man\"(brutal death metal that actually sounds evil, backed up by some cool video effects).",
"The director for Cannibal Corpse's video could have come up with a much more mature concept for their video.",
"I guess the mediocre song complements the video.",
"The other clips are more or less professionally done.",
"I'm not really surprised by the amount of metalcore bands on Metal Blade's roster.",
"However, I am still confused as to how Six Feet Under got so popular all these years by playing some of the most boring and monotonous death metal ever."
] |
1 | Sucker bait! | I ordered this book as a gift for an army reservist who has been called up and ordered to Iraq. Maybe he could learn a few words and phrases that just might be invaluable. (When travelling to any foreign country, a little language is like a little money; much better than none at all.)The content of the book is divided into three columns on each page. The first column has a military acronym such as PX. The second column translates the aconym into English words, Post Exchange. The third column translates the English words into Arabic, which I cannot understand nor reproduce here.In someone spoke English and Arabic and was mystified by American military acronyms, this book could possibly be useful.On the other hand, if someone (who speaks no Arabic) is looking for an English-Arabic word and phrase book that could be studied to pick up a few Arabic words and phrases because they are going to be deployed, this book is 100% and totally useless. Ronald W. Bruton, Retired school administrator. | 1,000 | [
"I ordered this book as a gift for an army reservist who has been called up and ordered to Iraq.",
"Maybe he could learn a few words and phrases that just might be invaluable.",
"(When travelling to any foreign country, a little language is like a little money; much better than none at all.)The content of the book is divided into three columns on each page.",
"The first column has a military acronym such as PX.",
"The second column translates the aconym into English words, Post Exchange.",
"The third column translates the English words into Arabic, which I cannot understand nor reproduce here.In someone spoke English and Arabic and was mystified by American military acronyms, this book could possibly be useful.On the other hand, if someone (who speaks no Arabic) is looking for an English-Arabic word and phrase book that could be studied to pick up a few Arabic words and phrases because they are going to be deployed, this book is 100% and totally useless.",
"Ronald W.",
"Bruton, Retired school administrator."
] |
1 | Movie sucks | This movie had such a good set up.. and then fell flat on it's face. It just wasn't good. I'm a hardcore fan I've seen all the movies and read many novels based on the alien and predator franchises and I've never heard of this other race of predators. To me, that ruined the movie (among other things). They took the original predator, the icon of badassery from my childhood, and had him b*** slapped around like a ragdoll. They took the most bad ass thing in the universe, and made it into a big p***y. Why would they throw a screwball at us with this random new race of predator? I just don't get it. No need for that, stick with the original. It wasn't broke don't try to fix it.Yet another fond child hood memory.. raped. Indiana, predator, star wars.. all ruined. I wish I could be more specific but I don't really remember much of the movie other than I started hating it 20 minutes in and wanted to walk out of the theater. This movie sucked and everyone giving it above 3 stars has no taste. | 1,000 | [
"This movie had such a good set up..",
"and then fell flat on it's face.",
"It just wasn't good.",
"I'm a hardcore fan I've seen all the movies and read many novels based on the alien and predator franchises and I've never heard of this other race of predators.",
"To me, that ruined the movie (among other things).",
"They took the original predator, the icon of badassery from my childhood, and had him b*** slapped around like a ragdoll.",
"They took the most bad ass thing in the universe, and made it into a big p***y.",
"Why would they throw a screwball at us with this random new race of predator?",
"I just don't get it.",
"No need for that, stick with the original.",
"It wasn't broke don't try to fix it.Yet another fond child hood memory..",
"raped.",
"Indiana, predator, star wars..",
"all ruined.",
"I wish I could be more specific but I don't really remember much of the movie other than I started hating it 20 minutes in and wanted to walk out of the theater.",
"This movie sucked and everyone giving it above 3 stars has no taste."
] |
1 | Carpal Tunnel | I've been using traditional optical mouse devices. But due to small desk space, I wanted to try trackball devices. The idea was that trackball device stays in one place so I wouldn't need much desk space. I got the Logitech Cordless Trackman and man am I ready to go back to good old mouse devices!!Cons:- After a day's use I am feeling pain in my thumb, and fore arm. Classic Carpal Tunnel symptoms!- While the trackball is quick in movements, it is difficult to work with when you need to be very precise. So clicking on small buttons requires multiple attempts.- Click 'n drag / Drag 'n drop actions are quite tricky. Not as intuitive as with traditional mouse devices.- The device comes with a sensor that is huge. Almost the size of a mouse itself. As I said, I wanted to reduce the space required on my desk, and I ended up having gained very little!Pros:- It's a large device. Good for people with large hands. Provides a lot of support.- Easy connectivity. I'm using Windows XP. Plug 'n play! | 1,000 | [
"I've been using traditional optical mouse devices.",
"But due to small desk space, I wanted to try trackball devices.",
"The idea was that trackball device stays in one place so I wouldn't need much desk space.",
"I got the Logitech Cordless Trackman and man am I ready to go back to good old mouse devices!!",
"Cons:- After a day's use I am feeling pain in my thumb, and fore arm.",
"Classic Carpal Tunnel symptoms!",
"- While the trackball is quick in movements, it is difficult to work with when you need to be very precise.",
"So clicking on small buttons requires multiple attempts.- Click 'n drag / Drag 'n drop actions are quite tricky.",
"Not as intuitive as with traditional mouse devices.- The device comes with a sensor that is huge.",
"Almost the size of a mouse itself.",
"As I said, I wanted to reduce the space required on my desk, and I ended up having gained very little!",
"Pros:- It's a large device.",
"Good for people with large hands.",
"Provides a lot of support.- Easy connectivity.",
"I'm using Windows XP.",
"Plug 'n play!"
] |
1 | AliceSmack | First off I would like to say that some of Godsmack songs at one point in my life sounded ok, but being that the lead singer tries so hard at sounding like my favorite singer and in my opinion one of the most brilliant human being of all time, Layne Staley R.I.P. it makes me sick. Sully could never come close to Layne, no one will ever and thats a given fact. Isn't Godsmack the track on Alice in Chain's album Dirt? Oh I'm sorry it was God Smack. Even if the band started as a AIC cover band it really makes me sick that they try to pose or atleast Sully after two albums. This album to me is almost an insult and smack at the late Alice In Chains. Actually every album of this band to me is. I'm sorry,but being a die hard Alice In Chains fan it just annoys me when I hear this band. I wonder how many more lyrics of Laynes is Sully gonna try to swindle. If you want a real great albumthan try anything from Alice In Chains, Madseason, or any other great band that emerged from the Seattle scene. | 1,000 | [
"First off I would like to say that some of Godsmack songs at one point in my life sounded ok, but being that the lead singer tries so hard at sounding like my favorite singer and in my opinion one of the most brilliant human being of all time, Layne Staley R.I.P. it makes me sick.",
"Sully could never come close to Layne, no one will ever and thats a given fact.",
"Isn't Godsmack the track on Alice in Chain's album Dirt?",
"Oh I'm sorry it was God Smack.",
"Even if the band started as a AIC cover band it really makes me sick that they try to pose or atleast Sully after two albums.",
"This album to me is almost an insult and smack at the late Alice In Chains.",
"Actually every album of this band to me is.",
"I'm sorry,but being a die hard Alice In Chains fan it just annoys me when I hear this band.",
"I wonder how many more lyrics of Laynes is Sully gonna try to swindle.",
"If you want a real great albumthan try anything from Alice In Chains, Madseason, or any other great band that emerged from the Seattle scene."
] |
1 | Ugh | Honestly, I thought the first Demon Hunter was great. It brought a rather fresh sound to Christian Metal and was musically valid...but this album........It's just bad. I'm sorry it is! I love Solid State and love the fact that there are Christian who do metal but it does not mean they can pile up some chugalug drop D riffs and pass it off a hardcore.First, the guitars are just plain weak, the riffs are unimaginative, mediocre, and consistently the same. The vocals lack any real passion, there is no depth to the distorted vocals and the clean vocals sound far more out of place than they did on the last album.Combine these two factors with the mushy bass and drums and the entire album sounds very weak, bland, and the same throughout. Let's be honest and call this album what it is, a vassal for the clean vocal chorus that tends to pop up on every track. This however is no different than any number of filth bands played on your local radio station.I can not recommend this album in any way. | 1,000 | [
"Honestly, I thought the first Demon Hunter was great.",
"It brought a rather fresh sound to Christian Metal and was musically valid...but this album........It's just bad.",
"I'm sorry it is!",
"I love Solid State and love the fact that there are Christian who do metal but it does not mean they can pile up some chugalug drop D riffs and pass it off a hardcore.First, the guitars are just plain weak, the riffs are unimaginative, mediocre, and consistently the same.",
"The vocals lack any real passion, there is no depth to the distorted vocals and the clean vocals sound far more out of place than they did on the last album.Combine these two factors with the mushy bass and drums and the entire album sounds very weak, bland, and the same throughout.",
"Let's be honest and call this album what it is, a vassal for the clean vocal chorus that tends to pop up on every track.",
"This however is no different than any number of filth bands played on your local radio station.I can not recommend this album in any way."
] |
1 | Big Letdown | Here's the book in a nutshell:-If you are a PI, you should come up with a few lies and use them on people (ex: you already know information from someone else involved, you're an unbiased reporter writing a story, you're calling about a job interview, there was an eye witness that came forward, etc...)-If you are getting interviewed, the police have the right to lie to you so don't give them any information even if they say they already know or if they say you won't get in trouble.That's it. Every chapter is basically a variation of those two things. Total waste of time, save your money.I bought this book because I heard interesting things about Benson's books. If this is an indication of what his other books are like, then don't bother with any of them. Interviews, Investigations, and Interrogations, is a great idea for a book, but there's no substance. The whole thing you could have basically guessed at and not wasted your time or money. He doesn't give any real practical information. | 1,000 | [
"Here's the book in a nutshell:-If you are a PI, you should come up with a few lies and use them on people (ex: you already know information from someone else involved, you're an unbiased reporter writing a story, you're calling about a job interview, there was an eye witness that came forward, etc...)-If you are getting interviewed, the police have the right to lie to you so don't give them any information even if they say they already know or if they say you won't get in trouble.That's it.",
"Every chapter is basically a variation of those two things.",
"Total waste of time, save your money.I bought this book because I heard interesting things about Benson's books.",
"If this is an indication of what his other books are like, then don't bother with any of them.",
"Interviews, Investigations, and Interrogations, is a great idea for a book, but there's no substance.",
"The whole thing you could have basically guessed at and not wasted your time or money.",
"He doesn't give any real practical information."
] |
1 | don't do it! | i agree with what has been said. this book is beyond horrid. on the first of the practice exams i got a 610. on the second i got a 430, despite having read the entire genetics section of my biology textbook in between. simply put, the two exams were in no way comparable in difficulty, and gave me no clue what to expect when i take the _real_ test. the explanations, as have been noted, are pathetic. many of the ecology questions (the subject I know most about) were just plain wrong. they said epiphytes are commnesalistic. wrong, or at least highly debatable (since they can add tons of weight to branches they're on, causing the branches to crash that makes them parasitic.) along the same vein, they said that lichens were mutualistic. lichenologists have been debating the nature of the symbiosis for 100+ years and still don't have an answer. the book also refered to the 10% rule of energy transfer between trophic levels, which is completely bogus. for the love of god, don't buy this book! | 1,000 | [
"i agree with what has been said.",
"this book is beyond horrid.",
"on the first of the practice exams i got a 610.",
"on the second i got a 430, despite having read the entire genetics section of my biology textbook in between.",
"simply put, the two exams were in no way comparable in difficulty, and gave me no clue what to expect when i take the _real_ test.",
"the explanations, as have been noted, are pathetic.",
"many of the ecology questions (the subject I know most about) were just plain wrong.",
"they said epiphytes are commnesalistic.",
"wrong, or at least highly debatable (since they can add tons of weight to branches they're on, causing the branches to crash that makes them parasitic.) along the same vein, they said that lichens were mutualistic.",
"lichenologists have been debating the nature of the symbiosis for 100+ years and still don't have an answer.",
"the book also refered to the 10% rule of energy transfer between trophic levels, which is completely bogus.",
"for the love of god, don't buy this book!"
] |
1 | really sucks | OK, I knew that this movie would not be exactly the story from the books, nevertheless I was very excited and curious to see how it would be done. After watching about an hour of this movie, I had to shut it off before I started throwing things at the TV! I knew that important parts of the book would have to be left out of the movie, however I did not expect those parts to be replaced with NONSENSE. Having Marius make Lestat and teach him about the world seriously takes away from Lestat's character. The fact that Lestat had to learn about his vampire senses and powers on his own is part of who he is. Also I just can't believe Lestat would be the type to spend hours playing the violin just because he saw some girl playing it. And Jesse-WHAT??? In the book she was a strong, intelligent woman, in this movie she was reduced to a childish obsessed fan. I might not have hated this movie quite so much if I had not read the books, however I still don't think I would have given it another star. | 1,000 | [
"OK, I knew that this movie would not be exactly the story from the books, nevertheless I was very excited and curious to see how it would be done.",
"After watching about an hour of this movie, I had to shut it off before I started throwing things at the TV!",
"I knew that important parts of the book would have to be left out of the movie, however I did not expect those parts to be replaced with NONSENSE.",
"Having Marius make Lestat and teach him about the world seriously takes away from Lestat's character.",
"The fact that Lestat had to learn about his vampire senses and powers on his own is part of who he is.",
"Also I just can't believe Lestat would be the type to spend hours playing the violin just because he saw some girl playing it.",
"And Jesse-WHAT???",
"In the book she was a strong, intelligent woman, in this movie she was reduced to a childish obsessed fan.",
"I might not have hated this movie quite so much if I had not read the books, however I still don't think I would have given it another star."
] |
1 | Pure Dribble | McKiernan's Iron Tower Trilogy was completely stolen and plagiarized from Tolkien, but the books are still a decent read albeit at a very childish level and worth three stars, barely.McKiernan writes at a very amateurish, childish level. All his characters are completely scripted. The bad guys always lose, the hero's can all jump tall buildings in a single bound and they always win and get that girls in the most ethical way possible, LOL.McKiernan is also horrible at foreshadowing or having any twists whatsoever in his books. Everything is completely scripted and you can predict the outcome of every battle or situation before it even happens.While the Iron Tower Trilogy was decent at a very childish level The Silver Call Duology is just pure garbage, pure dribble, and worthless from the first page to the last.I judge books on how quickly I want to read them again and how good they were the second time through, but these books aren't even worth reading completely the first time through. | 1,000 | [
"McKiernan's Iron Tower Trilogy was completely stolen and plagiarized from Tolkien, but the books are still a decent read albeit at a very childish level and worth three stars, barely.McKiernan writes at a very amateurish, childish level.",
"All his characters are completely scripted.",
"The bad guys always lose, the hero's can all jump tall buildings in a single bound and they always win and get that girls in the most ethical way possible, LOL.McKiernan is also horrible at foreshadowing or having any twists whatsoever in his books.",
"Everything is completely scripted and you can predict the outcome of every battle or situation before it even happens.While the Iron Tower Trilogy was decent at a very childish level The Silver Call Duology is just pure garbage, pure dribble, and worthless from the first page to the last.I judge books on how quickly I want to read them again and how good they were the second time through, but these books aren't even worth reading completely the first time through."
] |
1 | DOA | Where to begin... I had a VHS copy of this a long time ago, it was lousy, but I thought it was just "the nature of the beast", so to speak. I was hoping that because this was advertised as being remastered, it would be nearly pristine. Guess what? Just as lousy a print as the VHS was. I don't blame either AMAZON or the company that I purchased it through. I received it in good time and the packaging was quite good. It was the print itself that was worse than anyone could expect for a DVD. I returned it for a refund and received the refund in rapid "turn around" time. All in all I would recommend both AMAZON and the company that I purchased it from , HIGHLY. Can't expect any better service than what they provided. Certainly they had no way of knowing that the print of the movie was of very very low quality. I'm truly disappointed that some companies are purveyers of such junk. I wish I could remember the name of THAT company so I could warn you about them. I hope this review helped you. | 1,000 | [
"Where to begin... I had a VHS copy of this a long time ago, it was lousy, but I thought it was just \"the nature of the beast\", so to speak.",
"I was hoping that because this was advertised as being remastered, it would be nearly pristine.",
"Guess what?",
"Just as lousy a print as the VHS was.",
"I don't blame either AMAZON or the company that I purchased it through.",
"I received it in good time and the packaging was quite good.",
"It was the print itself that was worse than anyone could expect for a DVD.",
"I returned it for a refund and received the refund in rapid \"turn around\" time.",
"All in all I would recommend both AMAZON and the company that I purchased it from , HIGHLY.",
"Can't expect any better service than what they provided.",
"Certainly they had no way of knowing that the print of the movie was of very very low quality.",
"I'm truly disappointed that some companies are purveyers of such junk.",
"I wish I could remember the name of THAT company so I could warn you about them.",
"I hope this review helped you."
] |
1 | Crash | I rented this DVD a few days ago and had no intention of writing a review because I figured I had wasted enough time on this joke of a movie. However, I watched the Academy Awards tonight and I'm sick. How this movie won best picture is something I will never understand. This movie reminded me of a later day version of All In The Family, minus the actors and the comedy. Within the first hour of putting the DVD into the player, I was falling asleep. I stopped the player and started the film again,from the beginning, when I woke up. I kept watching this film thinking something exciting was going to happen. The only thing exciting were the closing credits. Boring is not the word for this film. I can give my honest opinions as to why this film was picked as best picture but I will keep them to myself. I will say this, I have no intention of watching these awards shows again. If they wish to make a statement then they can do it on their own time. I have better things to do for over 3 hours. | 1,000 | [
"I rented this DVD a few days ago and had no intention of writing a review because I figured I had wasted enough time on this joke of a movie.",
"However, I watched the Academy Awards tonight and I'm sick.",
"How this movie won best picture is something I will never understand.",
"This movie reminded me of a later day version of All In The Family, minus the actors and the comedy.",
"Within the first hour of putting the DVD into the player, I was falling asleep.",
"I stopped the player and started the film again,from the beginning, when I woke up.",
"I kept watching this film thinking something exciting was going to happen.",
"The only thing exciting were the closing credits.",
"Boring is not the word for this film.",
"I can give my honest opinions as to why this film was picked as best picture but I will keep them to myself.",
"I will say this, I have no intention of watching these awards shows again.",
"If they wish to make a statement then they can do it on their own time.",
"I have better things to do for over 3 hours."
] |
1 | DONT BOTHER! | This was a game with great potential, but the company that runs it is a complete waste of a buisness licence!Thier idea of customer service is " the players are always lieing, and trying to cheat, so never believe them!"You think im joking? check out thiere web sights some time!The game is EXTREEMLY static! nothing ever changes, and the same creature drops the same loot all the time! so everyone lines up to kill the monsters with the best loot, and you somtimes have to wait literslly DAYS to get somthing you are after!The servers are overcrowded, and there are almost no differences between the player races beside the apperance! a gnome warrior hits just as hard as a troll warrior of the same lvl!Grouping is FORCED at higher levels, and contrary to what the book says, soloing is NOT supported!Wait for Neverwinter Nights, or Shadowsband. or better yet horizon! all of thiese games are due out in the next year or so, and when they hit the market, EQ will dry up like an stale loaf of bread! | 1,000 | [
"This was a game with great potential, but the company that runs it is a complete waste of a buisness licence!",
"Thier idea of customer service is \" the players are always lieing, and trying to cheat, so never believe them!",
"\"You think im joking?",
"check out thiere web sights some time!",
"The game is EXTREEMLY static!",
"nothing ever changes, and the same creature drops the same loot all the time!",
"so everyone lines up to kill the monsters with the best loot, and you somtimes have to wait literslly DAYS to get somthing you are after!",
"The servers are overcrowded, and there are almost no differences between the player races beside the apperance!",
"a gnome warrior hits just as hard as a troll warrior of the same lvl!",
"Grouping is FORCED at higher levels, and contrary to what the book says, soloing is NOT supported!",
"Wait for Neverwinter Nights, or Shadowsband.",
"or better yet horizon!",
"all of thiese games are due out in the next year or so, and when they hit the market, EQ will dry up like an stale loaf of bread!"
] |
1 | crabby abbey | There are some fine moments -- Thomas and James sorting it out near the end for instance; the beauty of the Scottish landscape, etc. but the writer finds no way to develop the relationship between Matthew and Mary other than to have them off each other or sentimentally enrapt with little in the way of nuances. This lack of development reflects a lack of imagination or interest in complex human interaction. Since the first two seasons were primarily driven by the chemistry between these two characters and the possibilities of bringing them together, this two dimensional and clumsy handling of their marriage has the effect of letting all the air out of the balloon. Instead, we get a shifting of focus from one relationship or situation to another to keep us interested. It works for a time but sooner or later the audience wants to be fed and most of what transpires is not satisfying. Killing off characters is dramatic as death has a way of stealing a scene or two, but good drama it is not. | 1,000 | [
"There are some fine moments -- Thomas and James sorting it out near the end for instance; the beauty of the Scottish landscape, etc.",
"but the writer finds no way to develop the relationship between Matthew and Mary other than to have them off each other or sentimentally enrapt with little in the way of nuances.",
"This lack of development reflects a lack of imagination or interest in complex human interaction.",
"Since the first two seasons were primarily driven by the chemistry between these two characters and the possibilities of bringing them together, this two dimensional and clumsy handling of their marriage has the effect of letting all the air out of the balloon.",
"Instead, we get a shifting of focus from one relationship or situation to another to keep us interested.",
"It works for a time but sooner or later the audience wants to be fed and most of what transpires is not satisfying.",
"Killing off characters is dramatic as death has a way of stealing a scene or two, but good drama it is not."
] |
1 | Corneal Burn | I guess you get what you pay for, I was not familiar with the brand name, but figued it was cheap, and Amazon.com has a great return policy if not satisfied (Thank God) This thing is a total pile of * it looks, feels, and even smells cheap. So again back to you get what you pay for, I plugged it in and low and behold it had a black square about the size of a dime that would not go away, when I called Corn ea they told me they all LCD Monitors have some dead pixels, but mine was the size of a dime, and that most monitor and laptop companies will not let you return an item unless it has more than 12 dead pixels, again mine was the size of a dime and very noticable, and annoying. Needless to say, I returned the monitor to Amazon.com, but I always hate re-packing the item up, and then having to go to the post office. But it went back, and I got a credit, I will ask the computer guy at work what he recomends and then come back and order a monitor from Amazon.com based on his recomendations. | 1,000 | [
"I guess you get what you pay for, I was not familiar with the brand name, but figued it was cheap, and Amazon.com has a great return policy if not satisfied (Thank God) This thing is a total pile of * it looks, feels, and even smells cheap.",
"So again back to you get what you pay for, I plugged it in and low and behold it had a black square about the size of a dime that would not go away, when I called Corn ea they told me they all LCD Monitors have some dead pixels, but mine was the size of a dime, and that most monitor and laptop companies will not let you return an item unless it has more than 12 dead pixels, again mine was the size of a dime and very noticable, and annoying.",
"Needless to say, I returned the monitor to Amazon.com, but I always hate re-packing the item up, and then having to go to the post office.",
"But it went back, and I got a credit, I will ask the computer guy at work what he recomends and then come back and order a monitor from Amazon.com based on his recomendations."
] |
1 | Misleading | This history of Cuba is totally misleading. The chapter titled The Conquistadores was not only misleading but also inaccurate. The writer tried to put together a complex history in a very short time. Among the misleading scenes were several showing Maya Indians in Cuba. There are no Indians in Cuba now, and the Mayas were never inhabitants of Cuba. The author overemphasized the oppression of the Spaniards,and incorrectly portrayed the Cuba before Castro as a two-class country with low morality. In reality the Cuba before Castro was prosperous with a strong middle class. The author neglected to compare these with the oppression, poverty and lack of morality that exists in the Cuba of today. He neglected to mention that prostitution, gambling, and criminal activity are rampant in Castro's Cuba. His portrayal of Fidel Castro and his men as heroes is far from believable. This is propaganda piece from the Castro Regime. If you are interested in the history of Cuba, check your local library. | 1,000 | [
"This history of Cuba is totally misleading.",
"The chapter titled The Conquistadores was not only misleading but also inaccurate.",
"The writer tried to put together a complex history in a very short time.",
"Among the misleading scenes were several showing Maya Indians in Cuba.",
"There are no Indians in Cuba now, and the Mayas were never inhabitants of Cuba.",
"The author overemphasized the oppression of the Spaniards,and incorrectly portrayed the Cuba before Castro as a two-class country with low morality.",
"In reality the Cuba before Castro was prosperous with a strong middle class.",
"The author neglected to compare these with the oppression, poverty and lack of morality that exists in the Cuba of today.",
"He neglected to mention that prostitution, gambling, and criminal activity are rampant in Castro's Cuba.",
"His portrayal of Fidel Castro and his men as heroes is far from believable.",
"This is propaganda piece from the Castro Regime.",
"If you are interested in the history of Cuba, check your local library."
] |
1 | I wouldn't. | This book is absurd. Theroux manages to paint every local as either a whore, a cheater, a thief, or otherwise. He crams every single negative, racist stereotype you've ever heard about Africa and completely disregards its people, its rich history, and its beauty.Theroux seems to subscribe to the idea that Africa is a monolith, as his descriptions were much the same in every country he visited. This gem was my favourite: "Even at their best, African cities seemed to me miserable improvised anthills..." He captures misery rather well, but speaks little, if nothing about the urbanisation and booming economies scattered around Africa. He completely ignores that Africa as a continent is being siphoned by the remnants of colonisation and blames corruption solely on them. This book is a perfect example of a foreigner entering Africa with preconceived notions and thinking himself enlightened for visiting at all.Dark Star Safari has proven to be absolutely racist drivel. Don't spend your money. | 1,000 | [
"This book is absurd.",
"Theroux manages to paint every local as either a whore, a cheater, a thief, or otherwise.",
"He crams every single negative, racist stereotype you've ever heard about Africa and completely disregards its people, its rich history, and its beauty.Theroux seems to subscribe to the idea that Africa is a monolith, as his descriptions were much the same in every country he visited.",
"This gem was my favourite: \"Even at their best, African cities seemed to me miserable improvised anthills...\" He captures misery rather well, but speaks little, if nothing about the urbanisation and booming economies scattered around Africa.",
"He completely ignores that Africa as a continent is being siphoned by the remnants of colonisation and blames corruption solely on them.",
"This book is a perfect example of a foreigner entering Africa with preconceived notions and thinking himself enlightened for visiting at all.Dark Star Safari has proven to be absolutely racist drivel.",
"Don't spend your money."
] |
1 | Not satisfied | I purchased version HP-S5033 from Sam's club. It looked like a nice TV with sleek design and the necssary PC connections that I was looking for.I connected the power and the cable. The images were really nice. We thought we did the right choice. My family watched the TV for less than 2 hours... And then we heard a "click" sound after which the screen turned into something worse than the dual passive laptop displays of 10 years ago. For those of you who don't know what they are, you really have to get closer to the screen to be able to see. We called Samsung and they weren't sure what happened. They told us that if someone does not contact in the next 5 days, we should give them another call. This is obviously not acceptable: I am buying a brand new TV which cost thousands of dollars and yet I will be was told to wait for some repair service within a week. I had to return the TV to Sam's club the next day. This is the end of the story. Draw your own conclusions. Good luck.Haldun Unalmis | 1,000 | [
"I purchased version HP-S5033 from Sam's club.",
"It looked like a nice TV with sleek design and the necssary PC connections that I was looking for.I connected the power and the cable.",
"The images were really nice.",
"We thought we did the right choice.",
"My family watched the TV for less than 2 hours... And then we heard a \"click\" sound after which the screen turned into something worse than the dual passive laptop displays of 10 years ago.",
"For those of you who don't know what they are, you really have to get closer to the screen to be able to see.",
"We called Samsung and they weren't sure what happened.",
"They told us that if someone does not contact in the next 5 days, we should give them another call.",
"This is obviously not acceptable: I am buying a brand new TV which cost thousands of dollars and yet I will be was told to wait for some repair service within a week.",
"I had to return the TV to Sam's club the next day.",
"This is the end of the story.",
"Draw your own conclusions.",
"Good luck.Haldun Unalmis"
] |
1 | A major flop | It was with great anticipation that I read this book. I have been a Crichton fan for a long time and think the 'Jurassic Park' was one of his best books. This book is the sequel and continues where the first book left off.To my knowledge, Crichton had never written a sequel to one of his books prior to this one. After the original novels success and the blockbuster movie based on the book, one can not help but think that Crichton felt some pressure (from Hollywood, fans, and the big payday - who knows) to continue the story.Well, this book falls far short of the original. This book seems to follow the same script as the first book, but the characters are changed a little. It just isn't very creative regarding the characters, the premise of the story and without those it has nothing. I actually got the feeling when reading this book that some of it was written with movie scenes in mind.My advice would be to read the original and skip this book all together. You will not be missing much. | 1,000 | [
"It was with great anticipation that I read this book.",
"I have been a Crichton fan for a long time and think the 'Jurassic Park' was one of his best books.",
"This book is the sequel and continues where the first book left off.To my knowledge, Crichton had never written a sequel to one of his books prior to this one.",
"After the original novels success and the blockbuster movie based on the book, one can not help but think that Crichton felt some pressure (from Hollywood, fans, and the big payday - who knows) to continue the story.Well, this book falls far short of the original.",
"This book seems to follow the same script as the first book, but the characters are changed a little.",
"It just isn't very creative regarding the characters, the premise of the story and without those it has nothing.",
"I actually got the feeling when reading this book that some of it was written with movie scenes in mind.My advice would be to read the original and skip this book all together.",
"You will not be missing much."
] |
1 | Doesn't Work | This pregnancy test didn't work at all for me. I had used Wondfo internet test strips and they started showing a faint line. I then tested with a Safeway brand pregnancy test, which showed an obvious line. Just to be sure I went out and bought the First Response Early test. It showed a complete negative! I was 1 day before my expected period when I took. It. I used the remaining tests that evening and next morning... which also were NEGATIVE. I was really confused, as the Wondfo strip tests continued to get darker. I then went out and got the First Response digital a day after my expected period, and both of those were also negative. I went and got a blood test that same morning, and it was POSITIVE. The First Response brand was horrible for me, and caused a lot of worry. I guess I was the 1% it wasn't accurate on.... which I highly doubt. These are horrible and I wasted $40 on First Response. $5 Wondfo tests, and $9.00 generic Safeway brand test were accurate and much more affordable! | 1,000 | [
"This pregnancy test didn't work at all for me.",
"I had used Wondfo internet test strips and they started showing a faint line.",
"I then tested with a Safeway brand pregnancy test, which showed an obvious line.",
"Just to be sure I went out and bought the First Response Early test.",
"It showed a complete negative!",
"I was 1 day before my expected period when I took.",
"It.",
"I used the remaining tests that evening and next morning... which also were NEGATIVE.",
"I was really confused, as the Wondfo strip tests continued to get darker.",
"I then went out and got the First Response digital a day after my expected period, and both of those were also negative.",
"I went and got a blood test that same morning, and it was POSITIVE.",
"The First Response brand was horrible for me, and caused a lot of worry.",
"I guess I was the 1% it wasn't accurate on.... which I highly doubt.",
"These are horrible and I wasted $40 on First Response.",
"$5 Wondfo tests, and $9.00 generic Safeway brand test were accurate and much more affordable!"
] |
1 | A Rip-off! | Among all the med books I have bought in my life, this book disappointed me the most. I bought it since it came with PDA version, when no decent PDA software was available in dermatology.Although this book is titled "Differential diagnosis," it only differentiates diseases depending on location and symptom. It does not mention risk factors, age, sex, co-morbidities, etc, which will guide us toward a certain disease.Yes, you can download the whole content of this book (incl 650 images) if you buy this book and scrath off the sticker on the book. However, the interface of the software is not mature enough, and it is difficult to navigate thru the software (unlike Skyscape software). Plus, the quality of the images, as you can imagine, are awful.When we can try most of the PDA software titles on the market before buying them, it is not fair not to let us try this expensive book+software combo.Once you scratch off the sticker, you can not return the book any more. I am really disappointed. | 1,000 | [
"Among all the med books I have bought in my life, this book disappointed me the most.",
"I bought it since it came with PDA version, when no decent PDA software was available in dermatology.Although this book is titled \"Differential diagnosis,\" it only differentiates diseases depending on location and symptom.",
"It does not mention risk factors, age, sex, co-morbidities, etc, which will guide us toward a certain disease.Yes, you can download the whole content of this book (incl 650 images) if you buy this book and scrath off the sticker on the book.",
"However, the interface of the software is not mature enough, and it is difficult to navigate thru the software (unlike Skyscape software).",
"Plus, the quality of the images, as you can imagine, are awful.When we can try most of the PDA software titles on the market before buying them, it is not fair not to let us try this expensive book+software combo.Once you scratch off the sticker, you can not return the book any more.",
"I am really disappointed."
] |
1 | Buyer Beware | In a nut shell, Orbit products are mostly cosmetic and low quality.Specificaly, in the case of their various hose manifolds, beware of any that contain the words ALUMINUM and BRASS. Aluminum is a sacrifical metal when in conjuction with brass, (or other more noble metal), and the aluminum will desolve due to electrolysis. This can happen within a short few months depending on how often water is flowing through the fitting. When the aluminum finally degrades the fitting will fall apart.I have photographic evidence of such a failure that happened in less than 8 months. One of the lines was decicated to an auto fill for my pond so water was always on and flowing at about a 20 gallon per day rate. Had I not caught the problem just before total failure, the potential for several thousand gallons of water waste was high.This goes for any product, by any manufacturer, that combines aluminum, zinc, and brass in a system of flowing water.Buyer beware! For photographic evidence, please see [...] | 1,000 | [
"In a nut shell, Orbit products are mostly cosmetic and low quality.Specificaly, in the case of their various hose manifolds, beware of any that contain the words ALUMINUM and BRASS.",
"Aluminum is a sacrifical metal when in conjuction with brass, (or other more noble metal), and the aluminum will desolve due to electrolysis.",
"This can happen within a short few months depending on how often water is flowing through the fitting.",
"When the aluminum finally degrades the fitting will fall apart.I have photographic evidence of such a failure that happened in less than 8 months.",
"One of the lines was decicated to an auto fill for my pond so water was always on and flowing at about a 20 gallon per day rate.",
"Had I not caught the problem just before total failure, the potential for several thousand gallons of water waste was high.This goes for any product, by any manufacturer, that combines aluminum, zinc, and brass in a system of flowing water.Buyer beware!",
"For photographic evidence, please see [...]"
] |
1 | MO MOM | This steamer throws out too much water! Attempted to use on windows and had to mop the excess water from everywhere! When there is that much water present, the steam doesn't work. I let the steamer heat longer than the indicator light, that didn't help. I suspended the hose after use to rid of any excess water in the hose, that didn't help. All it does is throw alot of water with a little steam. The steam on my iron could do a better job. I was REALLY disappointed when attempted to use in the bathroom, better off using a spray bottle. In the kitchen, it didn't even loosen small spills except where I let the water sit. I can't imagine trying to use to remove wallpaper (which is one of the main reasons I purchased). I have attempted to work with Wagner, but have reached a wall there. I'm not new to cannister steam cleaners. I have used 3 different ones, loved them, so decided to splurge and get my own. Thought the Wagner name would make it a good purchase, my mistake. Very disappointed!! | 1,000 | [
"This steamer throws out too much water!",
"Attempted to use on windows and had to mop the excess water from everywhere!",
"When there is that much water present, the steam doesn't work.",
"I let the steamer heat longer than the indicator light, that didn't help.",
"I suspended the hose after use to rid of any excess water in the hose, that didn't help.",
"All it does is throw alot of water with a little steam.",
"The steam on my iron could do a better job.",
"I was REALLY disappointed when attempted to use in the bathroom, better off using a spray bottle.",
"In the kitchen, it didn't even loosen small spills except where I let the water sit.",
"I can't imagine trying to use to remove wallpaper (which is one of the main reasons I purchased).",
"I have attempted to work with Wagner, but have reached a wall there.",
"I'm not new to cannister steam cleaners.",
"I have used 3 different ones, loved them, so decided to splurge and get my own.",
"Thought the Wagner name would make it a good purchase, my mistake.",
"Very disappointed!!"
] |
1 | GOD HELP US!! | The song "Cry Me A River" has to be THE worst song of the past ten years. It's just beyond listenable. Painful to the ears. A total assault to the ears. Does this guy think he's the next Michael Jackson? Justin Timberlake's falsetto vocals on this track are just embarrassing. And it's pretty bad when the backup vocalist on your songs are better than your own. I think the female singer who sings "talk to me, boy", on the song Rock Your Body, should get a recording contract of her own, not Justin. And it's pretty scary that mostly girls under 16, who are the majority of Justin's fans, are hearing lyrics such as, "Gonna have you naked by the end of this song." If i had a little daughter and she started singing lyrics like that, i'd toss Justin's cd in the trash and expose her to better music, not a marketing scam.Justin's high falsetto vocals are probably the most annoying, worst thing your ears will be subjected to this or any year. He sounds like a losing contestant from American Idol. | 999 | [
"The song \"Cry Me A River\" has to be THE worst song of the past ten years.",
"It's just beyond listenable.",
"Painful to the ears.",
"A total assault to the ears.",
"Does this guy think he's the next Michael Jackson?",
"Justin Timberlake's falsetto vocals on this track are just embarrassing.",
"And it's pretty bad when the backup vocalist on your songs are better than your own.",
"I think the female singer who sings \"talk to me, boy\", on the song Rock Your Body, should get a recording contract of her own, not Justin.",
"And it's pretty scary that mostly girls under 16, who are the majority of Justin's fans, are hearing lyrics such as, \"Gonna have you naked by the end of this song.\" If i had a little daughter and she started singing lyrics like that, i'd toss Justin's cd in the trash and expose her to better music, not a marketing scam.Justin's high falsetto vocals are probably the most annoying, worst thing your ears will be subjected to this or any year.",
"He sounds like a losing contestant from American Idol."
] |
1 | Ugh | I received this book after failing to respond to my book club in time, but I thought I'd give it a shot. It was a waste of time.It started off well enough, and I initially liked Ms. Binchy's writing style, so I kept going. There were several flaws, however:1. The characters (save Vonni) seemed to be cardboard cutouts. If they were any more one-dimensional, they'd be a dot.2. The end result was too predictable. If about a third of the way through you couldn't figure out exactly where each character was going to end up, you weren't trying.3. The dialogue. Who talks like that? Specifically, the American man and the German woman's dialogue sounded like they were speaking two centuries ago. I haven't read dialogue that bad since I tried reading a Left Behind book.I'm tempted to give Ms. Binchy another shot. She seems to have many devoted readers, and they too have expressed their disappointment with this novel. I sincerely hope that this book was not representative of the rest of her work. | 999 | [
"I received this book after failing to respond to my book club in time, but I thought I'd give it a shot.",
"It was a waste of time.It started off well enough, and I initially liked Ms.",
"Binchy's writing style, so I kept going.",
"There were several flaws, however:1.",
"The characters (save Vonni) seemed to be cardboard cutouts.",
"If they were any more one-dimensional, they'd be a dot.2. The end result was too predictable.",
"If about a third of the way through you couldn't figure out exactly where each character was going to end up, you weren't trying.3. The dialogue.",
"Who talks like that?",
"Specifically, the American man and the German woman's dialogue sounded like they were speaking two centuries ago.",
"I haven't read dialogue that bad since I tried reading a Left Behind book.I'm tempted to give Ms.",
"Binchy another shot.",
"She seems to have many devoted readers, and they too have expressed their disappointment with this novel.",
"I sincerely hope that this book was not representative of the rest of her work."
] |
1 | Pass | This must be the summer of the spaced out best selling author. First there was "The Beach House", James Patterson's preposterous tale of vigilante justice against a super rich sleaze-ball. Then we get Baldacci's even more absurd story about brainy college jock Tor North looking in a maze of tunnels beneath the college stadium for a legendary running back who disappeared 40 years before. The premise, the investigtion and particularly the conclusion are ..., sorry I'm lost for the adjective that expresses the inanity of this story.Two follow on short stories, one a morality play about a murder and a soccer game that took place at the outset of WWI and the second by Brad Meltzer that draws on the classic MIT pranks at Harvard-Yale games, were actually pretty good. WARNING! The unabridged audiobook captures every word of Baldacci's ridiculous novella but omits the stories by the likes of Lehane and Lupica that I gather were part of the book. Don't expect them if you try the audio version. | 999 | [
"This must be the summer of the spaced out best selling author.",
"First there was \"The Beach House\", James Patterson's preposterous tale of vigilante justice against a super rich sleaze-ball.",
"Then we get Baldacci's even more absurd story about brainy college jock Tor North looking in a maze of tunnels beneath the college stadium for a legendary running back who disappeared 40 years before.",
"The premise, the investigtion and particularly the conclusion are ..., sorry I'm lost for the adjective that expresses the inanity of this story.Two follow on short stories, one a morality play about a murder and a soccer game that took place at the outset of WWI and the second by Brad Meltzer that draws on the classic MIT pranks at Harvard-Yale games, were actually pretty good.",
"WARNING!",
"The unabridged audiobook captures every word of Baldacci's ridiculous novella but omits the stories by the likes of Lehane and Lupica that I gather were part of the book.",
"Don't expect them if you try the audio version."
] |
1 | FLAMES | When this pad worked I liked it, but I've had issues with it. My mom and I have the same pad, and we had the same problem. It seems like there is a short somewere in the wireing because the when I used it, it would switch on and off many times and the red light wold blink very rapidly. I always knew it wouldn't turn on if the red off light was blinking fast. I think this same short caused this very dangerous problme. I woke up today and turned my pad on and I smelled something scorched. I looked around and I wasn't sure what it was. I left my room and came back, I layed back down and the smell got worse. I picked up the pad and where the chord met the first part of the clip, it sparked and a fairly good sized flame sprang up. I'm so glad that I was in the room or my bed would have caught on fire. I was really shaken and upset because I would have been hurt and the heating pad was only a little over a year old. I would have expected that for what I paid for it it would have been safer. | 999 | [
"When this pad worked I liked it, but I've had issues with it.",
"My mom and I have the same pad, and we had the same problem.",
"It seems like there is a short somewere in the wireing because the when I used it, it would switch on and off many times and the red light wold blink very rapidly.",
"I always knew it wouldn't turn on if the red off light was blinking fast.",
"I think this same short caused this very dangerous problme.",
"I woke up today and turned my pad on and I smelled something scorched.",
"I looked around and I wasn't sure what it was.",
"I left my room and came back, I layed back down and the smell got worse.",
"I picked up the pad and where the chord met the first part of the clip, it sparked and a fairly good sized flame sprang up.",
"I'm so glad that I was in the room or my bed would have caught on fire.",
"I was really shaken and upset because I would have been hurt and the heating pad was only a little over a year old.",
"I would have expected that for what I paid for it it would have been safer."
] |
1 | Disappointed! | Hi all,get a pen and paper..you will need it to keep track of the number of characters coming and going (getting murdered) in this supposed to be mystery thriller.It does not fall into either of the two categories,first of all its not a mystery by any standards and far far behind being called as a thriller.I think its high time John sandford change his style of presenting the novel..rather than writing it as a mystery its better for him to introduce killer in the first page and then start it from there.Don't get excited reading the reviews of double murder and the hunt for the killer,in fact I totally lost how many killings take place in the novel one after the other and the most annoying part is the ending which is a big letdown.After going through 350 odd pages,I think the reader should be atleast given a good ending,but no..its really disappointing.The same thing happened with 'The Night Crew' and it is repeated here in this novel.So my final advice is avoid this novel at any cost. | 999 | [
"Hi all,get a pen and paper..you will need it to keep track of the number of characters coming and going (getting murdered) in this supposed to be mystery thriller.It does not fall into either of the two categories,first of all its not a mystery by any standards and far far behind being called as a thriller.I think its high time John sandford change his style of presenting the novel..rather than writing it as a mystery its better for him to introduce killer in the first page and then start it from there.Don't get excited reading the reviews of double murder and the hunt for the killer,in fact I totally lost how many killings take place in the novel one after the other and the most annoying part is the ending which is a big letdown.After going through 350 odd pages,I think the reader should be atleast given a good ending,but no..its really disappointing.The same thing happened with 'The Night Crew' and it is repeated here in this novel.So my final advice is avoid this novel at any cost."
] |
1 | Avoid it. | I guess I'm what you'd call a zombie aficionado. I buy every movie I can find involving the walking dead. Doing so I've had to sit through some real stinkers and let me tell you, Children of the Living Dead is the worst.There are a lot of bad zombie films out there...Some have a bit of charm about them, Burial Ground for instance...Awful film, but an enjoyable watch. The only thing enjoyable about this film however, is when the credits roll.I guess I'll get into the story. It jumps around a lot which is pretty annoying, you've got Tom Savini doing karate...Some annoying sheriff with a huge birthmark on his face looking around an old farm house. Oh, and there's this zombie serial killer on the loose. Abbot Hayes, I believe that was his name.Sorry for real lack of a description, but that's all you really need to know about this movie. Bad acting, bad directing, awful script, did I mention bad acting?If you're a real glutton for punishment and you're dead set on seeing this film...Don't. | 999 | [
"I guess I'm what you'd call a zombie aficionado.",
"I buy every movie I can find involving the walking dead.",
"Doing so I've had to sit through some real stinkers and let me tell you, Children of the Living Dead is the worst.There are a lot of bad zombie films out there...Some have a bit of charm about them, Burial Ground for instance...Awful film, but an enjoyable watch.",
"The only thing enjoyable about this film however, is when the credits roll.I guess I'll get into the story.",
"It jumps around a lot which is pretty annoying, you've got Tom Savini doing karate...Some annoying sheriff with a huge birthmark on his face looking around an old farm house.",
"Oh, and there's this zombie serial killer on the loose.",
"Abbot Hayes, I believe that was his name.Sorry for real lack of a description, but that's all you really need to know about this movie.",
"Bad acting, bad directing, awful script, did I mention bad acting?",
"If you're a real glutton for punishment and you're dead set on seeing this film...Don't."
] |
1 | Oh, Puh-lease! | This book is full of the same so called "plugged in" sources that enabled CNBC to lead the individual investor down the garden path. CNBC, including Bartiromo, has done more than any single source to misinform people about what was really happening in favor of their pandering to the many analysts and money managers who use that forum to hype their own agenda and that of their employers. In short, they sold out to their advertisers at the cost of their audience. $4-5 Trillion dollars went to money heaven and no one who watched CNBC got any help from the guests THEY CHOSE, or their "questioners" in understanding the debacle as it unfolded. This book is just more of the same. NOT ONE source she lists in this book were among the many who warned -- well ahead of time -- to take the once in a lifetime profits and run. These independent voices were uniformly shunned by CNBC, and are conspicuous by their absences in this book. She, nor her "insiders" listed in this book, are to be trusted. JB | 999 | [
"This book is full of the same so called \"plugged in\" sources that enabled CNBC to lead the individual investor down the garden path.",
"CNBC, including Bartiromo, has done more than any single source to misinform people about what was really happening in favor of their pandering to the many analysts and money managers who use that forum to hype their own agenda and that of their employers.",
"In short, they sold out to their advertisers at the cost of their audience.",
"$4-5 Trillion dollars went to money heaven and no one who watched CNBC got any help from the guests THEY CHOSE, or their \"questioners\" in understanding the debacle as it unfolded.",
"This book is just more of the same.",
"NOT ONE source she lists in this book were among the many who warned -- well ahead of time -- to take the once in a lifetime profits and run.",
"These independent voices were uniformly shunned by CNBC, and are conspicuous by their absences in this book.",
"She, nor her \"insiders\" listed in this book, are to be trusted.",
"JB"
] |
1 | Um... yeah | No matter how old I live to be, I will never understand how so many people can be so stupid as to believe this garbage. The complete and utter disregard (and in fact, hatred for) facts boggles the mind. If you hear something you don't like, ignore it. If there are facts to back it up, ignore those. If these facts happen to be overwelming, commonsensical, and almost hitting you in the face, respond that those you disagree with are liers and have been decieved and that I'm right because my interpretation of a book (written not by God, but by living and falable human beings mind you...) says so. If you really believe dinosaurs lived alongside humans on an earth no more than 4,000 years old you need to have your head examined. Seriously. Stop eating the lead paint chips and get some psychological help. In the meantime, please give your children over to protective services before they start burning copies of the National Geographic or pass out the Kool-Aid to their friends. Hail Tiktaalik! | 999 | [
"No matter how old I live to be, I will never understand how so many people can be so stupid as to believe this garbage.",
"The complete and utter disregard (and in fact, hatred for) facts boggles the mind.",
"If you hear something you don't like, ignore it.",
"If there are facts to back it up, ignore those.",
"If these facts happen to be overwelming, commonsensical, and almost hitting you in the face, respond that those you disagree with are liers and have been decieved and that I'm right because my interpretation of a book (written not by God, but by living and falable human beings mind you...) says so.",
"If you really believe dinosaurs lived alongside humans on an earth no more than 4,000 years old you need to have your head examined.",
"Seriously.",
"Stop eating the lead paint chips and get some psychological help.",
"In the meantime, please give your children over to protective services before they start burning copies of the National Geographic or pass out the Kool-Aid to their friends.",
"Hail Tiktaalik!"
] |
1 | Unbelievable | The book had a few points, but even for the open minded person regarding the subject it was missing some explanations, in other parts it was very repetious. Of course the author should be convinced of the topic, but to me this is still only one opinion or one theory how to look at it. I didn't care for his assumption concerning the animal soul, that animals have a group soul and dolphins committing suicide? All of the insights were stated too matter-of-factly. But what really put me over the edge and I can only hope Gary Zukav meant it differently, but I was shocked at the suggestion in the Karma section "not to judge events like the inquisition, holocaust or the death of child, as we don't know what the arrangements are for these tortured souls as they might find healing in the process"....Therefore we should just relax when a loved one dies, with wars or situations like in Darfur, because these souls might experience redemption???? This concept goes against everything I believe in!! | 999 | [
"The book had a few points, but even for the open minded person regarding the subject it was missing some explanations, in other parts it was very repetious.",
"Of course the author should be convinced of the topic, but to me this is still only one opinion or one theory how to look at it.",
"I didn't care for his assumption concerning the animal soul, that animals have a group soul and dolphins committing suicide?",
"All of the insights were stated too matter-of-factly.",
"But what really put me over the edge and I can only hope Gary Zukav meant it differently, but I was shocked at the suggestion in the Karma section \"not to judge events like the inquisition, holocaust or the death of child, as we don't know what the arrangements are for these tortured souls as they might find healing in the process\"....Therefore we should just relax when a loved one dies, with wars or situations like in Darfur, because these souls might experience redemption???",
"?",
"This concept goes against everything I believe in!!"
] |
1 | nothing new | I read a dozen of these books when I was in my late teens. This version regurgitates the bulk of its ideas from Zen Buddhism with a splash of Taoism. Like rows of other books it says meditation can be beneficial, harboring destructive emotions can manifest itself in lots of ugly ways, finding a peace within can create tangible outer benefits....I'm not surprised that some people would love this book and benefit from reading it in the same way opportune timing can match a lonely man with someone to love, a friend can take a drunk to an AA meeting or a priest can offer meaning to someone in the throws of helplessness but it doesn't change the fact that the totality of new ideas would only fill a pamphlet.There are plenty of truths in this book and some people gain confidence in their own insights when they see those ideas in print but the practical benefit anyone might derive from this book will only ever be their own acceptance and appreciation of that which they already know and have. | 999 | [
"I read a dozen of these books when I was in my late teens.",
"This version regurgitates the bulk of its ideas from Zen Buddhism with a splash of Taoism.",
"Like rows of other books it says meditation can be beneficial, harboring destructive emotions can manifest itself in lots of ugly ways, finding a peace within can create tangible outer benefits....I'm not surprised that some people would love this book and benefit from reading it in the same way opportune timing can match a lonely man with someone to love, a friend can take a drunk to an AA meeting or a priest can offer meaning to someone in the throws of helplessness but it doesn't change the fact that the totality of new ideas would only fill a pamphlet.There are plenty of truths in this book and some people gain confidence in their own insights when they see those ideas in print but the practical benefit anyone might derive from this book will only ever be their own acceptance and appreciation of that which they already know and have."
] |
1 | How original | Maher is neither original nor funny in this mean-spirited film.I am a believer, but I don't insist that everyone must think like me. Many of my best friends are still searching for their truth, and that's fine with me. They are good people.I understand that it's fashionable to slam anyone who believes in God, it's socially acceptable to many.It is not, however, to me. It is no better to make fun of a believer than it is to poke fun at a non-believer. How about trying this: let everyone think/believe what they want, as long as they are good people?Maher is a fool, and it should be pointed out that his intolerance is part of the problem, not a solution. He's jumping on the bandwagon and collecting his paycheck while mocking a whole segment of society simply because they don't agree with him.For the record, I feel the same way about those who call themselves religious yet mock and terrorize those who don't think as they do. They are ALL in the same boat.Maher needs a lesson in tolerance. | 999 | [
"Maher is neither original nor funny in this mean-spirited film.I am a believer, but I don't insist that everyone must think like me.",
"Many of my best friends are still searching for their truth, and that's fine with me.",
"They are good people.I understand that it's fashionable to slam anyone who believes in God, it's socially acceptable to many.It is not, however, to me.",
"It is no better to make fun of a believer than it is to poke fun at a non-believer.",
"How about trying this: let everyone think/believe what they want, as long as they are good people?",
"Maher is a fool, and it should be pointed out that his intolerance is part of the problem, not a solution.",
"He's jumping on the bandwagon and collecting his paycheck while mocking a whole segment of society simply because they don't agree with him.For the record, I feel the same way about those who call themselves religious yet mock and terrorize those who don't think as they do.",
"They are ALL in the same boat.Maher needs a lesson in tolerance."
] |
1 | First try DOA | I know it's a bit unfair to judge a product I haven't yet used, but there is nothing worse than unwrapping your highly anticipated purchase, reading the instructions ("..so easy!! Just plug it in!!!) and finding out that the thing is dead right out of the box (nice case though).So, it's RMA time. It's going back, and I'm going to have to wait a couple of weeks to see if they can get it right next time.One very annoying bit of info: the toll-free support number has been replaced by a toll call to Palm Gear (9 to 5 CT). Rather than play games, I ran through all the diagnostics in the troubleshooting links on the Palm Gear site and still got nothing. It's packed up and going back tomorrow.Assuming that my Visor is OK (everything else works, but I've not tried a Springboard module 'til now), I guess I got unlucky.Hopefully, I'll have a happy story when the replacement arrives, but, for now, I'm not impressed with the unit or the support. Add the short warranty period, and now I'm nervous. | 999 | [
"I know it's a bit unfair to judge a product I haven't yet used, but there is nothing worse than unwrapping your highly anticipated purchase, reading the instructions (\"..so easy!!",
"Just plug it in!!!",
") and finding out that the thing is dead right out of the box (nice case though).So, it's RMA time.",
"It's going back, and I'm going to have to wait a couple of weeks to see if they can get it right next time.One very annoying bit of info: the toll-free support number has been replaced by a toll call to Palm Gear (9 to 5 CT).",
"Rather than play games, I ran through all the diagnostics in the troubleshooting links on the Palm Gear site and still got nothing.",
"It's packed up and going back tomorrow.Assuming that my Visor is OK (everything else works, but I've not tried a Springboard module 'til now), I guess I got unlucky.Hopefully, I'll have a happy story when the replacement arrives, but, for now, I'm not impressed with the unit or the support.",
"Add the short warranty period, and now I'm nervous."
] |
1 | awful | Q: How do you cover up the fact that your acting is poor and dialog worse?A: Wear NBC protective masks, and don't mike them up.Q: How to use up the extra tape in your hand held video recorder?A: Film your buddies and you playing cards while wearing pro-masks for several minutes. Ensure any dialog is unintelligible and cannot progress the plot of your story as a result.Q: How to waste hard earned dollars?A: Buy a copy of The Veil!This movie was just awful. I'm sure the guys had fun making it, and more fun watching it and seeing themselves on thier TVs. However, like the ashtray I made from playdoh for my Dad back in kindergarten, it is a treasure only enjoyed by those who made it. Unfortunately, the makers of the Veil decided to market their movie. I wish I could sell my playdoh ashtray and recoup some of the money I wasted on this DVD.If you have to watch it, watch it on a DVD player which allows you to fast forward at least 4x speed. That way you will waste much less of your life.... | 999 | [
"Q: How do you cover up the fact that your acting is poor and dialog worse?",
"A: Wear NBC protective masks, and don't mike them up.Q: How to use up the extra tape in your hand held video recorder?",
"A: Film your buddies and you playing cards while wearing pro-masks for several minutes.",
"Ensure any dialog is unintelligible and cannot progress the plot of your story as a result.Q: How to waste hard earned dollars?",
"A: Buy a copy of The Veil!",
"This movie was just awful.",
"I'm sure the guys had fun making it, and more fun watching it and seeing themselves on thier TVs.",
"However, like the ashtray I made from playdoh for my Dad back in kindergarten, it is a treasure only enjoyed by those who made it.",
"Unfortunately, the makers of the Veil decided to market their movie.",
"I wish I could sell my playdoh ashtray and recoup some of the money I wasted on this DVD.If you have to watch it, watch it on a DVD player which allows you to fast forward at least 4x speed.",
"That way you will waste much less of your life...."
] |
1 | Not happy.. | This book did not meet my expectations at all,I own 30 other Flash books and this was the first real disappointment.Not that it is badly written, I like the style,it's just that the content doesn't get me what the title suggest;the largest part of this book is about project managment, good practices, debugging etc,instead I was hoping to find some real examples with sourcecode explained,how to code RIAs, which components to use, what the new Classes are for and how to write my own for these RIAs;this is sometimes touched, but never fully developed.Also, the inclusion of 2 entire chapters on Flash Com might be very interesting for some;I skipped these coz I don't know of any affordable hosting for a personal website which features this with their hosting plan..No need to learn a technology if you can't use it (and forget localhost, what good is an app' on your local comp when it's s'posed to be on the internet..).It's a nice read, just not usefull enough from a practical point of view. | 999 | [
"This book did not meet my expectations at all,I own 30 other Flash books and this was the first real disappointment.Not that it is badly written, I like the style,it's just that the content doesn't get me what the title suggest;the largest part of this book is about project managment, good practices, debugging etc,instead I was hoping to find some real examples with sourcecode explained,how to code RIAs, which components to use, what the new Classes are for and how to write my own for these RIAs;this is sometimes touched, but never fully developed.Also, the inclusion of 2 entire chapters on Flash Com might be very interesting for some;I skipped these coz I don't know of any affordable hosting for a personal website which features this with their hosting plan..No need to learn a technology if you can't use it (and forget localhost, what good is an app' on your local comp when it's s'posed to be on the internet..).It's a nice read, just not usefull enough from a practical point of view."
] |
1 | Waste of Time | I simply cannot accurately say how terrible this book is. I am a big fan of the Werewolf: The Apocalypse/Rage franchise and I have read 4 books previous to this but I am sorry to say this one is bad, bad, bad.It's like the author knew loads about the World of Darkness and went into crazy, over-description on this to make up for the fact that there is simply no story or decent dialogue. I am surprised I even managed to make this much out as it is so badly written little sense can be made from every single page.No plot or story really kicked in at all. If you have read the 'When Will You Rage' book you will be able to understand how good short stories with likeable characters work. None of that is present here. It's simply an absolute mess. I was considering reading the rest of the books in this series but now I will really have to reconsider if this is the going to be the typical standard.If you like this franchise then read 'The Silver Crown' or 'Breathe Deeply' for cool Rage stories. | 999 | [
"I simply cannot accurately say how terrible this book is.",
"I am a big fan of the Werewolf: The Apocalypse/Rage franchise and I have read 4 books previous to this but I am sorry to say this one is bad, bad, bad.It's like the author knew loads about the World of Darkness and went into crazy, over-description on this to make up for the fact that there is simply no story or decent dialogue.",
"I am surprised I even managed to make this much out as it is so badly written little sense can be made from every single page.No plot or story really kicked in at all.",
"If you have read the 'When Will You Rage' book you will be able to understand how good short stories with likeable characters work.",
"None of that is present here.",
"It's simply an absolute mess.",
"I was considering reading the rest of the books in this series but now I will really have to reconsider if this is the going to be the typical standard.If you like this franchise then read 'The Silver Crown' or 'Breathe Deeply' for cool Rage stories."
] |
1 | Disappointed. | I have a friend from France who is a diehard Kelly Family fan and was very, very excited about this release. Paddy was always her favorite singer. I remember when this came out she told me she thought it was really awful and recommended I never waste my money on it. I'm disappointed in myself for not listening to her advice. Several weeks have passed since I ordered it and I have not even been remotely tempted to play it since the third spin (I always give a new cd a few listens to make sure I'm not just having a bad initial reaction). There really aren't any catchy songs here. There is strong religious content and Mr. Kelly has done some self discovery it seems... but that doesn't necessarily make for a good album. The lyrics are fairly strong, hence the 1 star, but the vocal delivery and melodies are... not memorable. There is also A LOT of repetition with lines in choruses. I mean one line over and over (I understand choruses repeat! lol). I'm in hopes of a better second solo disc. | 999 | [
"I have a friend from France who is a diehard Kelly Family fan and was very, very excited about this release.",
"Paddy was always her favorite singer.",
"I remember when this came out she told me she thought it was really awful and recommended I never waste my money on it.",
"I'm disappointed in myself for not listening to her advice.",
"Several weeks have passed since I ordered it and I have not even been remotely tempted to play it since the third spin (I always give a new cd a few listens to make sure I'm not just having a bad initial reaction).",
"There really aren't any catchy songs here.",
"There is strong religious content and Mr.",
"Kelly has done some self discovery it seems... but that doesn't necessarily make for a good album.",
"The lyrics are fairly strong, hence the 1 star, but the vocal delivery and melodies are... not memorable.",
"There is also A LOT of repetition with lines in choruses.",
"I mean one line over and over (I understand choruses repeat!",
"lol).",
"I'm in hopes of a better second solo disc."
] |
1 | Total ripoff! | I got this since it advertised itself as an easy way to make "coffee-house" coffee at home. Well, any coffee house that made the awful coffee this thing makes would go out of business pretty quickly. It uses "pods" and a few free ones come with it. I tried making a cup with one pod and the result was practically water with a horrible plastic aftertaste. So I tried to use two pods and that was a little better in that it at least tasted someting like coffee although it was still weaker than I'm used to and lukewarm with the plastic aftertaste and I still find my cheap drip coffee maker makes a better cup. Since the pods retail for about 20 cents each; for 40 cents per cup I would expect a much better coffee than this produces.And since most of it is plastic and it gets pretty hot and steamy while brewing I'm not surprised other reviews have mentioned problems with durability. Really the most useful thing that comes with it is the nice big plastic mug. Dont waste your money on this junk. | 999 | [
"I got this since it advertised itself as an easy way to make \"coffee-house\" coffee at home.",
"Well, any coffee house that made the awful coffee this thing makes would go out of business pretty quickly.",
"It uses \"pods\" and a few free ones come with it.",
"I tried making a cup with one pod and the result was practically water with a horrible plastic aftertaste.",
"So I tried to use two pods and that was a little better in that it at least tasted someting like coffee although it was still weaker than I'm used to and lukewarm with the plastic aftertaste and I still find my cheap drip coffee maker makes a better cup.",
"Since the pods retail for about 20 cents each; for 40 cents per cup I would expect a much better coffee than this produces.And since most of it is plastic and it gets pretty hot and steamy while brewing I'm not surprised other reviews have mentioned problems with durability.",
"Really the most useful thing that comes with it is the nice big plastic mug.",
"Dont waste your money on this junk."
] |
1 | Back to Basics | Back to Basics is a Con! How can he know the steps when he does not know the traditions he tells you his name Wally Patton!Why do people have to pay for the Book? If Wally Paton is on a spiritual program then why does he charge for this book when it can be downloaded for free.( He owns the Company that prints it)Where are his 150,000 members and the 2500 groups? (They are not listed in the AA where to find)Why does Wally Quote James Houck who did not come to AA until the late 80's? Why does Wally ask for cash for none AA projects for James Houck? I can only state again that if Wally paton does not know that the Foundation of AA is Anonymity then how can he profess to know the steps!!!There is no rush to do the steps " take it easy ".Wally P states that AA has lost its message well his message is one of breaking the traditions !!! I think wally had better read the traditions and then get a good sponsor to take him through the steps !!!It is Wally paton that has lost the message not AA. | 999 | [
"Back to Basics is a Con!",
"How can he know the steps when he does not know the traditions he tells you his name Wally Patton!",
"Why do people have to pay for the Book?",
"If Wally Paton is on a spiritual program then why does he charge for this book when it can be downloaded for free.( He owns the Company that prints it)Where are his 150,000 members and the 2500 groups?",
"(They are not listed in the AA where to find)Why does Wally Quote James Houck who did not come to AA until the late 80's?",
"Why does Wally ask for cash for none AA projects for James Houck?",
"I can only state again that if Wally paton does not know that the Foundation of AA is Anonymity then how can he profess to know the steps!!!",
"There is no rush to do the steps \" take it easy \".Wally P states that AA has lost its message well his message is one of breaking the traditions!!!",
"I think wally had better read the traditions and then get a good sponsor to take him through the steps!!!",
"It is Wally paton that has lost the message not AA."
] |
1 | Junk | Pros: 12 outlets, laid out in a clever pattern that lets you plug in small wall warts as well as power cords.Cons: Doesn't actually work.I got 4 of these because they have ethernet surge protection, and after a bunch of hardware got fried via ethernet lines during a lightning strike, I decided to spend the money.Well, one of them passes an ethernet signal intermittently, causing connections to drop randomly. Two of the others don't actually pass an ethernet signal at all. Run a direct line between my D-link switch and my eee box, and all is well. Take the same line into the Belkin's ethernet port and run another line between the Belkin and the eee box; no signal. And this is only a 10' run; it's not a struggle for anyone's ethernet hardware. I can only guess it's misdesigned or miswired, and leaks too much current to ground. Given the power available on an ethernet line, that would be a substantial leak.If they got the ethernet wrong, who knows if they got the rest right?Back they go. | 999 | [
"Pros: 12 outlets, laid out in a clever pattern that lets you plug in small wall warts as well as power cords.Cons: Doesn't actually work.I got 4 of these because they have ethernet surge protection, and after a bunch of hardware got fried via ethernet lines during a lightning strike, I decided to spend the money.Well, one of them passes an ethernet signal intermittently, causing connections to drop randomly.",
"Two of the others don't actually pass an ethernet signal at all.",
"Run a direct line between my D-link switch and my eee box, and all is well.",
"Take the same line into the Belkin's ethernet port and run another line between the Belkin and the eee box; no signal.",
"And this is only a 10' run; it's not a struggle for anyone's ethernet hardware.",
"I can only guess it's misdesigned or miswired, and leaks too much current to ground.",
"Given the power available on an ethernet line, that would be a substantial leak.If they got the ethernet wrong, who knows if they got the rest right?",
"Back they go."
] |
1 | Not returnable | I recieved this pillow and was really excited about it. It had great reviews so I was hoping it would be great. I only ended up sleeping on it for about 3 hours before I got sick of it and switched back to the pillows I was using before. For me it was not right because I did not feel like it was stuffed well enough to be supportive. I like my support pillows fairly firm. And the neck portion gave me a crick in the neck. I'm not sure why it did, I think it put my neck at a wrong angle. However this was not (for me) the worst thing. Because it is sold by a seller and not by amazon it is subject to the seller's return policy and this seller will not accept any returns on any pregnancy pillows. Therefore I was stuck trying to get rid of this pillow that holds absolutely no value for me. I resold it on ebay but I am still out some money because of sellers fee and shipping. So unless you know for sure you will like this pillow I would not suggest buying it here because you cannot return it. | 999 | [
"I recieved this pillow and was really excited about it.",
"It had great reviews so I was hoping it would be great.",
"I only ended up sleeping on it for about 3 hours before I got sick of it and switched back to the pillows I was using before.",
"For me it was not right because I did not feel like it was stuffed well enough to be supportive.",
"I like my support pillows fairly firm.",
"And the neck portion gave me a crick in the neck.",
"I'm not sure why it did, I think it put my neck at a wrong angle.",
"However this was not (for me) the worst thing.",
"Because it is sold by a seller and not by amazon it is subject to the seller's return policy and this seller will not accept any returns on any pregnancy pillows.",
"Therefore I was stuck trying to get rid of this pillow that holds absolutely no value for me.",
"I resold it on ebay but I am still out some money because of sellers fee and shipping.",
"So unless you know for sure you will like this pillow I would not suggest buying it here because you cannot return it."
] |
1 | WARNING | Don't bother looking at this product because it just doesn't work, in reality it made my suv slower than faster. Now I have made alot of upgrades to my suv like a gibson catback exhaust, weapon r cold air intake, a stage 2 performance chip, aem dryflow cone air filter. When the supercharger was installed I didn't notice any horsepower increase or torque, once I removed the so called supercharger put my foot on the gas pedal VA VOOM away I went. Another reason why I removed it because I was getting no power I research the some sites on the web and 99.9% were all negatives no positives. I had originally thought it was the performance chip, I first had a stage 1 mod then right when I had gotten the supercharger I upgraded to a stage 2 mod and I saw no difference until like I said earlier I removed the supercharger and WOW it really moves now. BEWARE remember do yourself a favor don't learn the hard way like I did, or you'll be out a few bucks while the seller is laughing with your money. | 999 | [
"Don't bother looking at this product because it just doesn't work, in reality it made my suv slower than faster.",
"Now I have made alot of upgrades to my suv like a gibson catback exhaust, weapon r cold air intake, a stage 2 performance chip, aem dryflow cone air filter.",
"When the supercharger was installed I didn't notice any horsepower increase or torque, once I removed the so called supercharger put my foot on the gas pedal VA VOOM away I went.",
"Another reason why I removed it because I was getting no power I research the some sites on the web and 99.9% were all negatives no positives.",
"I had originally thought it was the performance chip, I first had a stage 1 mod then right when I had gotten the supercharger I upgraded to a stage 2 mod and I saw no difference until like I said earlier I removed the supercharger and WOW it really moves now.",
"BEWARE remember do yourself a favor don't learn the hard way like I did, or you'll be out a few bucks while the seller is laughing with your money."
] |
1 | Waste of Money | Ever since her third album, I was becoming less of a Britney fan. I was stupid to buy this game. I had 30 bucks saved up, so I went out and bought Britney's Dance Beat. It had to be the worst purchase I have ever made! 95% of the game is pressing the A and B buttons as the little spinner goes over the designated letter. Even if I did press it, as someone else said, the game did not register it. It got annoying and boring to sit there for 3 mintutes pressing the A and B buttons over and over and over and over again. You couldn't even watch her dance until the replay. By the time the replay came, I was bored out of my mind. What good is a game when there barely is any challenge? The other 5% of the game was Britney puzzles. Boring. The only thing worth the game was the short clip of Britney singing "Overprotected" live. And that was lip-synched. I would give this game less than 1 star if it existed. Don't buy it- IT'S A WASTE OF MONEY! Pokemon even kept me more awake and I hate Pokemon! | 999 | [
"Ever since her third album, I was becoming less of a Britney fan.",
"I was stupid to buy this game.",
"I had 30 bucks saved up, so I went out and bought Britney's Dance Beat.",
"It had to be the worst purchase I have ever made!",
"95% of the game is pressing the A and B buttons as the little spinner goes over the designated letter.",
"Even if I did press it, as someone else said, the game did not register it.",
"It got annoying and boring to sit there for 3 mintutes pressing the A and B buttons over and over and over and over again.",
"You couldn't even watch her dance until the replay.",
"By the time the replay came, I was bored out of my mind.",
"What good is a game when there barely is any challenge?",
"The other 5% of the game was Britney puzzles.",
"Boring.",
"The only thing worth the game was the short clip of Britney singing \"Overprotected\" live.",
"And that was lip-synched.",
"I would give this game less than 1 star if it existed.",
"Don't buy it- IT'S A WASTE OF MONEY!",
"Pokemon even kept me more awake and I hate Pokemon!"
] |
1 | Not successful | I reluctantly gave up on this product after a serious effort to make it succeed. I followed the instructions conscientiously and even doubled the time required over the weeks.Resperate claims when you buy you receive "live coaching from dedicated, experienced Resperate Care professionals." This is Marketing fabrication. When I called for additional direction my "dedicated professional's" idea of assistance was to re-read the instruction booklet. Nor could she answer any of my questions. Resperate's on-line information is more extensive, but still my blood pressure did not drop.I admire the technology and am pleased some find this non-drug method effective in addressing high blood pressure. I do think it is overpriced in relation to the production cost. I also found that after using it for the prescribed month I was getting bored with the breathing tones. I see there are numerous studies on the benefits of meditation in lowering blood pressure and perhaps this is the avenue to proceed. | 999 | [
"I reluctantly gave up on this product after a serious effort to make it succeed.",
"I followed the instructions conscientiously and even doubled the time required over the weeks.Resperate claims when you buy you receive \"live coaching from dedicated, experienced Resperate Care professionals.\" This is Marketing fabrication.",
"When I called for additional direction my \"dedicated professional's\" idea of assistance was to re-read the instruction booklet.",
"Nor could she answer any of my questions.",
"Resperate's on-line information is more extensive, but still my blood pressure did not drop.I admire the technology and am pleased some find this non-drug method effective in addressing high blood pressure.",
"I do think it is overpriced in relation to the production cost.",
"I also found that after using it for the prescribed month I was getting bored with the breathing tones.",
"I see there are numerous studies on the benefits of meditation in lowering blood pressure and perhaps this is the avenue to proceed."
] |
1 | disappointed | I used to own PowerDesk Pro years ago - i think it was version 4 or 5. I quite liked it back then. However, I now have a much more powerful computer (Intel i7, 12Gb Ram, Vista x64, Nvidia GTX 280 etc etc) but i find Powerdesk unacceptably slow. Just one example - when it comes to generating thumbnails of images - forget about it. Its ridiculous. My machine is running at 4GHhz rock solid stable (its used for intensive 3d work that requires 100% stability) and yet I have to wait around for Pdesk Pro to generate a few thumbnails. Any other app (whether it be windows explorer or irfan or adobe bridge etc etc) will generate the thumbnails fast). Also, i find it crashes a lot. I am uninstalling it as of today. I have installed it on an older XP x64 machine though and it seems to be OK on that machine. I am amazed also that the file viewer has not been improved - it doesnt read a lot of files (even image files). The interface is pretty much the same as it was back in version 5. Not impressed | 999 | [
"I used to own PowerDesk Pro years ago - i think it was version 4 or 5.",
"I quite liked it back then.",
"However, I now have a much more powerful computer (Intel i7, 12Gb Ram, Vista x64, Nvidia GTX 280 etc etc) but i find Powerdesk unacceptably slow.",
"Just one example - when it comes to generating thumbnails of images - forget about it.",
"Its ridiculous.",
"My machine is running at 4GHhz rock solid stable (its used for intensive 3d work that requires 100% stability) and yet I have to wait around for Pdesk Pro to generate a few thumbnails.",
"Any other app (whether it be windows explorer or irfan or adobe bridge etc etc) will generate the thumbnails fast).",
"Also, i find it crashes a lot.",
"I am uninstalling it as of today.",
"I have installed it on an older XP x64 machine though and it seems to be OK on that machine.",
"I am amazed also that the file viewer has not been improved - it doesnt read a lot of files (even image files).",
"The interface is pretty much the same as it was back in version 5.",
"Not impressed"
] |
1 | Don't bother | Having been a Fear Factory fan for quite some time now, I was staggered to hear album. Anyone who thinks kicking Dino out was a good idea should listen closer. The riffs are not structured very well on this record, and the overall quality in the song structure is scant at best. Some people could blame Dino for the lack of quality (which like most things, is opinion based) on Digimortal, but these people need to think about the rest of the band and their contributions. The softness and the minimalistic hip-hop style was (from what I know of the band) almost completely derived from Christian and Burton. If you compare the songs on this record to those of the earlier Fear Factory records closely, you can hear a massive difference in song writing talent. And if you decide that these earlier songs are better than this album (which I feel is the final nail in the coffin for one of my favorite bands) make sure you take a peek inside at who had a hand in writing those songs. RIP Fear Factory. | 999 | [
"Having been a Fear Factory fan for quite some time now, I was staggered to hear album.",
"Anyone who thinks kicking Dino out was a good idea should listen closer.",
"The riffs are not structured very well on this record, and the overall quality in the song structure is scant at best.",
"Some people could blame Dino for the lack of quality (which like most things, is opinion based) on Digimortal, but these people need to think about the rest of the band and their contributions.",
"The softness and the minimalistic hip-hop style was (from what I know of the band) almost completely derived from Christian and Burton.",
"If you compare the songs on this record to those of the earlier Fear Factory records closely, you can hear a massive difference in song writing talent.",
"And if you decide that these earlier songs are better than this album (which I feel is the final nail in the coffin for one of my favorite bands) make sure you take a peek inside at who had a hand in writing those songs.",
"RIP Fear Factory."
] |
1 | Waste of Paper | I seriously cannot believe that this book made a best seller. This is the first time I have read a John Saul novel and I was VERY disappointed. This book lags so much that its almost painful to read. Thats truly the horror in this novel. He constantly refers to his characters by first and last name, which I find quite annoying. His characters are very poorly developed. One of the main characters, Merrill, is a worrier. Saul pounds this characteristic so much that you'll hate her rather than associate with her. His idea of how teenagers behave is so archaic that my grandmother would be the only one to relate. It takes almost 150 pages for him to actually get to some semblance of a story. He spends so much time repeating information you already know that you'll scream "GET ON WITH IT ALREADY!" I would delve into this more, but it would require spoilers. However I say save yourself the money, time, and read something by James Rollins, Michael Crichton, Richard Laymon, or Douglas Preston. | 999 | [
"I seriously cannot believe that this book made a best seller.",
"This is the first time I have read a John Saul novel and I was VERY disappointed.",
"This book lags so much that its almost painful to read.",
"Thats truly the horror in this novel.",
"He constantly refers to his characters by first and last name, which I find quite annoying.",
"His characters are very poorly developed.",
"One of the main characters, Merrill, is a worrier.",
"Saul pounds this characteristic so much that you'll hate her rather than associate with her.",
"His idea of how teenagers behave is so archaic that my grandmother would be the only one to relate.",
"It takes almost 150 pages for him to actually get to some semblance of a story.",
"He spends so much time repeating information you already know that you'll scream \"GET ON WITH IT ALREADY!",
"\" I would delve into this more, but it would require spoilers.",
"However I say save yourself the money, time, and read something by James Rollins, Michael Crichton, Richard Laymon, or Douglas Preston."
] |
1 | Waste of Money | bonsai [noun]: "A small decorative evergreen shrub or tree grown in a pot, which has been prevented from growing to its usual size by various methods."The description above is very indicative of why SimpleTech chose the name for this drive that they have. It is diminutive, decorative, and performs at about the same speed as a tree grows! I can't stress this enough. I did some performance comparisons writing 100 MB of data to this drive and other media. Everything I tested smoked this drive in write tests. The closest the BonzaiXpress came to was a CD-RW at 4X speed. If you've ever used a CD-RW you know how slow they are; and yet the CD-RW was TWICE as fast as this drive.I attempted to format the drive today (so that I could give it away) and it died. This drive is so slow that I rarely ever used it and yet it has already malfunctioned. Maybe the length of life and the performance issues are related. Mine is now being recycled and that's about the best thing I can say about this drive. | 999 | [
"bonsai [noun]: \"A small decorative evergreen shrub or tree grown in a pot, which has been prevented from growing to its usual size by various methods.\"The description above is very indicative of why SimpleTech chose the name for this drive that they have.",
"It is diminutive, decorative, and performs at about the same speed as a tree grows!",
"I can't stress this enough.",
"I did some performance comparisons writing 100 MB of data to this drive and other media.",
"Everything I tested smoked this drive in write tests.",
"The closest the BonzaiXpress came to was a CD-RW at 4X speed.",
"If you've ever used a CD-RW you know how slow they are; and yet the CD-RW was TWICE as fast as this drive.I attempted to format the drive today (so that I could give it away) and it died.",
"This drive is so slow that I rarely ever used it and yet it has already malfunctioned.",
"Maybe the length of life and the performance issues are related.",
"Mine is now being recycled and that's about the best thing I can say about this drive."
] |
1 | Poor Mozart! | This Requiem version is such a painful experience to watch. I've never been so dissapointed with a performance of my favorite Requiem. Sound is bad, and not even Dolby Digital, video quality is VHS quality, plus camera work is awful, mistakes everywhere, bad design. When the camera is not in the orchestra, they put some footage from the Sarajevo war, very depressing and manipulative. The last straw was in "Rex Tremendae". The lyrics of this majestic movement are about the majesty of God and His glory. These ignorant producers put footage of a building in flames during this piece, a building in flames to describe the majesty of God?!?!? It looked like something satanic instead. I can't believe Zubin Mehta, who obviously had to be aware of this poor choice, and obviously has to know the meaning of the latin lyrics of the Requiem (I hope he does), allowed this to happen. It's a nightmare or a bad joke. Stay away from this version. It should never had been produced. It's an embarrassment. | 999 | [
"This Requiem version is such a painful experience to watch.",
"I've never been so dissapointed with a performance of my favorite Requiem.",
"Sound is bad, and not even Dolby Digital, video quality is VHS quality, plus camera work is awful, mistakes everywhere, bad design.",
"When the camera is not in the orchestra, they put some footage from the Sarajevo war, very depressing and manipulative.",
"The last straw was in \"Rex Tremendae\".",
"The lyrics of this majestic movement are about the majesty of God and His glory.",
"These ignorant producers put footage of a building in flames during this piece, a building in flames to describe the majesty of God?!?",
"!?",
"It looked like something satanic instead.",
"I can't believe Zubin Mehta, who obviously had to be aware of this poor choice, and obviously has to know the meaning of the latin lyrics of the Requiem (I hope he does), allowed this to happen.",
"It's a nightmare or a bad joke.",
"Stay away from this version.",
"It should never had been produced.",
"It's an embarrassment."
] |
1 | Poorly made!! | I purchased this coffeemaker about a year ago. Although it's a little cumbersome, it got the job done. I have used it almost daily. One month ago, a small piece of the grinder cover broke, thus rendering the entire appliance non-functional. Yes, that's right, even if you don't want to use the grinder, the coffee maker WILL NOT FUNCTION without that piece. So I ordered another one for $10.00 from Cuisinart.com, asked for quick shipping, and waited. After multiple phone calls to them (no correspondence from their end) I have learned that the part is "backordered," that many people are waiting for it (another sign that it's poorly made) and that it might be more than another month before I see that piece. Meanwhile, the thing is collecting dust. I have tried to get refunded the price of the coffeemaker, but it's "out of warranty" so I'm "out of luck." So my recommendation to anyone considering this appliance is look elsewhere. I would NOT buy another Cuisinart if my life depended on it. | 998 | [
"I purchased this coffeemaker about a year ago.",
"Although it's a little cumbersome, it got the job done.",
"I have used it almost daily.",
"One month ago, a small piece of the grinder cover broke, thus rendering the entire appliance non-functional.",
"Yes, that's right, even if you don't want to use the grinder, the coffee maker WILL NOT FUNCTION without that piece.",
"So I ordered another one for $10.00 from Cuisinart.com, asked for quick shipping, and waited.",
"After multiple phone calls to them (no correspondence from their end) I have learned that the part is \"backordered,\" that many people are waiting for it (another sign that it's poorly made) and that it might be more than another month before I see that piece.",
"Meanwhile, the thing is collecting dust.",
"I have tried to get refunded the price of the coffeemaker, but it's \"out of warranty\" so I'm \"out of luck.\" So my recommendation to anyone considering this appliance is look elsewhere.",
"I would NOT buy another Cuisinart if my life depended on it."
] |
1 | No it's NOT | I am curious as to why if a true analog guru this shoulda have been recorded in 8 MM film. Not a DIGITAL format. Ya can't push analog on digital, it's like 2 opposite forces coming to a conflict. And selling it on Amazon which is accessed digitally, it's like caught in a self hating vortex. I'm convinced it's not a vinyl world. Found this dvd to be useless, zero knowledge obtained, nothing different than what would come with a good TT, instruction book, or phono cartridge. It's almost for someone who is clueless, as this is such base info, why bother. Don't waste your money like I did. And there is no satisfaction guarantee, MF refuses to refund my money. Yet he profits from it, but says he didn't sell it!?? It's as bizarre as his thoughts, and imaginary things he claims. Buy a good meal instead of this drivel. I WANT A REFUND! LEARNED NOTHING. All he does is tell you the stuff that comes in an instruction manual with any decent TT. What a sham. Save your money. Man was I hoodwinked. | 998 | [
"I am curious as to why if a true analog guru this shoulda have been recorded in 8 MM film.",
"Not a DIGITAL format.",
"Ya can't push analog on digital, it's like 2 opposite forces coming to a conflict.",
"And selling it on Amazon which is accessed digitally, it's like caught in a self hating vortex.",
"I'm convinced it's not a vinyl world.",
"Found this dvd to be useless, zero knowledge obtained, nothing different than what would come with a good TT, instruction book, or phono cartridge.",
"It's almost for someone who is clueless, as this is such base info, why bother.",
"Don't waste your money like I did.",
"And there is no satisfaction guarantee, MF refuses to refund my money.",
"Yet he profits from it, but says he didn't sell it!??",
"It's as bizarre as his thoughts, and imaginary things he claims.",
"Buy a good meal instead of this drivel.",
"I WANT A REFUND!",
"LEARNED NOTHING.",
"All he does is tell you the stuff that comes in an instruction manual with any decent TT.",
"What a sham.",
"Save your money.",
"Man was I hoodwinked."
] |
1 | BUYER BEWARE! | I LOVE the movie, let's be clear about that. I currently own the 15th Anniversary Edition on standard DVD, and wanted to purchase a Blu-Ray to go with our upgraded TV and player. Unfortunately, the order I placed with third party iNetVideo Fufillment for the BLU RAY version (advertised here) went awry. Although the description and picture CLEARLY state this is a Blu-ray disc you are ordering, I recieved a STANDARD DVD (definitely NOT what I ordered). I'm not sure if the company doesn't understand that the two are not the same, or if the workers in charge of packaging do not, but this kind of mistake is certainly a glaring one. I will be getting a refund through Amazon. This is either a communication mix up within the company, or deceptive advertising (if someone thinks that no one is going to notice the difference between a Blu Ray and DVD - that's insane - esp. since you can get a standard DVD of the same movie for HALF the price)! BEWARE!Chaplin (15th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray] | 998 | [
"I LOVE the movie, let's be clear about that.",
"I currently own the 15th Anniversary Edition on standard DVD, and wanted to purchase a Blu-Ray to go with our upgraded TV and player.",
"Unfortunately, the order I placed with third party iNetVideo Fufillment for the BLU RAY version (advertised here) went awry.",
"Although the description and picture CLEARLY state this is a Blu-ray disc you are ordering, I recieved a STANDARD DVD (definitely NOT what I ordered).",
"I'm not sure if the company doesn't understand that the two are not the same, or if the workers in charge of packaging do not, but this kind of mistake is certainly a glaring one.",
"I will be getting a refund through Amazon.",
"This is either a communication mix up within the company, or deceptive advertising (if someone thinks that no one is going to notice the difference between a Blu Ray and DVD - that's insane - esp.",
"since you can get a standard DVD of the same movie for HALF the price)!",
"BEWARE!",
"Chaplin (15th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray]"
] |
1 | Enough already | I bought "MY AIM IS TRUE" in December, 1977, and followed this man's every album and single, all the way through to MIGHTY LIKE A ROSE in 1991. But I finally realized the harsh truth -- he's HAD it. I think Costello used to believe in something -- maybe anger, maybe rock and roll, maybe hatred or lust -- but SOMETHING. Now I think he just wants to churn out more records and to rehash the same old "revenge and guilt" trip for the thousandth time. He used to be a nihilist in the best sense -- smashing through all the false values of pop love songs and finding the lust and terror and power games underneath. Now he's a nihilist in the manner of -- oh, maybe the way a bad Las Vegas singer is nihilistic. He pretends to be involved in the craft of songwriting or the art of it, or some new political problem or his "spooky girlfriend" -- but he's really just "going through the motions" as he wrote once back when he wasn't. He's got nothing left to say but he still wants your money. Stay away. | 998 | [
"I bought \"MY AIM IS TRUE\" in December, 1977, and followed this man's every album and single, all the way through to MIGHTY LIKE A ROSE in 1991.",
"But I finally realized the harsh truth -- he's HAD it.",
"I think Costello used to believe in something -- maybe anger, maybe rock and roll, maybe hatred or lust -- but SOMETHING.",
"Now I think he just wants to churn out more records and to rehash the same old \"revenge and guilt\" trip for the thousandth time.",
"He used to be a nihilist in the best sense -- smashing through all the false values of pop love songs and finding the lust and terror and power games underneath.",
"Now he's a nihilist in the manner of -- oh, maybe the way a bad Las Vegas singer is nihilistic.",
"He pretends to be involved in the craft of songwriting or the art of it, or some new political problem or his \"spooky girlfriend\" -- but he's really just \"going through the motions\" as he wrote once back when he wasn't.",
"He's got nothing left to say but he still wants your money.",
"Stay away."
] |
1 | No. Just No. | Before I read this book, I was a Christian with doubts who was about to go off to college. After I read this book, I was an atheist.Here's the gist of the advice given in the book:First, remember that your religion won't be taken seriously in college, and don't be disheartened by that fact. Second, never consider the possibility that there's a reason you won't be taken seriously. Third, do not engage in any sinful activities (shouldn't this be a given for Christians anyway?). Fourth, don't take criticism of Christianity seriously because that could endanger your eternal soul. So basically, you need to close your eyes, put your fingers in your ears, and say "lalalalala can't hear you; lalalalala can't hear you" whenever anyone questions your faith.My verdict is that if you want to stay a Christian in college, and you have doubts about your faith, don't read this book because it will make your doubts even stronger. There is no good advice and no real philosophical content in this book. | 998 | [
"Before I read this book, I was a Christian with doubts who was about to go off to college.",
"After I read this book, I was an atheist.Here's the gist of the advice given in the book:First, remember that your religion won't be taken seriously in college, and don't be disheartened by that fact.",
"Second, never consider the possibility that there's a reason you won't be taken seriously.",
"Third, do not engage in any sinful activities (shouldn't this be a given for Christians anyway?",
").",
"Fourth, don't take criticism of Christianity seriously because that could endanger your eternal soul.",
"So basically, you need to close your eyes, put your fingers in your ears, and say \"lalalalala can't hear you; lalalalala can't hear you\" whenever anyone questions your faith.My verdict is that if you want to stay a Christian in college, and you have doubts about your faith, don't read this book because it will make your doubts even stronger.",
"There is no good advice and no real philosophical content in this book."
] |
1 | This is bad | Like most songs here in Europe, the single 'dont feel like dancin' mysteriously came out almost simultaneously on ALL radio stations. The song has since been played relentlessly non-stop 24-7 on all stations. Even if a song I liked was playing, I'd certainly get sick of hearing it so much. Didn't need to wait that long to get sick of this one though. At the first sign of the manufactured falsetto vocal, my skin cringed. The bridge to the song is a blood curdling synthesizer that pierces one's ears like a chain saw - a truly horrid tone. It's like the totally annoying whine of an infant at 4:00am - impossible to ignore. The 'music', if you can call it that, must have listeners attention, though it offers nothing. Brings no heart to the table. I can usually tune stuff like that out but this is appaling.There is absolultely no orinality whatsoever. Beegees with no smooth. Great marketing though(hence the 1 star). Five years from now you'll never admit to your friends that you bought it. | 998 | [
"Like most songs here in Europe, the single 'dont feel like dancin' mysteriously came out almost simultaneously on ALL radio stations.",
"The song has since been played relentlessly non-stop 24-7 on all stations.",
"Even if a song I liked was playing, I'd certainly get sick of hearing it so much.",
"Didn't need to wait that long to get sick of this one though.",
"At the first sign of the manufactured falsetto vocal, my skin cringed.",
"The bridge to the song is a blood curdling synthesizer that pierces one's ears like a chain saw - a truly horrid tone.",
"It's like the totally annoying whine of an infant at 4:00am - impossible to ignore.",
"The 'music', if you can call it that, must have listeners attention, though it offers nothing.",
"Brings no heart to the table.",
"I can usually tune stuff like that out but this is appaling.There is absolultely no orinality whatsoever.",
"Beegees with no smooth.",
"Great marketing though(hence the 1 star).",
"Five years from now you'll never admit to your friends that you bought it."
] |
1 | What a bust | While "Shecky's" intentions were surely good, this mess of a bar guide is a lame, and often mean-spirited, attempt to be hip.I think what bothers me most is that the putdowns and compliments of the bars and their patrons come fast and furious in a text that apparently has not been proof-read, fact-checked, or even edited. It's impossible to be authoritative when you misspell the name of the bar you're slamming.This enterprise reeks of ambitious New Yorkers who hoped to repeat the success of their book from that city. I sure hope that the writers aren't Chicagoans - anyone who misspells "Comiskey Park" and "Harry Caray" in the same book would be drawn and quartered in Chicago, where people have a strong bulls**t detector.This book certainly rates highly on mine.There's a little red book that came out a few years ago - THE OFFICIAL CHICAGO BAR GUIDE - that did it much better, quicker, funnier, and more accurate. Let's only hope the brains behind that book decide to update it, and fast. | 998 | [
"While \"Shecky's\" intentions were surely good, this mess of a bar guide is a lame, and often mean-spirited, attempt to be hip.I think what bothers me most is that the putdowns and compliments of the bars and their patrons come fast and furious in a text that apparently has not been proof-read, fact-checked, or even edited.",
"It's impossible to be authoritative when you misspell the name of the bar you're slamming.This enterprise reeks of ambitious New Yorkers who hoped to repeat the success of their book from that city.",
"I sure hope that the writers aren't Chicagoans - anyone who misspells \"Comiskey Park\" and \"Harry Caray\" in the same book would be drawn and quartered in Chicago, where people have a strong bulls**t detector.This book certainly rates highly on mine.There's a little red book that came out a few years ago - THE OFFICIAL CHICAGO BAR GUIDE - that did it much better, quicker, funnier, and more accurate.",
"Let's only hope the brains behind that book decide to update it, and fast."
] |
1 | Quite a letdown | I'm not sure, but for some reason, I was expecting much more from this book. I'm not sure why, as most of the photography books that I have read weren't very good. Are there any exceptions? Sure--Barnbaum's The Art of Photography and Freeman's The Photographer's Eye, as well as (for basics) Ansel Adams' The Camera and The Print. But this book was nowhere near that level. I thought it would provide me with a much more nuanced understanding of exposure and, critically, how to manually expose images by reading light (and not using A or B modes or a camera's internal light meter). But this book's approach was much more modern, more high-tech, with almost all images captured either in an automatic mode (e.g., A or B) or with aperture or shutter speed adjusted according to the camera's internal light meter before taking a shot. This may be a useful book for a beginner, but IMO it offers very little to anyone else. Glad I only got this in digital form, so I can more quickly forget about it. | 998 | [
"I'm not sure, but for some reason, I was expecting much more from this book.",
"I'm not sure why, as most of the photography books that I have read weren't very good.",
"Are there any exceptions?",
"Sure--Barnbaum's The Art of Photography and Freeman's The Photographer's Eye, as well as (for basics) Ansel Adams' The Camera and The Print.",
"But this book was nowhere near that level.",
"I thought it would provide me with a much more nuanced understanding of exposure and, critically, how to manually expose images by reading light (and not using A or B modes or a camera's internal light meter).",
"But this book's approach was much more modern, more high-tech, with almost all images captured either in an automatic mode (e.g., A or B) or with aperture or shutter speed adjusted according to the camera's internal light meter before taking a shot.",
"This may be a useful book for a beginner, but IMO it offers very little to anyone else.",
"Glad I only got this in digital form, so I can more quickly forget about it."
] |
1 | Ugh | I see a number of five star reviews for this film. We can'tgive any film a higher rating than five stars, so that meansthere are people here on earth who rank this movie withRashomon, Sullivan's Travels, Children of Paradise,and Dr. Strangelove - when in fact it's about as estimableas an episode of Starsky and Hutch.The most irksome thing about Cellular is the completeabsence of accountability for the crimes committed by itsprotagonist, Ryan. Let's see: armed robbery, auto theft,willful damage to property, reckless driving - that results ininnumerable automobile acidents ( which surely causedserious injuries ), resisting arrest, etc. He swipes a man'sPorche ( at gun point ) - and apparently the director thinksthis is OK because the Porsche's owner is a repugnantlawyer...Ryan gets away with everything, and winds upwith the babe on the pier.There's another annoyance, smaller, but annoying never-the-less. Jessica says that her husband is a real-a-tor...Bill Macy is very good, as always. | 998 | [
"I see a number of five star reviews for this film.",
"We can'tgive any film a higher rating than five stars, so that meansthere are people here on earth who rank this movie withRashomon, Sullivan's Travels, Children of Paradise,and Dr.",
"Strangelove - when in fact it's about as estimableas an episode of Starsky and Hutch.The most irksome thing about Cellular is the completeabsence of accountability for the crimes committed by itsprotagonist, Ryan.",
"Let's see: armed robbery, auto theft,willful damage to property, reckless driving - that results ininnumerable automobile acidents ( which surely causedserious injuries ), resisting arrest, etc.",
"He swipes a man'sPorche ( at gun point ) - and apparently the director thinksthis is OK because the Porsche's owner is a repugnantlawyer...Ryan gets away with everything, and winds upwith the babe on the pier.There's another annoyance, smaller, but annoying never-the-less.",
"Jessica says that her husband is a real-a-tor...Bill Macy is very good, as always."
] |
1 | ????????? | I purchased this book with the high hopes of giving me the closure I felt I needed after reading the awesome Golden Compass trilogy. Unfortunately, this did not deliver. In reality, it was a big let down and I was disappointed...very disappointed...I felt this short story was more of an "extra" that fitted no where in the trilogy, and to turn it into a quick buck, the author titled it after the original main character to trick people into buying it... Well... he got me! =DI read the entire darn thing while I was in my doctor's waiting room.Simply put, it's a very short story, nothing really to do with the original trilogy, and required no further thought process: you just read the story and is left with nothing to ponder over.Although it was not "terrible," I would not recommend it.As a matter of fact, I gave the book to the friend that made me read the trilogy so he wouldnt waste his money! It's one of those books (and I have many!) that isn't even good enough to stay in my library. | 998 | [
"I purchased this book with the high hopes of giving me the closure I felt I needed after reading the awesome Golden Compass trilogy.",
"Unfortunately, this did not deliver.",
"In reality, it was a big let down and I was disappointed...very disappointed...I felt this short story was more of an \"extra\" that fitted no where in the trilogy, and to turn it into a quick buck, the author titled it after the original main character to trick people into buying it... Well... he got me!",
"=DI read the entire darn thing while I was in my doctor's waiting room.Simply put, it's a very short story, nothing really to do with the original trilogy, and required no further thought process: you just read the story and is left with nothing to ponder over.Although it was not \"terrible,\" I would not recommend it.As a matter of fact, I gave the book to the friend that made me read the trilogy so he wouldnt waste his money!",
"It's one of those books (and I have many!",
") that isn't even good enough to stay in my library."
] |
1 | Save Yourself | Here is my recommendation. DON'T read this book. No, it's not horrible and I didn't cringe when I read it. But neither did I walk away a changed man. The character of Asher is so cold, static, and most importantly immature. The choice Asher makes in the end is in my own opinion the right one of course (especially since religion was the alternative and i hate religion, another factor that added to the insipidity of this book). Yet after being exposed to Asher's thoughts throughout the book, I'm not convinced his ultimate decision was righteous.I'm tempted to just say, "read the book so you can see what I mean!!!1" but alas, no. You will make the right decision and you will not read this book. Potok's writing is fluid and borderline enjoyable but this does not save the novel from a 1-star rating. Again, the concept behind the book was alright but the deliver, in terms of plot structure and character development, was very unsatisfying for me.My Name Is Asher Lev: A big 1 out of 5 stars. | 998 | [
"Here is my recommendation.",
"DON'T read this book.",
"No, it's not horrible and I didn't cringe when I read it.",
"But neither did I walk away a changed man.",
"The character of Asher is so cold, static, and most importantly immature.",
"The choice Asher makes in the end is in my own opinion the right one of course (especially since religion was the alternative and i hate religion, another factor that added to the insipidity of this book).",
"Yet after being exposed to Asher's thoughts throughout the book, I'm not convinced his ultimate decision was righteous.I'm tempted to just say, \"read the book so you can see what I mean!!!",
"1\" but alas, no.",
"You will make the right decision and you will not read this book.",
"Potok's writing is fluid and borderline enjoyable but this does not save the novel from a 1-star rating.",
"Again, the concept behind the book was alright but the deliver, in terms of plot structure and character development, was very unsatisfying for me.My Name Is Asher Lev: A big 1 out of 5 stars."
] |
1 | White Dots | I purchased TV back in July 2007. Now white spots are appearing all over the screen. I found that this is due to a widespread problem with the DLP chips. The repairs are about $600 from an authorized Samsung repair shop. However you can do it yourself for about $180. The chips themselves are about $170 plus a few bucks more for some thermal paste.Anyways I am pretty disappointed by this TV and in Samsung. A 5 year life for a $2400 TV just doesn't seem right. Sadly I recommended this TV and other Samsung products to others - Hopefully my friends won't experience similar problems.Just as an FYI the white spot problem is prevalent across several models. Some models are covered for out-of-warranty repairs by Samsung. So its worth calling in if you are experiencing this problem with a different model. In addition, if you have this model call in anyways - I am thinking if there are enough reports Samsung may include this model in their list of TVs that are covered for the white spot issue. | 998 | [
"I purchased TV back in July 2007.",
"Now white spots are appearing all over the screen.",
"I found that this is due to a widespread problem with the DLP chips.",
"The repairs are about $600 from an authorized Samsung repair shop.",
"However you can do it yourself for about $180.",
"The chips themselves are about $170 plus a few bucks more for some thermal paste.Anyways I am pretty disappointed by this TV and in Samsung.",
"A 5 year life for a $2400 TV just doesn't seem right.",
"Sadly I recommended this TV and other Samsung products to others - Hopefully my friends won't experience similar problems.Just as an FYI the white spot problem is prevalent across several models.",
"Some models are covered for out-of-warranty repairs by Samsung.",
"So its worth calling in if you are experiencing this problem with a different model.",
"In addition, if you have this model call in anyways - I am thinking if there are enough reports Samsung may include this model in their list of TVs that are covered for the white spot issue."
] |
1 | Compatibility | I purchased this camera and sent it back after spending 10 hours trying to connect it to my computer. I tried 3 different computers and when I called customer support that is only available 8 - 5; M-F and they suggested that I had a bad cable but couldn't be sure so I would have to wait 7 - 10 days for a solution to my problem. (The cable is not available through any standard camera stores or office supply stores.) This obviously defeat the purpose of buying a digital camera so I sent it back after only having it for a week. I am very computer savvy and have been able to work with a Kodak camera with out any problem. My frustration came from the lack of customer service from the company to help me solve the problem quickly. I need the pictures for a marketing piece that deadlined the next day. I ended up going to Wolf Camera in Littleton where they were able to extract the pictures for me on a piece of equipment that would have otherwise cost me $100.00 just to retrieve the pictures. | 998 | [
"I purchased this camera and sent it back after spending 10 hours trying to connect it to my computer.",
"I tried 3 different computers and when I called customer support that is only available 8 - 5; M-F and they suggested that I had a bad cable but couldn't be sure so I would have to wait 7 - 10 days for a solution to my problem.",
"(The cable is not available through any standard camera stores or office supply stores.) This obviously defeat the purpose of buying a digital camera so I sent it back after only having it for a week.",
"I am very computer savvy and have been able to work with a Kodak camera with out any problem.",
"My frustration came from the lack of customer service from the company to help me solve the problem quickly.",
"I need the pictures for a marketing piece that deadlined the next day.",
"I ended up going to Wolf Camera in Littleton where they were able to extract the pictures for me on a piece of equipment that would have otherwise cost me $100.00 just to retrieve the pictures."
] |
1 | Awkward to use | This product needs to be right up to the chair/sofa and it seems to sit too high for a 5'4" person. Then the controls are located in front which means you can't reach it when it is pushed against the chair. I like ottomans that can double as extra seating and this is definitely not one that would support a person sitting on it. It is rather unattractive as well. I got it yesterday and sent it back today. As for the crucial functional part, I was unimpressed with the massage function. I guess I have been spoiled by the complete chair massagers as featured at Sharper Image Stores. In rereading the reviews, it appears most people who appreciate these type of machines have painful chronic foot problems which are helped. Otherwise for healthy people, I imagine just taking a walk would do as much for you. It was a very low price but in the end, I would not have wanted it for free. I was originally going to get it as gift for my mother, but it is too awkward for an older person to get into. | 998 | [
"This product needs to be right up to the chair/sofa and it seems to sit too high for a 5'4\" person.",
"Then the controls are located in front which means you can't reach it when it is pushed against the chair.",
"I like ottomans that can double as extra seating and this is definitely not one that would support a person sitting on it.",
"It is rather unattractive as well.",
"I got it yesterday and sent it back today.",
"As for the crucial functional part, I was unimpressed with the massage function.",
"I guess I have been spoiled by the complete chair massagers as featured at Sharper Image Stores.",
"In rereading the reviews, it appears most people who appreciate these type of machines have painful chronic foot problems which are helped.",
"Otherwise for healthy people, I imagine just taking a walk would do as much for you.",
"It was a very low price but in the end, I would not have wanted it for free.",
"I was originally going to get it as gift for my mother, but it is too awkward for an older person to get into."
] |
1 | Not So Good! | Purchased two sets of these plugs. My husband put them in the next day and the car "Check Engine" light came on and the car could barely move in first or second gear. It would just sputter and it was a very dangerous situation as I could not pull out into traffic without fear of being hit. We then swapped the plugs back to the original plugs that had been in my car for 10 years and the car ran perfectly. We then put in two plugs at a time and neither set worked - but didn't actually make the check engine light come on. Again back to the original plugs and the car ran great.I then called the manufacturer and received some of the worst customer service ever. They will only let you leave a message and when they finally call you back - get this - you are supposed to pay to ship the items back and if they test them and the plugs do not meet their quality standards - then they will send you the amount for the plugs. Nothing like making it difficult on a customer that is already frustrated! | 998 | [
"Purchased two sets of these plugs.",
"My husband put them in the next day and the car \"Check Engine\" light came on and the car could barely move in first or second gear.",
"It would just sputter and it was a very dangerous situation as I could not pull out into traffic without fear of being hit.",
"We then swapped the plugs back to the original plugs that had been in my car for 10 years and the car ran perfectly.",
"We then put in two plugs at a time and neither set worked - but didn't actually make the check engine light come on.",
"Again back to the original plugs and the car ran great.I then called the manufacturer and received some of the worst customer service ever.",
"They will only let you leave a message and when they finally call you back - get this - you are supposed to pay to ship the items back and if they test them and the plugs do not meet their quality standards - then they will send you the amount for the plugs.",
"Nothing like making it difficult on a customer that is already frustrated!"
] |
1 | nyr results | Eugene & William Regal vs. Christian & Tyson Tomkoeugene and regal win when eugene rolled up tomko2.Women's CahmpionshipLita vs. Trish Stratustrish wins with a chick kick3.Intercontinental ChampionshipShelton Bejamin vs. MavenBenjamin wins twice first with a roll up then with a t-bone suplex4.Muhammad Hassasn vs. Jerry "The King" LawlerMuhammad wins with the help of Daivari5.Kane vs. Snitskykane winswith a tombstone6.Elimination Chamber Match for World Heavyweight Championship SR:HBKTriple H vs. Randy Orton vs. Batista vs. Chris Benoit vs. Chris Jericho vs. Edge1.edge gets eliminated by jericho with a lionsault but before hbk sweet chin music edge2.jericho gets eliminated by batista when batista spinebustered jericho on top of benoit3.benoit gets eliminated by batista with the batista bomb4.batista gets eliminated by a lowblow then an rko by randy orton5.orton gets eliminated by hhh when the eliminated batista clothsline orton then hhh pedigrees ortonhhh become the new world champion | 998 | [
"Eugene & William Regal vs.",
"Christian & Tyson Tomkoeugene and regal win when eugene rolled up tomko2.Women's CahmpionshipLita vs.",
"Trish Stratustrish wins with a chick kick3.Intercontinental ChampionshipShelton Bejamin vs.",
"MavenBenjamin wins twice first with a roll up then with a t-bone suplex4.Muhammad Hassasn vs.",
"Jerry \"The King\" LawlerMuhammad wins with the help of Daivari5.Kane vs.",
"Snitskykane winswith a tombstone6.Elimination Chamber Match for World Heavyweight Championship SR:HBKTriple H vs.",
"Randy Orton vs.",
"Batista vs.",
"Chris Benoit vs.",
"Chris Jericho vs.",
"Edge1.edge gets eliminated by jericho with a lionsault but before hbk sweet chin music edge2.jericho gets eliminated by batista when batista spinebustered jericho on top of benoit3.benoit gets eliminated by batista with the batista bomb4.batista gets eliminated by a lowblow then an rko by randy orton5.orton gets eliminated by hhh when the eliminated batista clothsline orton then hhh pedigrees ortonhhh become the new world champion"
] |
1 | Franken-whine | Finally, the mindless Bush-haters have a hero in the notoriously unfunny Al Franken. I saw the Wellstone memorial on C-SPAN: the liberals turned a serious service into a tasteless campaign rally. The same kind of thing happens when you show Democrats a videotape of the Ron Brown funeral where Clinton is yukking it up, catches the camera, and feigns tears. Democrats will swear up and down that's not what happened even when confronted with reality. The problem with Al Franken and most Democrats is that they're not thinkers, more like emotional reactionaries. They just want to "do something" for "the children". Any decent conservative can dismantle Franken's arguments in about five minutes because like most Democrats, he is afraid of facts. I think Franken did better work as one of the worst Saturday Night Live performers ever. The most hilarious outcome of this book is the "liberals get tough" act. Can't wait to see the liberal radio network fail for lack of real intellectual debate... | 998 | [
"Finally, the mindless Bush-haters have a hero in the notoriously unfunny Al Franken.",
"I saw the Wellstone memorial on C-SPAN: the liberals turned a serious service into a tasteless campaign rally.",
"The same kind of thing happens when you show Democrats a videotape of the Ron Brown funeral where Clinton is yukking it up, catches the camera, and feigns tears.",
"Democrats will swear up and down that's not what happened even when confronted with reality.",
"The problem with Al Franken and most Democrats is that they're not thinkers, more like emotional reactionaries.",
"They just want to \"do something\" for \"the children\".",
"Any decent conservative can dismantle Franken's arguments in about five minutes because like most Democrats, he is afraid of facts.",
"I think Franken did better work as one of the worst Saturday Night Live performers ever.",
"The most hilarious outcome of this book is the \"liberals get tough\" act.",
"Can't wait to see the liberal radio network fail for lack of real intellectual debate..."
] |
1 | TB525CS | I've had this product for almost 3 years now and deeply regret not returning it the first year. I thought it was me - didn't know how to start it. Well, after I've had couple of my friends try it and have as much luck as I did, I am now convinced that it is NOT operator issue, it's the product. I like the fact that I don't have to mix fuel & oil, and I like the fact that I could buy other attachments and have a multi-purpose tool. However, none of that has any value when I can't start the darn thing. It looks like new, but I will be forced to trash it and buy another one. Does anyone have a brand & model to recommend? I would like to stay with 4-cycle gas models - but something that starts easily and reliably. Many times I got myself all ready to trim, with long pants, longs sleeves, eye goggles, gardening gloves, you name it, only to come to the same sad conclusion as the last time - the darn thing will not start. I think this is the last Troy Built tool I'll ever spend my money on. | 998 | [
"I've had this product for almost 3 years now and deeply regret not returning it the first year.",
"I thought it was me - didn't know how to start it.",
"Well, after I've had couple of my friends try it and have as much luck as I did, I am now convinced that it is NOT operator issue, it's the product.",
"I like the fact that I don't have to mix fuel & oil, and I like the fact that I could buy other attachments and have a multi-purpose tool.",
"However, none of that has any value when I can't start the darn thing.",
"It looks like new, but I will be forced to trash it and buy another one.",
"Does anyone have a brand & model to recommend?",
"I would like to stay with 4-cycle gas models - but something that starts easily and reliably.",
"Many times I got myself all ready to trim, with long pants, longs sleeves, eye goggles, gardening gloves, you name it, only to come to the same sad conclusion as the last time - the darn thing will not start.",
"I think this is the last Troy Built tool I'll ever spend my money on."
] |
1 | Time is money!! | I am impressed by how this author can explain people's feelings very well. However, those techniques made me depressed. This book, "Jacob Have I Loved," makes me confused and very sad! The main heroine, Wheeze, is a pessimist because her twin sister, Caroline, who is nice and beautiful, took everything from Wheeze's life (she thinks this way). For example, Wheeze's best friend proposed to her twin sister Caroline. Also one of their friends wanted to give a scholarship to Caroline not Wheeze. So, I had to read about her inferiority complex and weakness. This is a waste of time for me! If Wheeze changes her negative thoughts, she will be able to be thankful for her life, family, and good friends. Maybe Wheeze could marry her best friend too. I didn't want to read this book; however, my English class had to read it. If I could have stopped reading, I would have done it!!! If you are not American, I don't want to recommend that you buy this book. I promise it is a waste of money for you! | 998 | [
"I am impressed by how this author can explain people's feelings very well.",
"However, those techniques made me depressed.",
"This book, \"Jacob Have I Loved,\" makes me confused and very sad!",
"The main heroine, Wheeze, is a pessimist because her twin sister, Caroline, who is nice and beautiful, took everything from Wheeze's life (she thinks this way).",
"For example, Wheeze's best friend proposed to her twin sister Caroline.",
"Also one of their friends wanted to give a scholarship to Caroline not Wheeze.",
"So, I had to read about her inferiority complex and weakness.",
"This is a waste of time for me!",
"If Wheeze changes her negative thoughts, she will be able to be thankful for her life, family, and good friends.",
"Maybe Wheeze could marry her best friend too.",
"I didn't want to read this book; however, my English class had to read it.",
"If I could have stopped reading, I would have done it!!!",
"If you are not American, I don't want to recommend that you buy this book.",
"I promise it is a waste of money for you!"
] |
1 | Disappointing | In the first place, contrary to the information above, this product consists of 32 maps, not 64. And that's all you get: maps, with no information as to how they fit together.Five of the maps link together to form an overland map, but there is no indication of where the city lies in relation to this. There is no overhead rendition of the city to show how it fits together. The placement of only two of the included buildings is obvious; where the other two fit is anyone's guess. Worst of all, one seven-level building is included without any hint as to how the levels fit together. Each unnumbered level has a stairway, but none of them seem to match up; the King's Temple has the architectural logic of an Escher print.In addition, the back cover copy promises "labyrinthine tunnels"; there are no tunnels at all included in this folio.This was a very disappointing purchase. You might as well spend the time drawing up your own maps as puzzling out how these maps are supposed to fit together. | 998 | [
"In the first place, contrary to the information above, this product consists of 32 maps, not 64.",
"And that's all you get: maps, with no information as to how they fit together.Five of the maps link together to form an overland map, but there is no indication of where the city lies in relation to this.",
"There is no overhead rendition of the city to show how it fits together.",
"The placement of only two of the included buildings is obvious; where the other two fit is anyone's guess.",
"Worst of all, one seven-level building is included without any hint as to how the levels fit together.",
"Each unnumbered level has a stairway, but none of them seem to match up; the King's Temple has the architectural logic of an Escher print.In addition, the back cover copy promises \"labyrinthine tunnels\"; there are no tunnels at all included in this folio.This was a very disappointing purchase.",
"You might as well spend the time drawing up your own maps as puzzling out how these maps are supposed to fit together."
] |
1 | Cliche drivel | I've watched all the Merchant Ivory productions of note including "A Room With a View", "Howard's End", and "Remains of the Day". Within the first half hour of "Cotton Mary", I couldn't believe the venerable house of Merchant Ivory let this one out the door! The usual subtlety, nuance and visual emotiveness of the actors is missing. Madhur Jaffrey offers an unimaginative performance as an Anglo-Indian stuck in the limbo of two cultures with a history of antagonism and admiration betweem them. Greta Scacchi barely drifts throught the entire movie as a naive and weak-willed wife. There is so much potential in the basic storyline but it is rendered into a soap-opera version of what should have been a poignant and bittersweet story.For those looking for a more sensitive treatment of the Anglo-Indian dilemma, look for "Jewel in the Crown", a multi-episode Grenada production which appeared in PBS in the late 1980s. It will soon be available on DVD. Don't waste your time with "Cotton Mary". | 998 | [
"I've watched all the Merchant Ivory productions of note including \"A Room With a View\", \"Howard's End\", and \"Remains of the Day\".",
"Within the first half hour of \"Cotton Mary\", I couldn't believe the venerable house of Merchant Ivory let this one out the door!",
"The usual subtlety, nuance and visual emotiveness of the actors is missing.",
"Madhur Jaffrey offers an unimaginative performance as an Anglo-Indian stuck in the limbo of two cultures with a history of antagonism and admiration betweem them.",
"Greta Scacchi barely drifts throught the entire movie as a naive and weak-willed wife.",
"There is so much potential in the basic storyline but it is rendered into a soap-opera version of what should have been a poignant and bittersweet story.For those looking for a more sensitive treatment of the Anglo-Indian dilemma, look for \"Jewel in the Crown\", a multi-episode Grenada production which appeared in PBS in the late 1980s.",
"It will soon be available on DVD.",
"Don't waste your time with \"Cotton Mary\"."
] |
1 | Piece of Junk | Nothing more I can add to the reviews that have already submitted, other than my personal experiences. The product appeared promising, but problems arose immediately after unpacking the box. The device has multiple plugs adapters for European power sockets, but I was missing the standard US 120V plug. Not a fantastic start.Emailing Joytech yielded no joy. It took them 5 business days to respond to my first email. The response was basically that I was SOL. They had stopped manufacture of the Control Center, thus they could not fix their mistake. I replied asking if they could just send a power adapter of the same voltage from one of the other devices they made, but after waiting another 3 days I was given the same answer. "We're sorry, but it is out of our power."I was able to find a universal adapter that worked for some time and the product worked for a time, but after 13 months of use, the power button stopped responding.As was mentioned in another review, you pay for what you get. | 998 | [
"Nothing more I can add to the reviews that have already submitted, other than my personal experiences.",
"The product appeared promising, but problems arose immediately after unpacking the box.",
"The device has multiple plugs adapters for European power sockets, but I was missing the standard US 120V plug.",
"Not a fantastic start.Emailing Joytech yielded no joy.",
"It took them 5 business days to respond to my first email.",
"The response was basically that I was SOL.",
"They had stopped manufacture of the Control Center, thus they could not fix their mistake.",
"I replied asking if they could just send a power adapter of the same voltage from one of the other devices they made, but after waiting another 3 days I was given the same answer.",
"\"We're sorry, but it is out of our power.\"I was able to find a universal adapter that worked for some time and the product worked for a time, but after 13 months of use, the power button stopped responding.As was mentioned in another review, you pay for what you get."
] |
1 | Poor Carburetor | I will agree with many others on this site. The unit is hard to start and will not run after a short operating time. The reason is the carburetor. The thing is poorly designed and Troy-Bilt and Briggs & Stratton will not stand behind this product.The unit comes with a two year warranty which is one reason I bought it. But when it does not start or run and you take it in they will tell you it is a carburetor problem and that it is your fault for using bad / dirty gas. They will not honor the warranty. The same gas that runs your mower, weed whacker, chain saw, pressure washer and generator just fine. They also fail to mention that the gas cap is indeed vented. The usual repair charge is $60 but after only getting 6 difficult starting uses in less than 6 months I returned it for a refund.I have never received such rude customer service as I did from Troy-Bilt. Something tells me they are used to hearing about the poor performance of this unit.Caveat EmptorI am looking at a McClane now. | 998 | [
"I will agree with many others on this site.",
"The unit is hard to start and will not run after a short operating time.",
"The reason is the carburetor.",
"The thing is poorly designed and Troy-Bilt and Briggs & Stratton will not stand behind this product.The unit comes with a two year warranty which is one reason I bought it.",
"But when it does not start or run and you take it in they will tell you it is a carburetor problem and that it is your fault for using bad / dirty gas.",
"They will not honor the warranty.",
"The same gas that runs your mower, weed whacker, chain saw, pressure washer and generator just fine.",
"They also fail to mention that the gas cap is indeed vented.",
"The usual repair charge is $60 but after only getting 6 difficult starting uses in less than 6 months I returned it for a refund.I have never received such rude customer service as I did from Troy-Bilt.",
"Something tells me they are used to hearing about the poor performance of this unit.Caveat EmptorI am looking at a McClane now."
] |
1 | SAVE YOUR MONEY | It's really sad when you buy something that you have some high expectations and proves to be other wise. The very problem I encountered with mine was that the transmitter did not securily hold tight to the dock connector of the ipod. Almost every time I had to rearange my ipod in my car the thing would come off and I would have to set up over and over again.The worse part is the VERY poor signal with my car stereo. I tried putting my ipod like inches away from the antena from my car and it was still had a lot of static. I have to admit that at times it sounds perfect, but nine out of ten the quality is horrible.Also if you go online for online support there is no answer regarding static and other issues. They only have to answers to two questions. I'm sure that they understand that this product of theirs is of poor quality and requires attention for improvement.I wished I saved my $40...since I refuse to use this poor quality equipment. I will not buy any other products from Griffin. | 998 | [
"It's really sad when you buy something that you have some high expectations and proves to be other wise.",
"The very problem I encountered with mine was that the transmitter did not securily hold tight to the dock connector of the ipod.",
"Almost every time I had to rearange my ipod in my car the thing would come off and I would have to set up over and over again.The worse part is the VERY poor signal with my car stereo.",
"I tried putting my ipod like inches away from the antena from my car and it was still had a lot of static.",
"I have to admit that at times it sounds perfect, but nine out of ten the quality is horrible.Also if you go online for online support there is no answer regarding static and other issues.",
"They only have to answers to two questions.",
"I'm sure that they understand that this product of theirs is of poor quality and requires attention for improvement.I wished I saved my $40...since I refuse to use this poor quality equipment.",
"I will not buy any other products from Griffin."
] |
1 | W O W... | I really don't know what to say... I have never, ever, in my life, seen a worse movie than this. Seriously, I'm watching it now... It's almost over, and my mouth is just hanging open due to the utter crappiness of this movie. It's beyond description. Think of the worse movie you've ever seen. Now imagine that movie was the greatest movie ever written and will ever be written. Even then, you'd have no conception of how horrible this movie is.The acting is wooden. My imitations of bad acting are better than this acting. Every scene is stale. I've seen them all before and laughed at them in the past. As was said, this movie makes Van Dam movies seem Oscar worthy. The absolute horrific acting and laughable plot are only amplified by the cheesey and overly dramatic soundtrack.That being said... everyone should have to watch this movie. Just to give you a view of the bottom of film making. This will replace your "*insert insanely better film (any film)* was the worse movie I've ever seen." | 998 | [
"I really don't know what to say... I have never, ever, in my life, seen a worse movie than this.",
"Seriously, I'm watching it now... It's almost over, and my mouth is just hanging open due to the utter crappiness of this movie.",
"It's beyond description.",
"Think of the worse movie you've ever seen.",
"Now imagine that movie was the greatest movie ever written and will ever be written.",
"Even then, you'd have no conception of how horrible this movie is.The acting is wooden.",
"My imitations of bad acting are better than this acting.",
"Every scene is stale.",
"I've seen them all before and laughed at them in the past.",
"As was said, this movie makes Van Dam movies seem Oscar worthy.",
"The absolute horrific acting and laughable plot are only amplified by the cheesey and overly dramatic soundtrack.That being said... everyone should have to watch this movie.",
"Just to give you a view of the bottom of film making.",
"This will replace your \"*insert insanely better film (any film)* was the worse movie I've ever seen.\""
] |
1 | doesn't work | Wanting to make smoothies, and knowing nothing about blenders, I did some research online and asked for help from a houseware store that I shop at frequently. The salesperson suggested I go with the 14 speed Hamilton Beach, as it is inexpensive and popular. He encouraged me to try it out and return it if I wasn't satisfied. I wasn't (I realized I wanted to be able to crush ice with without having to add liquid.) So I returned it for the 56400. Once I added my yogurt, fruit and ice cubes, I turned the 56400 on. Although it made a lot of noise, nothing was happening! I waited and waited. I used a spatula (once the blades stopped, of course). I used a spoon. Nothing! After several minutes, most of the ice cubes were still just that - cubes and and although the yogurt did blend with the raspberries, there were still some whole strawberries! I used a straw to suck up whatever I could, cleaned it and returned it. Now I'm in the market for a blender once again. I sure could use a margarita! | 998 | [
"Wanting to make smoothies, and knowing nothing about blenders, I did some research online and asked for help from a houseware store that I shop at frequently.",
"The salesperson suggested I go with the 14 speed Hamilton Beach, as it is inexpensive and popular.",
"He encouraged me to try it out and return it if I wasn't satisfied.",
"I wasn't (I realized I wanted to be able to crush ice with without having to add liquid.) So I returned it for the 56400.",
"Once I added my yogurt, fruit and ice cubes, I turned the 56400 on.",
"Although it made a lot of noise, nothing was happening!",
"I waited and waited.",
"I used a spatula (once the blades stopped, of course).",
"I used a spoon.",
"Nothing!",
"After several minutes, most of the ice cubes were still just that - cubes and and although the yogurt did blend with the raspberries, there were still some whole strawberries!",
"I used a straw to suck up whatever I could, cleaned it and returned it.",
"Now I'm in the market for a blender once again.",
"I sure could use a margarita!"
] |
1 | Total Fluff | Honestly, i'm gonna keep this review short and simple. Cause it doesn't require very much explanation. Brooke Valentine is your typical R&B; cookie cutter, manufactured "talent". A dolled up little girl with a decent voice, and loosely penned mediocre material. This girls not a talent that'll be around for ages, she'll be here today and gone tomorrow. Just like me, you may be tempted by the fact that it's under $10 bucks, but I can name about 10 albums off the top of my head that you'd be better of getting. For instance, this years most slepped on diamond in the ruff...Concrete Rose by Ashanti. Fantasia Borrino, or Mariah's latest release."Girlfight" is totally a guilty pleasure, and laughable. Yet if the entire album would've followed this formula, It would've been half decent. I find it hilarious people are selling off 'I Want You Dead' as this years 'I Hate You So Much Right Now'. That's laughable, this song is corny and not ballsy in the least. Skip this stale effort at all cost. | 998 | [
"Honestly, i'm gonna keep this review short and simple.",
"Cause it doesn't require very much explanation.",
"Brooke Valentine is your typical R&B; cookie cutter, manufactured \"talent\".",
"A dolled up little girl with a decent voice, and loosely penned mediocre material.",
"This girls not a talent that'll be around for ages, she'll be here today and gone tomorrow.",
"Just like me, you may be tempted by the fact that it's under $10 bucks, but I can name about 10 albums off the top of my head that you'd be better of getting.",
"For instance, this years most slepped on diamond in the ruff...Concrete Rose by Ashanti.",
"Fantasia Borrino, or Mariah's latest release.\"Girlfight\" is totally a guilty pleasure, and laughable.",
"Yet if the entire album would've followed this formula, It would've been half decent.",
"I find it hilarious people are selling off 'I Want You Dead' as this years 'I Hate You So Much Right Now'.",
"That's laughable, this song is corny and not ballsy in the least.",
"Skip this stale effort at all cost."
] |
1 | Oh, dear | I, too, cannot imagine who would give this weird effort 5 stars (or 4, 3, 2 or 1); I gave it one star because zero is not an option, but also because I'm sympathetic toward the actor/vocalist. Maybe another half-star would be in order because of its laugh-inducing, anti-depressant effect. Robert's "singing" is so self-conscious, mannered, and just plain awful, it's hard to believe the whole project isn't a joke. What was Sony Classical thinking? Did they just sign Robert Downey Jr. based on his notoriety? What did the people in the studio think when they witnessed this recording in-process? What does Robert's wife and friends tell him about his "music"???There is a heartfelt, poetic core to Robert's lyrics. However any potential toward acceptablity is obliterated by the train-wreck musical arrangements, and by Robert's agonizing, cartoonish voice technique.Buy this CD only as a gag gift, or if you sometimes think you're a terrible singer/musician and want to hear someone who's worse. | 998 | [
"I, too, cannot imagine who would give this weird effort 5 stars (or 4, 3, 2 or 1); I gave it one star because zero is not an option, but also because I'm sympathetic toward the actor/vocalist.",
"Maybe another half-star would be in order because of its laugh-inducing, anti-depressant effect.",
"Robert's \"singing\" is so self-conscious, mannered, and just plain awful, it's hard to believe the whole project isn't a joke.",
"What was Sony Classical thinking?",
"Did they just sign Robert Downey Jr.",
"based on his notoriety?",
"What did the people in the studio think when they witnessed this recording in-process?",
"What does Robert's wife and friends tell him about his \"music\"???",
"There is a heartfelt, poetic core to Robert's lyrics.",
"However any potential toward acceptablity is obliterated by the train-wreck musical arrangements, and by Robert's agonizing, cartoonish voice technique.Buy this CD only as a gag gift, or if you sometimes think you're a terrible singer/musician and want to hear someone who's worse."
] |
1 | the worst | This book portrays, I think, the most dysfunctional relationship I've read in any Harlequin. Plus there are typos.The Male Lead - no way could he ever be considered a hero - is verbally abusive. He calls her names, attacks her character, & demeans her right up to the very, very end, when apparently an alien takes over his body & he has a complete personality transformation. He's also physically abusive - shoves her, holds her down, forces his attentions on her. Until, of course, the Female Lead "weakens" and likes it, because she is TSTL, a doormat & easily manipulated. Until the very, very end, when she, too has a complete personality transformation. Unfortunate that neither was replaced by aliens sooner; it would've been a far better book.Plus there are typos. Off the top of my head: her noisy child is making a "bracket". An engaged woman is a "fianoe" - which is wrong twice. Many more, but that's all I can remember without searching through the book, which I will never open again. | 998 | [
"This book portrays, I think, the most dysfunctional relationship I've read in any Harlequin.",
"Plus there are typos.The Male Lead - no way could he ever be considered a hero - is verbally abusive.",
"He calls her names, attacks her character, & demeans her right up to the very, very end, when apparently an alien takes over his body & he has a complete personality transformation.",
"He's also physically abusive - shoves her, holds her down, forces his attentions on her.",
"Until, of course, the Female Lead \"weakens\" and likes it, because she is TSTL, a doormat & easily manipulated.",
"Until the very, very end, when she, too has a complete personality transformation.",
"Unfortunate that neither was replaced by aliens sooner; it would've been a far better book.Plus there are typos.",
"Off the top of my head: her noisy child is making a \"bracket\".",
"An engaged woman is a \"fianoe\" - which is wrong twice.",
"Many more, but that's all I can remember without searching through the book, which I will never open again."
] |
1 | TurboTax Tanks | I used TaxCut for years and switched to TurboTax seven years ago for one year. It miscalculated a depreciation, so I went back to TaxCut. Last year I got sick of TaxCut because it seemed to be entirely oriented to selling advice from H&R; Block.Looking for the best deal on TurboTax this year, I found a rebate from the sales price...plus [another] rebate for purchasing the new version of Quicken - or so I thought. Turns out it is one or the other. I guess that's OK, since the reviews of Quicken 2003 say stay away.Now, after the Jan 15 software update, I still can't import my 2002 TaxCut return, nor is it loading my Quicken data. Additionally, I've been searching the web for external opinions of TurboTax while waiting for their Online Chat help to answer, only to discover that the general opinion of both the TurboTax product and their product support is extremely negative.It appears that Intuit intends to go out of business because they can't put a decent product on the street anymore. | 998 | [
"I used TaxCut for years and switched to TurboTax seven years ago for one year.",
"It miscalculated a depreciation, so I went back to TaxCut.",
"Last year I got sick of TaxCut because it seemed to be entirely oriented to selling advice from H&R; Block.Looking for the best deal on TurboTax this year, I found a rebate from the sales price...plus [another] rebate for purchasing the new version of Quicken - or so I thought.",
"Turns out it is one or the other.",
"I guess that's OK, since the reviews of Quicken 2003 say stay away.Now, after the Jan 15 software update, I still can't import my 2002 TaxCut return, nor is it loading my Quicken data.",
"Additionally, I've been searching the web for external opinions of TurboTax while waiting for their Online Chat help to answer, only to discover that the general opinion of both the TurboTax product and their product support is extremely negative.It appears that Intuit intends to go out of business because they can't put a decent product on the street anymore."
] |
1 | Buyer be Aware | Ok First of all this is the first real review. I am i the first person to review this product after it's release.Ok As to product Was so excited to the release couldn't wait. even preorder this item a year before it was due to release. When it was released amazon took so long we went and got a copy at a real store. When we got home we loaded it up. After installing the normal pre menu movies came up they played perfectly. Then menu came up well here where everything feel apart. Game crashes locks up, delays on talking. I am ten minutes into the game to to it problem. I also want to meantion I have xp and all the game requierement even the sound and grafic card they recommend. The have already had a patch but it really did nothing to inprove the parts of the game that we are having problems with. I'm sure some day this game will play right. But right now I wouldn't recommend anyone buying this game. We even discussed selling this copy so we don't have to deal with this lovely product. | 998 | [
"Ok First of all this is the first real review.",
"I am i the first person to review this product after it's release.Ok As to product Was so excited to the release couldn't wait.",
"even preorder this item a year before it was due to release.",
"When it was released amazon took so long we went and got a copy at a real store.",
"When we got home we loaded it up.",
"After installing the normal pre menu movies came up they played perfectly.",
"Then menu came up well here where everything feel apart.",
"Game crashes locks up, delays on talking.",
"I am ten minutes into the game to to it problem.",
"I also want to meantion I have xp and all the game requierement even the sound and grafic card they recommend.",
"The have already had a patch but it really did nothing to inprove the parts of the game that we are having problems with.",
"I'm sure some day this game will play right.",
"But right now I wouldn't recommend anyone buying this game.",
"We even discussed selling this copy so we don't have to deal with this lovely product."
] |
1 | Don't do it | There were 4 families in our neighborhood that borrowed the same older Hoover SteamVac for years. No problem. We moved so we purchased a Bissell of our own. They responded by replacing the cheap plastic parts as they broke until the warranty was up. It was a pain it the butt. It was useless after a year and it was only in working condition for a few months.So we decided to go with a Hoover - the new model. BIG MISTAKE.Cheap plastic again. Only Hoover says it our fault the handle broke and the solution container cracked. I'm still fighting them on this.Approximately $50 plus shipping for a new solution container. Looks like it's made out the same plastic as a 2-litre bottle - only worse, it's more brittle. You can't tell me this container makes up a quarter of the cost of the machine.This is seriously flawed product as is most of the competition. The BIGGER PROBLEM is that Hoover does not stand behind it.Beware!!! Sad to say about what used to be a reputable company from my own state. | 998 | [
"There were 4 families in our neighborhood that borrowed the same older Hoover SteamVac for years.",
"No problem.",
"We moved so we purchased a Bissell of our own.",
"They responded by replacing the cheap plastic parts as they broke until the warranty was up.",
"It was a pain it the butt.",
"It was useless after a year and it was only in working condition for a few months.So we decided to go with a Hoover - the new model.",
"BIG MISTAKE.Cheap plastic again.",
"Only Hoover says it our fault the handle broke and the solution container cracked.",
"I'm still fighting them on this.Approximately $50 plus shipping for a new solution container.",
"Looks like it's made out the same plastic as a 2-litre bottle - only worse, it's more brittle.",
"You can't tell me this container makes up a quarter of the cost of the machine.This is seriously flawed product as is most of the competition.",
"The BIGGER PROBLEM is that Hoover does not stand behind it.Beware!!!",
"Sad to say about what used to be a reputable company from my own state."
] |
1 | Revolutionary | The genius in this woman is that she can take what is common knowledge and get crazy rich by dressing it up. She states the obvious - if you want to lose weight, stop eating as much, eat healthier and get some exercise. Her publisher describes this idea as "revolutionary". She misses the point. Americans LIKE to be fat. They LIKE sitting in front of the TV watching mind numbing shows, shoveling pizza down their neck. If they ever realize that their obesity will either kill them or make them ill, they will want to take a pill for it, because a sensible diet coupled with regular exercise is boring. Make no mistake, the obesity issue is here to stay. Over the next 100 years there will be zillions of new diets and books all saying the same thing. But it won't make any difference because the average American lacks the intelligence to care. The only way to stamp it out is to impose a fat tax. When people have to pay for their obesity, they'll think twice about that piece of chocolate cake. | 998 | [
"The genius in this woman is that she can take what is common knowledge and get crazy rich by dressing it up.",
"She states the obvious - if you want to lose weight, stop eating as much, eat healthier and get some exercise.",
"Her publisher describes this idea as \"revolutionary\".",
"She misses the point.",
"Americans LIKE to be fat.",
"They LIKE sitting in front of the TV watching mind numbing shows, shoveling pizza down their neck.",
"If they ever realize that their obesity will either kill them or make them ill, they will want to take a pill for it, because a sensible diet coupled with regular exercise is boring.",
"Make no mistake, the obesity issue is here to stay.",
"Over the next 100 years there will be zillions of new diets and books all saying the same thing.",
"But it won't make any difference because the average American lacks the intelligence to care.",
"The only way to stamp it out is to impose a fat tax.",
"When people have to pay for their obesity, they'll think twice about that piece of chocolate cake."
] |
1 | Terrible... | I'm a huge fan of splatter movies. I can't see why a renowned movie reviewer like joe bob briggs would say this movie is a "97 on the vomit meter." The "gory" parts of this film are all up close shots of the 'cannibals' eating their victims, meaning you can't see the victims face when they are being eaten, which therefore makes it look like the cannibals aren't even eating a person, but just horribly fake looking entrails. All of the scenes containing the alleged cannibals eating victims are shot as close ups of the cannibals' face in slow-mo. The slow-mo scenes are so overly done. Every slow-mo scene lasts longer than 2 minutes, and EVERY SINGLE MUNCHING SCENE IS IN SLOW-MO LIKE THIS!I can't say I expected much from the dubbing, but I guess I don't understand how the cannibals, whom speak a language other than English, can speak English...AVOID AT ALL COSTS!! This movie is pure filth. If you want a GOOD cannibal movie, check out Cannibal Holocaust (that's a given) or Anthropophagus. | 998 | [
"I'm a huge fan of splatter movies.",
"I can't see why a renowned movie reviewer like joe bob briggs would say this movie is a \"97 on the vomit meter.\" The \"gory\" parts of this film are all up close shots of the 'cannibals' eating their victims, meaning you can't see the victims face when they are being eaten, which therefore makes it look like the cannibals aren't even eating a person, but just horribly fake looking entrails.",
"All of the scenes containing the alleged cannibals eating victims are shot as close ups of the cannibals' face in slow-mo.",
"The slow-mo scenes are so overly done.",
"Every slow-mo scene lasts longer than 2 minutes, and EVERY SINGLE MUNCHING SCENE IS IN SLOW-MO LIKE THIS!",
"I can't say I expected much from the dubbing, but I guess I don't understand how the cannibals, whom speak a language other than English, can speak English...AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!",
"This movie is pure filth.",
"If you want a GOOD cannibal movie, check out Cannibal Holocaust (that's a given) or Anthropophagus."
] |
1 | Pure Pain | This was my first reading of a Kellerman novel, though I'd obviously heard about him for years. I can't imagine a read much more painful than this novel. He is the king of what writers call Talking Heads, just pages and pages of dialogue that go nowhere. He also loves convenience, an absolute deal killer in mystery and suspense. The characters Delaware interviews protest for a few sentences then suddenly realize they better help him. And then there are the pages and pages and pages where he and Milo have to have impossibly mundane dialogue so the author can tell you how the mystery is unfolding...because nothing in the material leads to any mystery of merit. It's also amazing that Kellerman is a psychologist and his character is one as well, and yet so often it is other characters pointing out what even amateur phsychologists or observers of human beings would know. If this is, as the jacket says, "one of the world's most popular authors", I need to go in search of the worst sellers. | 998 | [
"This was my first reading of a Kellerman novel, though I'd obviously heard about him for years.",
"I can't imagine a read much more painful than this novel.",
"He is the king of what writers call Talking Heads, just pages and pages of dialogue that go nowhere.",
"He also loves convenience, an absolute deal killer in mystery and suspense.",
"The characters Delaware interviews protest for a few sentences then suddenly realize they better help him.",
"And then there are the pages and pages and pages where he and Milo have to have impossibly mundane dialogue so the author can tell you how the mystery is unfolding...because nothing in the material leads to any mystery of merit.",
"It's also amazing that Kellerman is a psychologist and his character is one as well, and yet so often it is other characters pointing out what even amateur phsychologists or observers of human beings would know.",
"If this is, as the jacket says, \"one of the world's most popular authors\", I need to go in search of the worst sellers."
] |
1 | Baaaad Bo | I got my staff about a week ago today. When I first saw the package, I thought to myself "Aww man, they broke the staff in shipping" because the package had a good 3" bend in it. Turns out, it wasn't broken....it was just bent 3". The bend was right at a knot in the wood, which I can only guess was a sapling at one point, because the "stick" for lack of a better word tapered severly from end to end (even though the description said it was the same thickness at both ends). Also, there were "mini-knots" from where the sapling (again...just guessing) had branches pruned off and not smoothed out. The whole staff was just a sad mess. The only good thing was that when I called the company to complain, they sent me a brand new staff for free...no questions asked, which was actually pretty cool. I haven't gotten the new staff, but it should be here soon. So, I'll either have 1 bad and 1 good staff, or 2 crappy sticks that I can use to hit people who are hiding around corners....more to come. | 998 | [
"I got my staff about a week ago today.",
"When I first saw the package, I thought to myself \"Aww man, they broke the staff in shipping\" because the package had a good 3\" bend in it.",
"Turns out, it wasn't broken....it was just bent 3\".",
"The bend was right at a knot in the wood, which I can only guess was a sapling at one point, because the \"stick\" for lack of a better word tapered severly from end to end (even though the description said it was the same thickness at both ends).",
"Also, there were \"mini-knots\" from where the sapling (again...just guessing) had branches pruned off and not smoothed out.",
"The whole staff was just a sad mess.",
"The only good thing was that when I called the company to complain, they sent me a brand new staff for free...no questions asked, which was actually pretty cool.",
"I haven't gotten the new staff, but it should be here soon.",
"So, I'll either have 1 bad and 1 good staff, or 2 crappy sticks that I can use to hit people who are hiding around corners....more to come."
] |
1 | Not worth it!! | If (and that's a BIG IF) this suuuper-slim book(let) contains any unique kernels of information, they are certainly not worth your hard-earned $20. The price is especially ridiculous when you consider that there are books three times as thick, with glossy photos and a real wealth of information about Paris overall, that cost less even before any discounts. I was sorely, sorely disappointed in this book, and I am returning it first thing Monday morning. I turned around and bought the Eyewitness guide instead, which gave me some real insight into Paris as a whole, and then for that black/African-American/African angle, I did some research on the Internet, which led me to find out about the Goutte d'Or neighborhood and various restaurants of interest.As much as I griped about the price, I think even if this book were priced in the $7 - $10 range, I would still give it one star or at the most, two stars. There is simply not enough information in here for it to be much of a guide at all. | 997 | [
"If (and that's a BIG IF) this suuuper-slim book(let) contains any unique kernels of information, they are certainly not worth your hard-earned $20.",
"The price is especially ridiculous when you consider that there are books three times as thick, with glossy photos and a real wealth of information about Paris overall, that cost less even before any discounts.",
"I was sorely, sorely disappointed in this book, and I am returning it first thing Monday morning.",
"I turned around and bought the Eyewitness guide instead, which gave me some real insight into Paris as a whole, and then for that black/African-American/African angle, I did some research on the Internet, which led me to find out about the Goutte d'Or neighborhood and various restaurants of interest.As much as I griped about the price, I think even if this book were priced in the $7 - $10 range, I would still give it one star or at the most, two stars.",
"There is simply not enough information in here for it to be much of a guide at all."
] |
1 | A major let down | I loved Interview With the Vampire and I really liked Lestats character a lot so I was surprised by how Anne Rice potrays him in this book.He goes from being a complex evil character to a whiney, childesh idiot! Am I the only one that winces when he is called the "brat prince?" She made him cute, cuddley and mischievius in a little boy sort of way, a major difference from the Lestat in Interview. That lestat was more mysterious, although he loved being a vampire and accepted it(unlike Louis) you get the feeling that there is more going on in his mind than Louis can see. His character in The Vampire Lestat on the other hand is silly and can really got on your nerves.There is nothing at all disturbing or dark about him, you know he will never really do anything totally evil, hes too sweet and adorable too. Its not really that this book is so bad(compared to Menoch its a masterpiece)its just that if she wanted to write a book about a charming,charismatic vampire why did she use Lestat? | 997 | [
"I loved Interview With the Vampire and I really liked Lestats character a lot so I was surprised by how Anne Rice potrays him in this book.He goes from being a complex evil character to a whiney, childesh idiot!",
"Am I the only one that winces when he is called the \"brat prince?",
"\" She made him cute, cuddley and mischievius in a little boy sort of way, a major difference from the Lestat in Interview.",
"That lestat was more mysterious, although he loved being a vampire and accepted it(unlike Louis) you get the feeling that there is more going on in his mind than Louis can see.",
"His character in The Vampire Lestat on the other hand is silly and can really got on your nerves.There is nothing at all disturbing or dark about him, you know he will never really do anything totally evil, hes too sweet and adorable too.",
"Its not really that this book is so bad(compared to Menoch its a masterpiece)its just that if she wanted to write a book about a charming,charismatic vampire why did she use Lestat?"
] |
1 | CRAP CRAP CRAP | I swore I wouldn't read this...at least I didn't buy it. I have, in hardcover, books 1 through 9. I may...MAY...purchase book 10 (in hardcover) if it is on sale...for about $5. Not much more than that, and only so I can keep my collection intact.This book is garbage. Nothing...I mean NOTHING at all happens in it. Can you imagine writing a 700 page book and have NOTHING happen.Oh wait...sorry. There are some earth-shattering things that do happen: some women tug at their braids and chuck stuff at guys. Some guys looked all confused when women chuck stuff a them and tug their braids (the women tugging their braids, not the men, 'natch). Oh, and there is a wonderful continuation of the whole, massive, everyone-misinterprets-what-everyone-else-is-doing plout...um...thingie. Sort of like an epic Three's Company episode if, you know, the chicks had braids they kept tugging and they threw stuff at Jack.TOR needs better editors. Or at least ones with the guts to tell an author to forget it. | 997 | [
"I swore I wouldn't read this...at least I didn't buy it.",
"I have, in hardcover, books 1 through 9.",
"I may...MAY...purchase book 10 (in hardcover) if it is on sale...for about $5.",
"Not much more than that, and only so I can keep my collection intact.This book is garbage.",
"Nothing...I mean NOTHING at all happens in it.",
"Can you imagine writing a 700 page book and have NOTHING happen.Oh wait...sorry.",
"There are some earth-shattering things that do happen: some women tug at their braids and chuck stuff at guys.",
"Some guys looked all confused when women chuck stuff a them and tug their braids (the women tugging their braids, not the men, 'natch).",
"Oh, and there is a wonderful continuation of the whole, massive, everyone-misinterprets-what-everyone-else-is-doing plout...um...thingie.",
"Sort of like an epic Three's Company episode if, you know, the chicks had braids they kept tugging and they threw stuff at Jack.TOR needs better editors.",
"Or at least ones with the guts to tell an author to forget it."
] |
1 | Yuck! | Rand...has created one of the most appallingly simplistic and inadequate philosophies ever. And it's (surprise, surprise) very popular....This novel is overlong in the extreme, full of one-dimensionals, and horribly written. Pure bad with a capital B. BAD.Objectivism (I cringe even dignifying Rand's vision with its proper name) is the purest form of skunking, existentialism's great sin, creating yourself as unique and vital to the world. So even though the two philosophies are often linked (mostly by idiots), they are in direct opposition.If you're looking for literary developments of competent philosophies check out Sartre and Camus. These guys don't pull their punches, and they don't ignore the areas of life that pose problems for their ideologies.To ease up on Rand, she did write a novel I really enjoyed: Anthem. At just over a hundred pages in length, I didn't have time to puke, because she didn't have time to rant, and her constant deployment of first person plural was amusing. | 997 | [
"Rand...has created one of the most appallingly simplistic and inadequate philosophies ever.",
"And it's (surprise, surprise) very popular....This novel is overlong in the extreme, full of one-dimensionals, and horribly written.",
"Pure bad with a capital B.",
"BAD.Objectivism (I cringe even dignifying Rand's vision with its proper name) is the purest form of skunking, existentialism's great sin, creating yourself as unique and vital to the world.",
"So even though the two philosophies are often linked (mostly by idiots), they are in direct opposition.If you're looking for literary developments of competent philosophies check out Sartre and Camus.",
"These guys don't pull their punches, and they don't ignore the areas of life that pose problems for their ideologies.To ease up on Rand, she did write a novel I really enjoyed: Anthem.",
"At just over a hundred pages in length, I didn't have time to puke, because she didn't have time to rant, and her constant deployment of first person plural was amusing."
] |
1 | Useless | This book was given to me after three years of happy, successful marriage. I suspect now that the motivation stemmed more from a lack of grandchildren than any concern over my sex life with my husband. I ended up tossing it in a box to moulder after the first couple of chapters, and it certainly hasn't hurt my marriage in the least to ignore the so-called advice in it.I found the text to be utterly useless, and offensive to my intelligence and sense of worth as a woman. The biology section, though dry, was at least relatively factual. I frankly stopped reading when I discovered that the sexual technique section was horribly lacking in information and sadly out of date. There are less than half a dozen possible positions listed, and most of those are just slight variations on plain old Missionary. I don't recommend anyone limit themselves to the stiltedness in these pages. There are MUCH better guides out there.Don't bother buying this one. It's a waste of money, not to mention time. | 997 | [
"This book was given to me after three years of happy, successful marriage.",
"I suspect now that the motivation stemmed more from a lack of grandchildren than any concern over my sex life with my husband.",
"I ended up tossing it in a box to moulder after the first couple of chapters, and it certainly hasn't hurt my marriage in the least to ignore the so-called advice in it.I found the text to be utterly useless, and offensive to my intelligence and sense of worth as a woman.",
"The biology section, though dry, was at least relatively factual.",
"I frankly stopped reading when I discovered that the sexual technique section was horribly lacking in information and sadly out of date.",
"There are less than half a dozen possible positions listed, and most of those are just slight variations on plain old Missionary.",
"I don't recommend anyone limit themselves to the stiltedness in these pages.",
"There are MUCH better guides out there.Don't bother buying this one.",
"It's a waste of money, not to mention time."
] |
1 | Why? | I dont usually write reviews but I had just had to shout about how bad this movie is,there is just no point to it,all it does is try & explain what happened at the norwegian camp that we saw in the 1982 version,why? as you watch the 1982 version unfold you realise that what is happening is what happened at the norwegian camp,that was the idea,that being said I sat back half expecting to be at least mildly entertained but no chance,all the tension & genuinely creepiness of john carpenters classic is just not here,there was nothing original & it was just plain boring,if the 1982 version never exsisted this movie would be on the sci fi channel. I saw a couple of people say that they always wanted to know how the axe had come to be where it was,are you kidding me? talking like it was a true story,jeez.I just cant believe how so many people rated this 5 stars,im actually quite envious of those people,wish I was that easily pleased,this movie is terrible,plain & simple,avoid at all costs. | 997 | [
"I dont usually write reviews but I had just had to shout about how bad this movie is,there is just no point to it,all it does is try & explain what happened at the norwegian camp that we saw in the 1982 version,why?",
"as you watch the 1982 version unfold you realise that what is happening is what happened at the norwegian camp,that was the idea,that being said I sat back half expecting to be at least mildly entertained but no chance,all the tension & genuinely creepiness of john carpenters classic is just not here,there was nothing original & it was just plain boring,if the 1982 version never exsisted this movie would be on the sci fi channel.",
"I saw a couple of people say that they always wanted to know how the axe had come to be where it was,are you kidding me?",
"talking like it was a true story,jeez.I just cant believe how so many people rated this 5 stars,im actually quite envious of those people,wish I was that easily pleased,this movie is terrible,plain & simple,avoid at all costs."
] |
1 | Return to Sender | In my opinion, one of the worst movies I've seen in a long time. (I wanted to rate this movie zero stars, but Amazon only allows ratings from one to five.) While I admit that I'm not the biggest fan of Nora Ephron's directing/writing work (Sleeples in Seattle, Michael, Mixed Nuts & Hanging Up), I was willing to give this movie the benefit of the doubt because I do like Tom Hanks. Needless to say, even Hanks couldn't carry this god-awful mess. The dialogue is so sappy and forced you tend to wonder how Hanks could pull off his lines with a straight face. Meg Ryan dials in her usual "look how cute I am!" performance.Here's the plot: Hanks is involved in a buyout of the bookstore where Ryan works. Unknowingly, Hanks and Ryan engage in a cyber relationship and slowly fall in love. A good premise, but in the hands of the overrated Ephron it falls flat.This movie is marketed as a "date" movie. Do your date a favor and watch "Caligula". Even that sorry film had more romance than this fluff. | 997 | [
"In my opinion, one of the worst movies I've seen in a long time.",
"(I wanted to rate this movie zero stars, but Amazon only allows ratings from one to five.) While I admit that I'm not the biggest fan of Nora Ephron's directing/writing work (Sleeples in Seattle, Michael, Mixed Nuts & Hanging Up), I was willing to give this movie the benefit of the doubt because I do like Tom Hanks.",
"Needless to say, even Hanks couldn't carry this god-awful mess.",
"The dialogue is so sappy and forced you tend to wonder how Hanks could pull off his lines with a straight face.",
"Meg Ryan dials in her usual \"look how cute I am!",
"\" performance.Here's the plot: Hanks is involved in a buyout of the bookstore where Ryan works.",
"Unknowingly, Hanks and Ryan engage in a cyber relationship and slowly fall in love.",
"A good premise, but in the hands of the overrated Ephron it falls flat.This movie is marketed as a \"date\" movie.",
"Do your date a favor and watch \"Caligula\".",
"Even that sorry film had more romance than this fluff."
] |
1 | Horrible | This is the stupidest movie I've ever seem in my entire life. Ashley Tisdale has a horrible whiny eight year old voice. Vanessa Ann Hudgens also has a stupid whiny bratty voice. The plot is so amazingly predictable. Everyone that has a brain knows that everything is gonna go perfect. They're all gonna win all of their stupid things that they have to do like whoever Vanessa Ann Hudgens plays wins her geek compition, Troy wins his basketball game, and they win the audition. I knew what was gonna happen before I saw the movie. I can't see how anyone could like this at all. I feel sorry for all of the people that for some stupid twisted reason have a crush on the guy that plays Troy because he doesn't like girls if you know what I mean. I really hope you know what I mean because I'm not gonna say it right out unless someone gets down on their knees and begs me. You might think that I'm making this up because I don't like him but he announced it on some T.V. show most likely a talk show. | 997 | [
"This is the stupidest movie I've ever seem in my entire life.",
"Ashley Tisdale has a horrible whiny eight year old voice.",
"Vanessa Ann Hudgens also has a stupid whiny bratty voice.",
"The plot is so amazingly predictable.",
"Everyone that has a brain knows that everything is gonna go perfect.",
"They're all gonna win all of their stupid things that they have to do like whoever Vanessa Ann Hudgens plays wins her geek compition, Troy wins his basketball game, and they win the audition.",
"I knew what was gonna happen before I saw the movie.",
"I can't see how anyone could like this at all.",
"I feel sorry for all of the people that for some stupid twisted reason have a crush on the guy that plays Troy because he doesn't like girls if you know what I mean.",
"I really hope you know what I mean because I'm not gonna say it right out unless someone gets down on their knees and begs me.",
"You might think that I'm making this up because I don't like him but he announced it on some T.V. show most likely a talk show."
] |
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