You are considering whether to buy a product. You look at the reviews. Would the following review decrease or increase the chances of you buying the product? Review title: The book is a modern classic. Product review: I read Sophie's world immediately after I had read Bertrand Russell's history of western philosophy. I found Jostein Gaarder's illustrative examples in many cases to be more helpful and illuminating than Russell's and whilst Sophie's world does not provide the historical background for understanding the work of the various philosophers, it does manage to get at the heart of their ideas. As an entertaining introduction to philosophy, this work is faultless. As a novel, it has a few drawbacks but the plot has a thoroughly entertaining twist.
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You are considering whether to buy a product. You look at the reviews. Would the following review decrease or increase the chances of you buying the product? Review title: Thank God for Nellie Product review: Folks, if you are looking for songwriting brilliance than please check out this release. There is no person recording today who has any talent remotely close to her and I am certain you'll not regret buying both of her recordings. What can I say? My wife is Brazilian and loves her work...I came of age with REM and Echo and the Bunnymen and I love her stuff too. Buy her recordings. You will not regret it...unless you have no taste in music.
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You are considering whether to buy a product. You look at the reviews. Would the following review decrease or increase the chances of you buying the product? Review title: Buyer Beware: Defective Product! Product review: I purchased two of these to help organize the wiring of my large salt water aquarium. After about a month one of the units literally caught on fire and burned up one of the switches. I contacted the manufacturer and they admitted that they had sold and not recalled a bunch of these units that had the switches not wired through the fuse. They offered to exchange for another unit, but wanted me to pay shipping after they had caught on fire! Who knows if I had exchanged them if they wouldn't be defective too. I threw both of these expensive mistakes in the garbage and promptly bought name brand units and have zero issues since.
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You are considering whether to buy a product. You look at the reviews. Would the following review decrease or increase the chances of you buying the product? Review title: Timeless magnificence Product review: Indubitably one of the most prodigious philosophical luminaries ever, Voltaire amazingly, although not surpisingly, continues to resonate to new generations even today. Candide, albeit a short work, emanates incredible power. When first printed, Candide subsequently was banned by Louis XV for fear of rousing the proletariat. Upon reading Candide, one can, without doubt, ascertain why. Voltaire stresses resilience, realism, and an eschewal of blithe trust and optimism.For a short work, Candide provides more outrageously absurd events than one would deem possible. Voltaire's unremitting penchant for humorous and farcical satire makes this book an absolute necessity to read for anyone who possesses a keen mind and is up to the challenge of profound literature.
