Title: A novel that makes you shiver. Review: Trifonov's novel tells the story of a group of Moscow friends who grow into adulthood against the backdrop of Soviet Russia from Stalin through to Brezhnev's time. Trifonov uses two narrators, and their contrasting viewpoints make the betrayals and the corruptions necessary for individuals to survive in that time, especially poignant. The moral decay of the individual living in Soviet society and the use of history and truth as a football, are chilling. It is unfortunate that this novel is out of print because it is certainly one of the better novels to come out of the Soviet Union in its dying days. Is this product review negative?

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Title: Dear Mr. Clancy: Start over with Red October. Review: Clancy's stories are always a bit fanciful and his characters larger than life. This book leaves behind the intricated detail of military and intelligence operations. No "Jonesy" carefully manning the sonar phones. No Bart Mancuso running a tight ship to keep America safe. Instead, we have a wildly improbably story of a renegade retired senator killing people he and his colleagues have concluded might be funding terrorists. The trained assassins do this with just a few weeks' training and no apparent knowledge of the foreign countries into which they are dropped.Clancy's churning them out too fast. There is little thought to character or even the customary fascination with all things military. Not worth the trip to the library let alone a trip to the bookstore. Is this product review negative?

Answer: Yes


Title: Cute bowls Review: I bought this just to complete the set, but I have to admit it's not too practical being that it's metal. Plastic would be much more versatile. It is good to hold cookies though. Is this product review negative?

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