Title: good starter book - bad plans Product review: This book is great for beginners in that it introduces and familiarizes readers with tools, lumber, and techniques. In fact, I would go as far as to say it's a great motivator to start building your own projects. As far as the plans in the book go, I recommend either redoing measurement calculations on lumber and hardware, or finding plans elsewhere. I built the lawn chair, and found some measurements to be wrong in lumber and in the screw lengths. I wrote down the corrections as I went along, and found that my second chair only took me a fraction of the time to make, compared to the first. Looks great! Just be careful if you're using the plans! Good luck. Would you say this review depicts the product in a flattering or unflattering light?
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Title: My first Wickham/Kinsella disappointment Product review: Having discovered Wickham after reading the entire Kinsella collection, I was excited to learn she'd written more. I devoured Cocktails for Three and excitedly purchased The Gatecrasher hoping for another great read. I was sorely disappointed - by the ending. I throroughly enjoyed the story, even if it is a little dark, until the end. It reminded me of sitting in class as a child when charged with writing a story. I'd write a long, drawn-out story and then get tired and wrap it all up in one paragraph, just to finish. That's what The Gatecrasher felt like to me - Wickham just ended it in one page! There was great character and plot development and then it felt like she just got tired and ended it - very disappointing, especially considering how artful she is at getting Becky Bloomwood out of a bind. I will read more Wickham but with a cautious eye. Would you say this review depicts the product in a flattering or unflattering light?
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Title: Rush Hour 2 - -Rush Chris Tucker out of the Film Industry!! Product review: Pretty decent second outing with the pair trying to thwart an illegal counterfeiting operation and a subplot of Jackie Chan's character on a vendetta to find the man who killed his father. There's a lot of great stunt work, shootouts, action, and chase scenes with locations in Las Vegas, Hong Kong, and L.A., but any movie with Chris Tucker, gets an automatic 1 star. Chris Tucker plays the same character in all his films. Ever since he ruined THE FIFTH ELEMENT (people thought Jar-Jar Binks in SW-The Phantom Menace was annoying), any movie Chris Tucker (even the first RUSH HOUR) is in...STINKS!! For all those who agree, watch JACKIE BROWN, Chris Tucker gets oft in the first half hour of the film. (Samuel Jackson sticks him in the trunk of an automobile and does a James Cagny on him. That was funny!!) Jackie Chan is as great and engaging as usual..too bad Chris Tucker isn't. Would you say this review depicts the product in a flattering or unflattering light?
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Title: if only it wouldn't break Product review: We liked the popcorn popper the 2 times it worked before the stirring rod broke off. Except, we didn't like that the butter did not really drip down from the "well". You put butter on top of the lid and it's supposed to drip into the popper. Instead, the butter sat there and halfway started to drip, then made the lid hard to clean. Bad design. Anyway, about our 3rd usethe stirring rod broke off! Pooey. Would you say this review depicts the product in a flattering or unflattering light?
