Title: Irritating and annoying. Product review: I picked up this book because I wanted some light reading for a trip to the mountains. Sounded like an interesting premise--three female friends with a 20 year history and the disappearance of one of them to add a bit of mystery. I love books about relationships but there was no substance or real connection among these women. How pathetic must Kayla be that she needs the so called friendship of Val and Antoinette? Val is totally selfish. Antoinette is completely withholding and incapable of any kind of warmth. And yet Kayla speaks of "the strength of their friendship" and calls them her "best friends." The book is an insult to women who know the depth, intimacy and support of real friends. A totally unsatisfying read. Would you say this review depicts the product in a flattering or unflattering light?
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Title: If you have a choice, skip this one. Product review: The most interesting thoughts in this book are presented when she accidentally describes someone else's idea succinctly.The book is shockingly-zalabakly poorly written. It is ironic that a book about communication is a such an embarrassingly messy thicket of thorny, tangled syntax.Or, to put it in the author's own words, "Taken as a whole, these definitions and issues help us understand organizations from their structure and from the ways they continually create and change what they do and how they do it." (Page 15)Shockley-Zalabak finds new and innovative ways to say nothing at all in the most circuitous, ham-fisted manner. Would you say this review depicts the product in a flattering or unflattering light?
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Title: Lacks a Lot, or even more if there was more to loose . . . Product review: This movie can be summed up in one word: lame. If you're a sci-fi buff or love aliens of any form, just please don't waste your time. It's like watching grass grow with the only thrill of seeing those lame characters get their, ahem, well . . . , die. I actually found myself rooting, no pun intended, to have all the characters get wasted by alien bad-dudes with glowing blue eyes. Would you say this review depicts the product in a flattering or unflattering light?
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Title: A must for any history lover Product review: Published by National Geographic, this is a history book that takes many taken-for-granted events (such as Columbus and Pearl Harbor) and completely re-tells the event using recently discovered or little known evidence. Set up in the form of question and answer, it takes about twenty points in history and re-examinens them, leaving you astounded and wondering how much about history you really do know.I enjoyed this book a lot, especially since history interests me, although I wouldn't give it five stars. Some of the events examined, such as Stonehenge and the pyramids, didn't provide that much new information but seemed simply to end up confirming knowledge that many people already know or would with basic research. But other points in history, such as the death of Napolean or the possibility of the Chinese discovering America, was completely new and extremely interesting. Maybe not worth buying new but definitely used. Would you say this review depicts the product in a flattering or unflattering light?
