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Is there a negative or positive tone to this product review? === Title: Far From Being Up To Par! Review: I've been a big fan of Richard North Patterson's books over the years. Some of his books are among my all-time favorites. However, Protect And Defend is a a far cry from being among his best. As a matter of fact, this book falls near the bottom of the pack. Instead of being focused on creating an interesting and compelling story line with well-developed characters, for which Patterson had previously been noted, Protect And Defend is much too focused an expounding (ad nauseum, at times) on the issue of abortion, and does so at the expense of a rich plot. Too often I found myself skimming through the pages in order to search for the "story." Unfortunately, this task became too tedious and unrewarding, and I had to give up on the book about about two-thirds of the way through. Unless you have a burning desire to read a treatise on the pro-life/pro-choice issue, I'd suggest that you skip this book. Answer:
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Is there a negative or positive tone to this product review? === Title: Delightful Review: One of the richest chocolate bars I've come across. I describe it a "slow eating" candy bar. Kinder has done it again. Answer:
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Positive


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Is there a negative or positive tone to this product review? === Title: Not a new translation .... Review: As far as I can tell, this is not a new translation of "La fortune des Rougons." There are superficial changes -- much of the first chapter, for example, seems to be newly translated, and the book throughout uses "Parc" instead of "Aire" when describing the St-Mettre field -- but mostly this is just the same old 19th century Vizetelly translation word-for-word. And Vizetelly wrote that he altered one out of every three sentences! The Emile Zola Society is advertising these new books as newly translated, but this is very misleading in the extreme. A new English translation of this book is desperately needed and way overdue. And the Emile Zola Socity should be on the forefront of making that happen. But alas! What a disappointment! Answer:
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