Question: 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: Poor ending after huge build-up Product review: This is an excellent book, fast paced, rivetting and all the other nice things reviewers always write.The BIG PROBLEM ... in the last 10 pages everything falls apart. It would seem that the author did not want to give readers the end they expected, but, the whole book 'falls on its face' in the last pages. Ludlum could at least have been more creative ...
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Question: 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: Start your own Import/Export Business Product review: The authors of this book could not make up their minds "should this be a joke or serious book" their choice was to make serious subjects into a joke and thus made a truly worthless book. It got to the point where I was so upset at having to read 6th grade jokes (sorry 6th graders, you are probably much more clever) that any information was lost. You can learn as more about the import/export business by going to the store and reading shipping labels.
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Question: 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: What did I miss? Product review: I know it won the Pulitzer and much critical acclaim but I think it is terrible. I bought this before it won the Pulitzer based simply on my regard for McCarthy's earlier work. I think his Blood Meridian and Border Trilogy are great works but I cannot say the same for "The Road". I read it twice (thank goodness it is a shorter work) and failed to find any redeeming qualities.In my opinion, "The Road" failed on many levels: the thematic content was as barren as the landscape the novel depicts, McCarthy's attempt at minimalism was sophomoric, and fictional continuity was appallingly lacking(all animals are dead except man?) Of course, any novel depicting apocalypse will evoke some human emotion just as visiting a slaughterhouse will evoke much emotion - but neither can be rightfully called art simply because they evoke strong emotions. I expect art to also entertain, enlighten, and provoke deeper thought; I did not experience any of these with "The Road".
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