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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: The defensive tone of this book is a big negative. Product review: One point I'd like to make is that NO ONE knows the full extent of everything that happened up on Everest that day. Not Krakauer, not Boukreev, NO ONE. It's laughable for a reader to say that one account is more accurate.Having said that, I think that the overall defensive tone of The Climb gets old quickly. While The Climb offers a fresh perspective and new insights, it would've been much more enjoyable if the authors did not spend so much effort trying to refute Krakauer's account. At least Krakauer was willing to admit his mistakes.
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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: Great backpack - perfect for my middle-schooler Product review: After buying a backpack for my son at a chain office supply store that fell apart two weeks into the school year, I was wary about buying a backpack sight unseen. The backpack purchased here has held up beautifully. Holding tons of books and binders, water bottle and all the things middle-schoolers stuff into their packs, it is sturdy and very roomy. Would buy this brand again!
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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: Authors are extremely verbose Product review: These authors wrote as if they were paid by the number of words. The gist of the book is that suicidal patients should be treated with Cognitive Behavior Therapy. Change a few words here and there and the book could be CBT treatment for just about any Axis I diagnosis. They spend a lot of time reviewing literature on CBT. They repeat the same ideas over and over again throughout the book. What little they had of substance on suicidal behavior would be best presented in a small pamphlet rather than a book. The book also seems to assume that the client is high functioning, and articulate. In my opinion, this book is written to impress rather than inform. I bought the book because David Barlow is listed as the editor. I am greatly surprised that David H. Barlow would allow his name to appear on such a poorly written book.
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