Is there a negative or positive tone to this product review? === Title: Excellent bread baking book Review: I've recently started baking bread by hand again (after the bread machine broke) and have had wonderful results with these recipes. Reinhart makes clear distinctions between various types of ferments - and the directions and photos are outstanding. I'm buying his other book Crust & Crumb next. You won't be disappointed. This book is a keeper. Answer:
Positive

Is there a negative or positive tone to this product review? === Title: Perfect for What it sets out to do Review: As another reviewer notes, Merton's selections are not as comprehensive as Helen Waddell's, and his introduction does not provide nearly as detailed an account of the historical and literary context of the desert fathers' sayings. This is not Merton's purpose. He is trying to give us a sense of the spiritual essence of the fathers, and he does it brilliantly. Although he is not as elegant a writer as Waddell, nor as learned, he has a much deeper intuitive understanding of the fathers' search for God and their love for each other. His selections emphasize the importance of this love and downplay the fanatical asceticism that many people associate with the fathers. Throughout his introduction, he emphasizes that love is far more important in the Christian life than either mysticism or asceticism. Thus, although a sympathetic reader may not learn terribly much about the history of the desert fathers from Merton, she will begin to understand "the wisdom of the desert". Answer:
Positive

Is there a negative or positive tone to this product review? === Title: Worth borrowing perhaps, but for me it's not a keeper. Review: This review is for the first ediion. Mr Bailey covers pretty standard ground in this little book, and in doing so he does do a better job than many other How-To-Write guides. Of course, once you've read a few of these kinds of books, you realise the competition isn't too tough.Unfortunately, Bailey has made his book by endlessly quoting others. Almost all of this book is made up of what other people have said about writing. Flannery O'Connor is quoted again, and again... the same quotes... over and over. Sure, he drives the point home, but Bailey's part is mostly glue and fluff. He seems to have little to say about writing himself.To his credit Bailey has included a pretty good story of his own, and it's the reason he gets two stars from me instead of one. I wanted the author to explain the writing of a short story in his own words, but it seems he didn't feel up to it. Answer:
