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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: Disappointed in disjointed unemotional novel Product review: I'd read one other book by Chabon, Summerland, and so I came to this book with high expectation. Those expectations were dashed. Though I found the beginning of the book interesting, the story lost steam once Josef reached New York. For me, the trouble with this novel can be summarized as follows: Too much telling, not enough showing. We're constantly told how the characters react and the effect is a bloodless, lifeless novel about characters I wanted to care about but didn't. The overuse of obscure words was not something I felt added anything to the novel other than impresse me with the author's pretensions.
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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: Cute, Funny, Clever! Product review: I just happen to stumble onto this book at a little beach bookstore and I fell inlove with it! Confessions of a Shopaholic is a cute, funny, even romantic, story about Rebecca Bloomwood who has a serious shopping problem and better yet is in debt up to her elbows! I couldn't put the book down and finished it that same day I bought it. I have already ordered Shopaholic takes Manhatten and Shopaholic Ties the Knot! You won't be disappointed! I'm just sorry that I didn't find this book sooner!!
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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 miracle "off switch" for crying Product review: Our baby daughter is not colicky, but like all newborns has times when she's screaming like the world is coming to an end. Thanks to the techniques in this book, we discovered the position in which we can hold her, and the two other things we do at the same time, that shut down her crying within 10 seconds. Dr. Karp calls it the calming reflex, but whatever you want to call it, it allows the baby to calm down enough to eat (and hopefully sleep!). New parents will find this book well worth the money. And it makes a great baby shower gift!The DVD is a great companion to the book, because you see visual and auditory proof that the techniques work, and you see a visual demo of proper swaddling technique. We have both and I'm glad we do.
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