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Title: Too annoying to be entertaining Review: I don't understand the many 5-star ratings for this book. The cover gives away that this is a story about hominids having survived into 21st century Africa (not only one, but two species, as we learn later). Next, the author tells us within the first five pages what this story is about: hominids mating. Then there are the dumb dialect of some of the African characters - "After we kill dem, do we pull out deir teeth and put dem on da imami tree for luck?" (p. 494) - and the repeated descriptions of hominid reproductive organs.I could forgive the cliche characters, predictable story, and hominid (and human) sexual activities if the book were at least well written, but the narrative is a disaster. It hops haphazardly from one character to the next from a poorly executed 3rd person omniscient point of view, and the author has apparently never heard of the writing maxime "show, don't tell". Does this product review convey a negative or positive sentiment?
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Negative


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Title: Excellent book, even better price Review: Per the last comment, of course this book is outdated...it was written back in 1998! But what a find for [this price] on Amazon! Especially if you do have older systems, like I do.I have two older computers and my father has one too that had older browsers. We were having a hard time finding anyone who would provide us with help on them and many of the new verions of software just don't work right with old browsers.The real world examples I loved and although most of the links are now outdated, I had no trouble finding most of the software I needed. More suprising, I had problems with one product and thought I'd email the author, not thinking she would write back! Not only did she answer all my questions, but gave me some great tips on a windows problem I was having.Excellent book and fantastic author. Wish I could give it more stars. Does this product review convey a negative or positive sentiment?
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Positive


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Title: BEAUTIFUL AND ENTHRALLING MUSIC! Review: Five Stars!! I have not heard this CD but I ran across an hour long performance by Ms Teng on PBS. Just her and her awesome piano and it stopped me in the middle of a Sunday night football game. (Thank God for PIP). She sang most of the songs on the CD before an appreciative audience. She reminds me of Laura Nyro and Essra Mohawk, which is a huge compliment in my musical universe.Her music is very personal, bewitching, and immediate, backed by the enthralling colorations of her piano orchestrations. On the TV special, she tells the very interesting stories behind each song. I consider her to be a major musical find and I will follow her career. My favorite songs of hers are the spellbinding "Harbor" and the stunning "Passage". Bravo, Vienna. Five Stars. Does this product review convey a negative or positive sentiment?
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