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 Worst of Egyptology Product review: While Dr. Saleem is certainly heartfelt in his presentation of the material, his work is marred by the long standing 19th century biases and a totally bizarre sense of linguistics.Much of what Saleem says reads as if taken directly from the works of Budge and the Theosophists. The idea of a "esoteric monotheism" of ancient Egypt is unsupportable being rooted in long standing western cultural biases that look upon magic and polytheism as 'primitive' (How could Egypt be both advanced and polythiest? Take a look at Japan and find out). If you want to take an irresponsible and distorted New Age headtrip and pretend your learning about Ancient Egypt, read this book. If you would rather get a sense of the real mystery, power, beauty and magic of Egypt, read Bob Brier.
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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: Jensen Bluetooth Headphones - I'd rather have two cans and a piece of string. Product review: These things sound AWFUL. I am a professional live sound and studio engineer and these headphones cannot reproduce anything above 2kHz or below 400 Hz, meaning they have no treble and no bass; they are all midrange. Perhaps this would be good for phone conversations (although your home telephone probably has better high frequency response), but it is God Awful for music. I wouldn't recommend these things to my worst enemy.
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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: I was disappointed after such a long wait. Product review: I am twelve and have read all the books cover to cover. It took me until today to finish this very long and somewhat boring book. Harry has become nasty and the other characters are not much better. I have seen a lot of the sentences in other books, and the magic has left both the plot and the writing. I think Mrs Rowling should make the next book shorter and better.
