Ques: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: Something is missing in this book, it's hard say what. Product review: I have read all of the "Prey" books. This book does not, exactly, meet up to the standards of previous books. Lucas Davenport is not the "loose cannon" that he was in the past. The search for the villain is not as compelling. I felt that another character in the book should have, either been the murderer, or, at least, an accomplice. This mystery woman could have been the missing element. John Sandford is one of my favorite authors. He seems determined to rehabilitate Lucas Davenport. (He tried in Winter Prey, and now, again in Secret Prey.) Maybe, he needs to read Mickey Spillane and make Lucas more like Mike Hammer, like he was in Eyes of Prey and Silent Prey, the best books of this series, by far.

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Ques: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: Not again... Product review: The author shows little understanding of Saudi women and culture, relying on Orientalist stereotypes for his story. This book is based solely on the author's imagination - after all, as a man it would have been impossible for him to gain access to women's social circles. We don't need yet another fantasy about the plight of 'poor, oppressed, invisible' Saudi women.

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Ques: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: Excellent DVD Collector's Set! Product review: Finally! This television masterpiece has come to DVD in a nicely packaged and digitally remastered presentation. I'm not sure what the problem was with Mr. Stewart's player, but the discs all play beautifully on the several players I've tried them in. And the color restoration and remastering provides the clearest and best picture I've ever seen. Based on Evelyn Waugh's classic novel, Brideshead is an elegant and unforgettable story set in the fading years of the British Empire and stars Jeremy Irons and Anthony Edwards in career-making roles. I'm a little disappointed not to see an interview with Irons on the DVD, but the *real* reason to buy this is for the series itself. It's well worth revisiting, again and again.

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Ques: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: A good read Product review: In 1775, a former officer in the British army who had retired in 1772 and took up farming on the Hudson river just above York City (pop. about 22,000) was asked by the Colonial Council to serve as a leader for his new country. He accepted, an army was quickly formed and thy proceeded up the Hudson, past Ft. Ticonderoga, Crown Point and on to Quebec. On a bitter cold evening on Dec.30, they finally tried to storm Quebec. He was killed, they lost, but by tying up the British forces foe almost a year, it kept them from sending supplies and reinforcements to Boston where General Washington had his hands full. So in a way it was a victory. It also describes the hardships of an army in severe weather. It also makes one think, if the battle had went the other way, under what conditions might we be living today.Book well researched. A. L. Todd deserves a pat on the back for his effort.

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