Q: 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: Remember when they were a rock band? Product review: Capitalizing on the success of 1989's "Cycles," the Doobies followed with this set. While "Dangerous" made the only real inroads on radio. There are enough worthwhile tracks here to justify this as a completion to your Doobies collection. It may take a couple of listens before you're fully into this one, but take the time, it's well worth it.
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Q: 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: Terribly Disapopinting Product review: "Watch your step. Keep your wits about you; you will need them." The opening lines warn the reader well. I certainly needed my wits and perseverence as well to get through the 898 pages of this book. I feel misled by the customer and book reviews for this novel as I found most of the characters unappealing and the plot aimless after the first half of the book. The time period and the raw, graphic description of the life and times in the sordid sections of Victorian London is compelling. However, except for Sugar, the Rackham characters (family, servents, etc.) are extremely weak and unappealing. If they are indeed representative of the norm for that time, it is a miracle England survived to the 21st century as a superpower. For a far shorter (and less painful) depiction of similar time and circumstances I would suggest the Dress Lodger.
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Q: 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: Far and away the most boring book in the series Product review: I have every single Ring Of Fire book, and in general, the series is among my favorite sci-fi works. Except for this one. This book is not only almost unrelated to the rest of the series internally, it consists of a series of incredibly inane anecdotes about raising sheep and rabbits. Certainly the dullest sci-fi book I own. The ONLY reason to read this one is because it's referenced from later works, in particular 1635 - The Dreeson Incident. You'd think that a character in a sci-fi novel should have a story at least as interesting as a normal person in real life - and this book sure misses that goal. Unless you're really, really keen on reading short children's stories about anthropomorphic rams (the sheep kind), this book is sure to disappoint.Skip this one - you'll thank me later.
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Q: 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: One hell of a live act. Product review: Anyone can see (ehrm, hear) the unbelievable power of Ian Curtis' voice and words from Joy Division's studio albums. But lest you doubt they could put on one hell of a show, here's this fine CD to quell your groundless doubts. Overall, the recording quality is better than on Preston, and certainly enough to capture the intense energy of the legendary band. And that's basically all you need to know - if you've already heard the songs from the studio albums (probably, if you're considering this CD now), I don't need to sing their praises to you. Suffice it so say - lyrical obscurity or not, Curtis' emotion is unbelievable, and very, very few singers have ever even approached his level in the twenty years after his suicide.
