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: Just awful! Product review: What were those other reviewers thinking??? Great idea, horrific execution. The characters are ridiculously 2-dimensional, without a genuine characteristic among them (a HIV-infected, former porn star? Give me a break!!) The writing is an embarassment -- when the author is not using every cliche known to man he's ridiculously mixing his metaphors. And he has taken every overused plot devise he could possibly think of -- AIDS, murder, competition between brothers -- and thrown them all together as if this were some kind of literary blender.There's nothing I like more than historical fiction. But a work as inept as this can't even be enjoyed for its entertainment value. Skip it, skip it skip it!!
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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: Just the Cheese (butter flavor) oven roasted natural cheese Product review: I was very disappointed with the harsh, almost "burnt" taste of this snack. As a low carb eater, I was looking forward to a crunchy, cheesy snack that would satisfy my "crunch craving". It is crunchy, but the flavor is terrible. Don't waste your money.
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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: perpetuates gender stereotypes, stifles creativity Product review: putting aside the obvious fact that this is a "god" toy, i agreed to buy it for my cousin's daughter, who loves the little toy animals. before i saw it on amazon, i assumed that it would come with several pairs of identical animals. (of course, it doesn't really come with animals at all -- you have to buy those separately -- !) instead, it comes with a "plain" "boy" animal and its "blushing" "pink" "girl" counterpart -- ! what, boys don't blush? boys don't have pink ears? the ones i know sure do. why should we impose gender stereotypes on (a) poor little plastic animals and (b) impressionable wee ones? please, bypass this ridiculous toy, and let our children figure out for themselves who they and the rest of the living things on this planet are.
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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: HD-DVD Issue Product review: I bought the HDDVD version and also had issues with the disc. Unlike the other HDDVD review I read who's disc froze in the special features, my disc froze in the main movie, right as they enter the factory. This is about the worst timing, Im already into the movie, loving the HD picture, and then nothing further right when it gets to the most visually stunning part. I was bummed, still am. At least I bought it post HDDVD demise, so it only cost a couple dollars. I put the HDDVD in the drive within 15 seconds of removing the shrinkwrap, so it is not fingerprints or anything on my part. I use the xbox360 HD Drive with a 360.
