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 complete waste of time Product review: The only good thing I can say about this novel is it's a short, quick read. There is no tension, nothing frightening, and it makes little sense. A young couple buy a small farmhouse and are plagued by strangers who appear out of nowhere and wander over their property. Eventually someone in the town tells them the people were sprung from the earth and are going back again, whatever that's supposed to mean. No one in this book acts or speaks the way a real person does. This novel is 300 pages of vague descriptions and nonsensical conversations. And then it's over.
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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: Hard Case Bore Product review: If you've been following Hard Case Crime, you know they've put together a distinguished catalog of noir novels. One assumes their publication of a very bad novel by Stephen King was a deliberate mistake aimed directly at the bottom line. But there is no excuse for the Shubin book. There is no complexity, no twists, nothing going on beneath the surface, no surprises, no relationship of any kind with the traditional noir gestures. Anything suggestive of there being more going on than meets the eye, proves to be digressions that signify nothing. The characters are bland and unintersting and the plot almost nonexistent. A fifteen year old boy sexually abuses a twelve year old girl and then kills her. Fifteen years later he turns himself in and goes to prison. Big deal. If he had turned himself in at once, this book wouldn't exist, and we would all be better off.
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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: Avoid This...Like the Plague Product review: Great Gertie's Nightgown! What in the world was THIS all about? I'm given a cast of characters who are so full of loathing you can't stand a single one: Two sisters that constantly b*tch at one another; a milquetoast step mom, a father who needed to be slapped until someone's arms got tired, and a "local" who is simply there for "boinky-boinky" purposes. Lord, this was like attending a family reunion. The viewer is never told why all these children are cursed...with bad makeup...and why--after being stabbed with a piece of broken glass by one of the local darlings--the father didn't have sense enough to just get the hell out of Dodge. Let's just say this amounted to 85 minutes of my life that I'll never get back. And, as one previous reviewer pointed out, I'm glad I rented this before I decided to buy it. BIG change of heart there...
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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: Hot Item Product review: I already own a Hot Tools 3/4" curling iron and wanted one a little bit smaller (this 5/8" iron) to get to those areas of my hair which is harder to grasp. My hair is short (with the top being a little longer than the sides and back), thick and wavy and I use these irons to smooth out the waves and tame the cowlicks, rather than curl my hair.Hot Tools curling irons are the best I've ever owned/tried; they heat up quickly and get very HOT. I've only ever had to use the middle heat setting (#5) and that's plenty hot for my hair. If you want an iron that heats perfectly and curls (or smooths) your hair, get a Hot Tools product. I've had my 3/4" iron for at least 4 years and it still works fine.
