Title: Can't we do any better than this? Review: I think these recipes are good starting points for Zone-compliant meals you might actually want to eat. Sure, they're Zone-"perfect," but who wants to eat 5 cups of collard greens with no spices except some vinegar and the ubiquitous worcester sauce? Not me. I believe if you buy this book, follow the recipes, but reproportion the vegetables and add some spices, you'll have food that you actually want to eat and is still 95% Zone-compliant. But by themselves, these recipes are really hard to take without adjusting them. In the end, you're probably better off reading about the Zone, then modifying other "real-world" recipes to make them Zone-compliant. I do it. Is the review positive or negative?
Negative

Title: For kids who will grow up into adults Review: Yes, this book is spookier than most kids' books these days. That is a good thing. Kids have always liked Brothers Grimm style works, and the trend of the last couple decades of sugar-coating fairy tales have only appeared to increase the violence of teenage horror stories (witness the Friday the Thirteenth flicks, for example). As a story about a smart young girl who battles a fully imagined and quite frightening storybook villain, Coraline is top notch; and, as far as I am concerned, such stories should be far more common than they are.For a funnier, yet comparable, take on the same subject as Coraline, try The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett, a former collaborator of the author's. Coraline and The Wee Free Men are two different takes on the subject of one young girl fighting a particular kind of reality-altering villain. Both books are excellent. Is the review positive or negative?
Positive

Title: Router not a finished product yet Review: This router has several serious bugs, the main one being it keeps loosing the internet connection through a cable modem. About every 5-10 minutes you have to reset both modems to regain the connection. A widespread and consistant problem, amoung others. See: microsoft.public.broadbandnet.hardware newgroup before you buy! No word from MS on a fix, don't seem to care. Is the review positive or negative?
Negative

Title: Very nice read Review: I really enjoyed this book. Flook's characters are strange but likable, totally imperfect creatures who definitely cross the line when it comes to engaging in socially acceptable and/or legal behavior. "Lux" is a love story of the oddest variety, and Flook's prose is engrossing (I know, this word is heavily over-used in book reviews, but it serves its purpose!). I read this book in less than a week, and I'm a busy person who doesn't have much time available to me for reading, so I clearly made an effort. Good job Ms. Flook, and I also really love the Cape Cod references, having taken a good many weekend trips up 195 and route 6 myself. Is the review positive or negative?
