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Monster Book of Japanese Puzzles: Masyu, Nurikabe, Hitori, Sudoku and Kakuro

 
 
Monster Book of Japanese Puzzles: Masyu, Nurikabe, Hitori, Sudoku and Kakuro
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Monster Book of Japanese Puzzles: Masyu, Nurikabe, Hitori, Sudoku and Kakuro

2.5(14 customer reviews)

Sudoku and kakuro are the fun and addictive logic puzzles that have been driving you mad. But if you thought they were the greatest puzzles to sweep the world, wait until yoou try 'hitori', 'nurikabe', and 'masyu' - three NEW sometimes maddening but always fun Japanese puzzles.

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Product Details:
Author: Michael Mepham
Paperback: 528 pages
Publisher: Overlook TP
Publication Date: March 10, 2006
ISBN: 1585678325
Package Length: 8.8 inches
Package Width: 6.1 inches
Package Height: 1.4 inches
Package Weight: 1.0 pounds
Average Customer Rating: based on 14 reviews
 
 

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Average Customer Review:2.5
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2Duplicate Puzzles  Jan 08, 2010
As an avid Kakuro solver I found the kakuro puzzles some of the toughest I've seen. I also enjoyed the variety of other puzzles in the book. Even some Sudoku are quite difficult. And I'm a guy who tends to start with the toughest first.

I am disappointed in several things though. The solutions to the Hitori are inaccurate and there is much repetition in the puzzles. I have not actually looked for duplicates but have found a half dozen or more *exactly* duplicated puzzles.

3Granddaughter gift  Dec 22, 2009
Sorry I can't properly evaluate this book as it was a gift to my granddaughters and I didn't work any of the puzzles. I'm sure they will comment later and I then can provide their evaluation.

1Too many errors to be much fun  Aug 26, 2009
I enjoy various of the kinds of puzzles presented here, particularly Masyu. But about 10% of the puzzles in this book fail to have a unique solution, which every one of them is supposed to have, and after a while that becomes intolerable. There are other books that feature each of these kinds of puzzles, and I recommend that you buy those instead.

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1Yuck!!!!!!!!!!!!  Jan 02, 2009
This book just is not fun or in an way correct!!!!!! I want my money back.

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2Nice idea, but the puzzles have problems  Aug 21, 2008
Really the only good thing I can say about this book is that it introduced me to a variety of puzzles beyond Sudoku. Being a fan of Sudoku, I was excited to learn about some other Japanese puzzles. I flipped through this book in a bookstore and it seemed like a good purchase, but after having spent quite a few hours with this book I discovered the same problems other reviewers have, e.g. wrong solutions, multiple solutions, repeat puzzles, ambiguous difficulty, etc. It's been an annoying journey with this book.

If you are interested in Masyu, Nurikabe, Kakuro, or Hitori, look somewhere else.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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