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 Lacks lessons Jul 15, 2009
I ordered this book thinking it contained lessons beyond the obvious basics. Not so, Just a book of puzzles. Despite a high IQ I remain Sudoku challenged!
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 Wide range of sudoku difficulty Jul 13, 2008
This book includes 270 traditional sudoku puzzles (50 each "beginner," "very easy," "easy," "medium," and "medium-hard," finishing up with 20 "hard"). Since the book is intended for beginners, it is heavily weighted toward the easier puzzles. In general, I had no quibble with the difficulty ratings (in a book's worth of puzzles, I typically end up with a couple of easy ones that become hard because I missed the obvious, and a couple of hard ones that seem to almost solve themselves because I stumbled on the key cell's value).
There are four puzzles per page, but the pages are large enough that the cells are adequately sized (not generous, but adequate, especially given the high percentage of easier puzzles, where one doesn't end up writing lots of tiny numbers in lots of cells). For purists, the givens are arranged symmetrically (which I'm sure doesn't matter in the least to beginners). The one-page introduction to solving sudoku seems a little brief for the intended audience (beginners).
As for the claim that it exercises your mind, and the back cover blurb ("Don't let your brain get flabby from underuse! ..." ), who knows? It can't hurt. I do have one experience. Recently while getting my hair done, I was working on sudoku. My hairdresser said that she had tried the ones in the daily paper a couple of times, but given up (the paper had just the puzzle, with no explanation). I walked through a couple of puzzles with her, and she's now hooked, and believes that it has improved her memory.
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Quite puzzling.... Jan 09, 2007
Let me begin by stating that I don't feel that I am THAT old to be using anything endorsed by the AARP! I chose this Sudoku book over some others because it's spiral bound; and that's an attractive feature to have when you're talking about needing to keep your book open without having to use heavy dictionaries to do so. If you love a good challenge, and enjoy puzzles that test your logic, this is the book for you. However, even if you are a bit reticent about your abilities, this book begins on an easy level and gradually becomes more challenging. After awhile, you will be stunned at how well you can detect patterns, and how well you can strategize to solve Sudoku. The hardest part may be pronouncing the word, "Sudoku".
1 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Sudoku to Exercise Your Mind (AARP) Jan 05, 2007
Excellent puzzle book. Just what I wanted to hone my ability to solve this type of puzzle.
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