|
|
|
|
|
|
HomeSudoku BooksThe Big Book of Su Doku #3: Extreme (Sudoku) |
|
|  |
| Customer Reviews: | | Average Customer Review: ( 7 customer reviews )
Write an online review and share your thoughts with other customers.
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
From the Board Games Editor at BellaOnline.com Dec 06, 2005
By Megan Romer
"EXTREME" is no joke.... these puzzles range from pretty tough to cursing-the-day-you-ever-started-doing-these-darn-things tough. Sudoku purists may not enjoy the puzzles that don't fit into the traditional 9x9 grid, but any sudoku-er who considers themselves unstumpable will thoroughly enjoy these puzzles.
This book makes a great gift for your favorite sudoku fiend!
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Not for beginners Mar 24, 2006
By Jeff Thorstad
"Spiky"
Wonderful. No fluff in this book. It begins with some tricky ones that actually require several minutes to finish and gets downright hard after that. Some take hours, and often I just quit one puzzle and come back to it another day.
The various shapes/styles are a great break from the 9x9 norm. The 6x6 puzzles are absolutely vicious. Nothing like kids 6x6 sudokus that take an advanced puzzler seconds to complete. And I love the jigsaw shapes. Watch out for the 9x9 jigsaws!
There should be more advanced sudoku books like this. As recommended by others, this should not be your first foray into sudoku. But once you are hooked on the light stuff, this is a nice challenge.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Excellent book for the advanced Sudoku solver Feb 02, 2006
By teo
"teo"
First of all, I would definitely say that if you are just beginning to learn how to solve Sudoku puzzles, I strongly suggest that you do not buy this book. Instead, I would suggest a book which focuses almost entirely on the standard 9x9 Sudoku puzzles, and which starts with easy puzzles before progressing to more difficult ones. The Big Book of SuDoku 3 starts right out with difficult puzzles, and the puzzles only continue to get harder and harder as you continue.
If you are an experienced SuDoku solver who is able to solve all but the hardest 9x9 SuDoku puzzles without too much difficulty, or if you have grown a bit tired with the standard 9x9 SuDoku puzzle, this is a great book. For me, the most appealing feature of this book is that half of the 200 puzzles in this book are different from the familiar 9x9 Sudoku. While the Maxi (12x12) and Super (16x16) puzzles are just larger versions of the 9x9 puzzles, the Jigsaw, Duplex, and Triplex puzzles actually require the solver to use different solving techniques than are used for the regular puzzles.
Overall, I give this book 5 stars as long as you're up for the challenge. While this book may not contain quite the volume of puzzles as some others, the harder puzzles can take well upwards of an hour to complete, so this book will keep you occupied for a long time.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 This books makes Sudoku even more fun Feb 24, 2006
By Nancy H. Rathke
"oldmoo"
If you like Sudoku but the puzzles seem to be getting dull, try the variants in this book. Different sizes and arrangements make new puzzles out of an old game.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
no one does sudoku better.... Dec 13, 2010
By Jan M. Goshorn
"iwantoknowyou"
Mark Huckvale is a genius with sudoku. It isn't just a book of one kind of puzzle. It's a LOT of different puzzles. Just when you think you could stand a change, turn the page and try your pencil at equally fun and challenging puzzles. Depending on your level of achievement, He has 3 different books with increasing difficulty.
I wish he'd do more, but that's not really a problem. I've done this 3rd book three times and will buy it again. You don't remember the answers! TRY IT, YOU'LL LIKE IT! Oh, I personally like the bigger books. The smaller ones are a bit small if you like to fill the blocks with numbers that could be in that block.
See all 7 customer reviews on Amazon.com
|
| | |
|
|
|
|
|
