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HomeEverything ElseWill ShortzThe Giant Book of Sudoku Presented by Will Shortz: 300 Wordless Crossword Puzzles |
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36 of 36 found the following review helpful:
 Giant Book of Sudoku, but wait, there's more! Nov 02, 2005
By jqr
"Know what free advice is worth"
This Sudoku treasury has 60 each of "Light and Easy," "Moderate," "Demanding," and "Beware! Very Challenging" puzzles. It also has six different types of bonus puzzles, 10 each: Super Sudoku, which are 12x12 grids, subdivided into 12 little 4x3 grids, "Up and Down", "Spiral Galaxies," "Alternate Corners," "Snaky Tiles," and "End View."
The Up and Down are worked on a grid, like Sudoku, with each number unduplicated in its row and column. The object is to fill in all the subdivided blocks with numbers in order. Spiral Galaxies is worked on a grid but with no numbers; the object is to draw symmetrical tiles that completely cover the board. Alternate Corners is another numberless puzzle; the object is to draw a line through all squares on the board, turning at certain cells. Snaky Tiles is another spatial puzzle with numbers as reference points. End View asks the solver to put letters in the puzzle so that each row or column has all the letters. Certain rows and columns have letters at the margins; those letters are the first letters in from those margins, as if the puzzle was turned on end.
These other puzzles I feel are a nice little change from the sudoku mindset. I don't know if I'd want a whole book of Snaky Tiles, but a couple here and there are fun.
The Sudoku puzzles are on the same scale as Sudoku Easy to Hard, the other Shortz book of puzzles. The book is nicely laid out with one puzzle per page and plenty of room to work them and make notes.
The only downside of this book is that it is a little thick for casual solving; it doesn't fit in a pocket. You can, of course, tear out the puzzle pages and take them with you. If you like Sudoku puzzles, this is a good book to get and grow on. Happy solving and good luck!
20 of 21 found the following review helpful:
 Big and clumsy Dec 02, 2005
By Graeme
If you have solved Sudoku puzzles before, this book just contains too many easy puzzles, the hard ones aren't that hard either. And on top of that it is huge! Not practical to bring with you and a bit clumsy to hold when you are solving the puzzles. I prefer his other books to this one.
6 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 Not too bad Dec 14, 2005
By jambajamba
I agree it's a bit big, but on the other hand you get all the puzzles you'll ever need - maybe even a bit more than you need, but then you can do what we did and rip the puzzles out and split them between family members. I know, it's an awful thing to do to a book, but still... In summary, high quality puzzles, just like we've come to expect.
3 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Will Shortz May 30, 2006
By A. Vaughan
Will Shortz, need I say more, what he touches turns to gold, he and Carol Vorderman are greatest.
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
New to Sudoku Feb 02, 2007
By Kristen
"Puzzle fan"
This is a great book. I'm starting with the easy puzzles and working my way up to the harder ones. I bought one for my dad and he is now addicted as well.
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