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Essential Book of Hanjie: And How to Solve It Reviews

Customer Rating:
Summary: Disappointing
Comment: This definitely is a book for beginners. I haven't completed it, but I've done over 100 puzzles so far and have not been challenged yet. I ranked it a little higher because those new to these puzzles may find some enjoyment and challenges out of them (and again, I still have about 50 to go, and those may make up for the boredom so far). Also, be careful about skipping ahead, because the pages fall out.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Just okay...
Comment: I'm hooked on these puzzles and have many books now. This one is just okay. The others I have are much better.

If you are right-handed you may not like having the numbers on the right side and the bottom of the puzzle like the ones in this book are. My hand was always covering up the clues. This might be just the book for lefties! All of the other books I've purchased have the numbers on the left side and the top of the puzzle.

Also, some of the puzzles had very small numbers and are somewhat difficult to read if you have trouble with small print.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: One of the best
Comment: Although I wouldn't say this is the best of the hanjie/pixel puzzle books I've ever done (I prefer the conceptis puzzles) it's definitely up there. Here are my top considerations when using a hanjie puzzle book:
PAPER QUALITY: Good, can be erased easily, a little sensitive to damp, can be shiny in certain lights (makes it hard to see what you've colored in)
PICTURE QUALITY: Most of the easy pictures are rather amorphous, but that's to be expected. Some of the more difficult ones are really pretty, rather intricate but without a lot of "junk" stuff around them
DIFFICULTY LEVELS: A pretty decent spread from easy to hard. I would have liked a few more hard ones and a few less easy ones, but I'm a long time veteran. This book is good for beginners as well. My only criticism is that they weren't rated.
GRIDS: The grids were a good size. Too large and it takes too much effort and lead to color them in, too small and you get cross-eyed trying to figure out what you did...but these grids are a good size. My only criticism is that I prefer the number clues to be on the left and the top, and these are on the right and the bottom. Your hand is always in the way when you're solving it. It caused me to make some dumb mistakes!
Overall, though, I would recommend it!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: neat challenge
Comment: I have bought this for my 13 yrs old but I like it too, be sure to follow the directions it can get confusing but not to bad after you get the hang of it and are started on a right path.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great book for beginners
Comment: I had never done a Hanjie puzzle before I found this book. I'm now hooked!

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