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Everything Cryptograms Book: Fun And Imaginative Puzzles For The Avid Decoder (Everything (Hobbies & Games))

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Attention cryptograms puzzle lovers! This is a small regular-sized paperback book and the puzzles are typed in cramped together type just like what you are reading and just as small. In order to do the puzzles, you will have to copy them on a separate page and then do them. You can't do them in the book like you can in a crossword puzzle.

Too bad about this book because it looks promising. There's a nice history of cryptograms in the beginning and the puzzles are grouped in interesting ways. I bought this book because I thought it would be in similar format to the usual large sized "Everything" books. It's not.

What a dissapointment - you can't possibly do the puzzles in the book the writting is crammed and there is no room on top of the letters to put the answer. Bummer.

What a waste of money!!!! You couldn't do these puzzels with a magnifying glass! The publisher should be taken to task !
It looks well thought out in every other aspect.... but what good is it if you don't have a single space to solve in!
I want my money back!

The print is so small and there is not enough space to write the letters either above or below the cryptograms. The book is utterly useless because of that and because I tried doing the first puzzle, I could not even return the book for a refund. It was not a cheap book and I feel as though I have wasted nearly $10.00 for it. The publishers obviously do not do cryptograms or they would have printed them in a format that allows place to write.

Although the cryptograms in this book are interesting, the layout is impossible. You cannot work in the book because of the ridiculously small and tight print. I've done a few by blowing them up on a copier, but how stupid is that? If you like to do puzzles IN THE BOOK, (which is kinda the point of these books) DO NOT BUY this book!

MOST DISAPPOINTED WHEN I OPENED THIS BOOK. THE WORDS ARE SO SMALL AND THE LINES SO CLOSE TOGETHER SOLVING THESE PUZZLES WILL BE VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT RECOPYING THEM ON A SHEET OF PAPER AND THAT IS NOT WHAT I DESIRE TO DO. WHEN I PURCHASE A BOOK LIKE THIS I WANT TO SOLVE PUZZLES NOT RECOPY THE BOOK. TOM

i think amazon should stop being affiliated with this book. it is a complete joke. the print is so small and the lines are so close together you cant possibly work them. i threw mine in the garbage and kissed my money good-bye.