Customer Reviews

Humorous Cryptograms

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There's a real reward doing these humorous puzzles, a good chuckle at the end. I'm a cryptogram nut these days and I found this one a real hoot. Each puzzle rated a least a smile and at most a belly laugh. If you like this kind of puzzle, by all means get this one. Oh yes, the pages are nice and sturdy, so you don't have to worry about making holes in the paper when you erase.

I found this book to be error-free. It has page after page of puzzles to work on hour after hour. I recommend it for those who love cryptograms.

For the novice, a clue is provided for each puzzle at the end of the book.

I have had to buy several copies for family members who share my addiction to this clever type of puzzle.

There are enough puzzles to last days and days and days. That beat working 20 in a puzzlebook, and then having to buy a new puzzlebook. I like all cryptograms. This book was written for me!

This inexpensive, sturdy, entertaining book contains 400 humorous, comical and sometimes even witty quotes, drawn from a myriad of personalities and encoded in challenging substitution cipher, guaranteed to keep you busy for hours.

It also includes an introduction with general hints for solving cryptograms and, for those who take a wrong turn, two sections with clues on the solution of each puzzle. The full solutions are presented at the back of the book, along with an index of authors and quotations for those searching for quotes from one or another individual in particular.

The puzzles vary in difficulty, and you will find yourself using your intuition, your knowledge of spelling and syntax, and even your familiarity of each quoted individual to figure them out.

If you love cryptograms, buy this book. I can assure you that besides getting a healthy workout for your mind, you will also find, at the end of each puzzle, a gratifying laugh, chuckle or smile.

--Reviewed by M. E. Volmar

This was a great cryptogram puzzle book but they were very small puzzles without much room to write above each puzzle.

At this writing, I have worked 283 puzzles and have found three of them to have errors (puzzles 59, 256 and 272). While solving the puzzles has been fun, it's disconcerting to stumble across an error.

It's still a fun book. Some of the puzzles almost solve themselves. Others require you to dig deep into your knowledge of spelling and syntax, as well as the personality of the author of the quotation itself. Most are somewhere in between. In fact, if you're a multitasker like me, you can watch TV or even talk on the phone while solving the puzzles.

I'm beginning to panic at this point because I've only got 117 puzzles left! All in all, I recommend the book, errors notwithstanding.

not is the font way too small, but the cryptoquips are written very close to each other. If you make even one mistake, your paper will be so cluttered you wont' be able to finish working it. Someone who doesn't have experience working cryptoquips obviously published/printed this thing!

I like the puzzle in this book. Also I like the size it fits in my purse.

I've been very impressed with this book. I don't find the quotes knee-slappingly hilarious but they're amusing enough. I like the way the book is set up, where they give you hints in one section and the answers in another. There's also plenty of space to solve the cryptograms without squishing your writing together.

I purchased this as a gift for my mother. I don't do Cryptograms but she loves them. She really liked this book.

Well written. Clues and answers included. Contains a lot of puzzles and was priced very reasonably. After reviewing it, I will give it as a gift.