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Life: The Ultimate Picture Puzzle: Can You Spot the Differences? (Life (Life Books))

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This is the 3rd book in the series and continues their tradition of mental exercise. The pictures are gorgeous and the details amazing. The format of gradually increasing difficulty adds to the pleasure of this puzzle book.
A wonderful way to while away a few minutes and increase your mind's ability to recognize details and differences.

Another ADDICTIVE puzzle book! Really great for giving as gift for the "hard to buy for" person.

The Ultimate Picture Puzzle books are the best! Great time passer and fantastic workout for your brain ~ We really enjoy them at the airport/on the plane.

"Life: The Ultimate Picture Puzzle" is the third book in the series of books based on the popular feature in the now defunct Life Magazine. For the most part the puzzles involve two pictures of the same thing, with the second picture having a number of changes from the first picture. The changes can range from simple things like a person added to the picture to hard to spot things like a shirt being a different color. There are also several "cut up puzzles" in which the editors took a photo, cut it into 4, 6, 12 or 18 pieces, rearranged the pieces, numbered them, and you have to figure out the correct order of the pieces to solve the puzzle. There are also some puzzles with six pictures, five of which are identical and you have to find the one that is different. Finally, there are also ten secret changes scattered throughout the book - changes that aren't listed in the instructions and the answers can be found on the Internet not in the book.

"Life: The Ultimate Picture Puzzle" is a fun, challenging puzzle book. It has several different levels or types of puzzles - Novice, Master, Expert, Genius, Animals, and Classics - so there is a little bit of something for everyone. If you want to further challenge yourself, the editors give a suggested time limit for solving each puzzle with the harder puzzles having longer time limits. The editors do a good job of putting the puzzles in the right category and putting the right number of puzzles in each category - the Genius category, which can be fiendish, is one of the shortest sections and the animal section immediately following is a welcome relief. The number of changes in the picture varies with each puzzle and I find that the pictures with the most changes are harder simply because it can be hard to keep track of the changes you find. I dislike the cut up puzzles, which I find impossible to solve without cutting up the book.

"Life: The Ultimate Picture Puzzle" provides hours of challenging fun for solvers young and old.

Turns out this book is great for impromptu gatherings when there is no way you can think of anything to do to entertain a group with various ages. Also great for taking along when travelling. I bought three of the books, and it is as fun for my pre-schooler as it is for my not-so-sharp mind. Maybe Dr. Oz will start recommending these as one of the latest and greatest ways to keep our minds young?

I buy these books for my elderly parents. They love to work through them and it helps to keep their minds active!

As a child I loved hidden picture books and as an adult I still love it. This books is great for all ages. It has different degrees of skill levels for everyone. I am own my way to collect them all!

The puzzle's themselves are ok--- but looking up the answers suck!!!! You have to read a map and stupid little quotes- Why not just place a mark of some sought over the modifications--- I work the puzzle but never have a clue if I've actually chosen the right changes--looking thru the boring tiny black and white answers I LOSE INTEREST!!!!

Enjoy these puzzles and the puzzles are entertaining. The puzzles are ranked as beginning on up. Very fun!

I love brain teaser puzzles and this book is great fun. I purchased the 3 pack and gave a book to my 9 year old son, he loves it. It is addictive and hours of fun! Fun for the entire family. I would recommend these as great gifts for kids instead of video games. My husband enjoys the puzzles too, I use him when I can't find something.