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by runevault 3916 days ago
Huh didn't realize others do the same thing. I thought up this same method 7-8 years ago and I don't think it has ever steered me wrong. I may not always appreciate the book, but I can tell it is simply something that doesn't work FOR ME, which is always hard to gauge before you actually read something.
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It started off as a cautionary thing for me, when I had to buy (optional) text books and didn't want to blow my money on something bad, so I started paying way more attention to the negative reviews.