The book itself it's not a good quality, even for a paperback
922666
I haven't read this yet so my reading is not based on the content. The book itself it's not a good quality, even for a paperback. It feels like newspaper. I do judge a book by its cover and just the way it's made makes me not inclined to read it.
4555967
This book is...fragile. It's a large hardcover book with a cardboard slipcover that has a tendency to pop at the spine, which is a little disappointing considering the price.
3451797
Poor quality.  Some words are cut off or in the binding of the book.
2827063
I can't speak to the content of the book, because the overall quality was so awful that I returned it as soon as it arrived and I opened it. I don't know if it's a print-on-demand copy, but it has all the earmarks - thin paper, a different cover than the one shown here, and pages of photos that were apparently copied with an old Xerox machine and stuck in grainy, faded and so cross-hatched that they are virtually indecipherable. Cheap as the book was, it wasn't worth the money. I'll hunt down an original printing.
741067
It's a very cheap printed book. It's as if you saved a bunch of google pics of rubens and printed it out. Bad quality.
848262
I purchased this book for a class.  The written material is exactly what I needed, but the workmanship of the paperback version is really poor.  I knew I was purchasing a paperback, but I didn't expect to get so little for $100.  Some pages are already falling out because the glue binding is so shotty.
3857680
The physical condition of the book is impeccable(new).
The book's content is quite unprofessionally put together, and even has errors.
1018246
The paperback Box set is neat, but the quality of the pages isn't good.
2043107
The quality of the textbook is terrible, the cover was nearly ripped off and the spine of the book is all ripped up.
3825201
The book is very engagingly informative.  The quality, however, of the individual paperback book I received, published by Simon & Schuster Paperbacks and shipped and sold by Amazon, should be an embarrassment to both companies - at the very least in the area of quality control.

I cannot read a few pages without a four-or-five page section of the book coming loose and falling in my lap or on the floor - purely through the act of gently turning pages while reading..  Apparently, the binding glue used, or the application of it, is at fault.  While I understand Amazon is in some dispute over publisher royalties, or whatever, from "Kindle" versions of publisher output, and I have no doubt that everyone on the selling side would much prefer readers to switch to ordering electronic, rather than printed, versions of their product - both for obvious economic reasons - I can only hope that unloading inferior copies of printed books on innocent customers is not a deliberate part of an overall strategy to "help convince" those of us who prefer printed books to become screen scrollers and flickers if we happen to enjoy reading.

I would hope such is not the case, because I otherwise love Amazon and the conveniences and comparisons and customer ratings it provides.  At least on the surface, for me, so far, it is a company that actually appears to care what its customers think, which unfortunately seems more and more unusual as time passes.

So, I will give a rating based on the book's content.  As to the crappy quality of the binding of the book itself, I won't give it a rating, because there is no such available rating as "If it weren't such a pain to do, I'd ask for my money back or a replacement".
4661193
Actual Hardcover book is in good condition, but the cover that covers the book is ripped and crappy in many places. There was no talk about the outside cover looking so awful in seller's description. Will probably throw it away because it makes the appearance of the book look like garbage. Sad review unfortunately for a very useful book. For the price I will give it 3 stars. If it was more expensive and still left out the details it'd get 1 or 2 stars.
1415544
The book is quite good, but I was replacing an original copy that was water damaged and the paper quality and print quality of this book is really bad. The print looks like it was photocopied and the paper feels cheap. It is unpleasant enough that I kept the water damaged one and will read that instead.
1220894
I am not qualified to review the author's work. Who is? But the book itself is of poor quality. Shabby, really. When you buy a hard cover book you have a certain expectation. It should be something worthy of your book shelf. This book has those ragged untrimmed edges on the paper. The paper is coarse. The dust cover is also worn from warehouse storage and handling. Amazon, I would not be proud to sell this book. Potential buyers, shop elsewhere for this book or save some money and buy the paperback.
896046
The paperback copy I received of Fatal Remedies was in one piece and the pages were clean, but I was irritated by several flaws.
THe binding was coming apart. It had two Queens Public Library stickers on it. Across the top is the stamp "Queens Library" as well as the handwritten word 'mystery.'
This quality of this copy should have been marketed 'fair' at best.
1712791
The reproductions are not very good and it's not very easy to handle due to the binding which is very tight. (this is the paperback version)
2580477
This paperback version published by [...] (ISBN 9562915824) excludes most of the original illustrations/pictures/photos without indication in the product description, which, I think, has largely lowered the quality and damaged contents of this book. So, this book is not what it was supposed to be. Reading experience of it is terrible! My zero start for it.
3393110
I found the quality of the hardcover to be poor and the print was not centered The pages were were very light. This was a gift and I had to apologize to the young girl for the Quality.