Another book butchered.
586433
Unfortunately, I read the book first. While the movie is ok by itself, it is very disappointing compared to the book-- a lot got omitted and shortened. Ideally, the movie should be a series.
4014913
It's truly sad that this is what Nancy Drew has come to...

From glaring spelling and grammatical errors in the text ("word" instead of "work," and the complete omission of "say" from the sentence "I suck it up and go get a fro-yo," among others) to the obvious errors in page numbering for chapters in the table of contents (chapters 8 and 9 are listed as 73 and 83 in the TOC, but in the text, begin on 72 and 82, while chapters 10, 11, 12, and 13 are listed as 88, 97, 105, and 117 in the TOC, but in the text, begin on 86, 95, 103, and 115 respectively).  Whatever happened to editors?

And the simple fact that this mystery is only 13 chapters, weighing in at 120 pages - what, does Simon & Schuster think that 8 to 12 year old children are capable of having an attention span that lasts more than an hour?  (Uh, does Harry Potter not mean anything???)

As for the actual mystery - at least half of the story is spent rehashing events from the previous two books (this is the third in the trilogy) over and over and over (really, how many times was it necessary to remind the reader that Ned fell asleep while tending the cash box in the previous book?).

It's no wonder most kids are buying the yellow-spine, hardcover books (the original 64 books) rather than the "all new" Girl Detective books.  Quality is the key here, Simon & Schuster - quality, NOT quantity.

Sad day indeed...
2635373
Really upset; thought the first book was a mistake, the exchanged book was the same and there are NONONONO illustrations in it.

BEWARE, not as advertised.
2536061
The books are very very short. To make matters worse they all start out repeating the previous book for a chapter or two.
298596
Another case of a wonderful, informative book poorly digitized and reprinted in such a way as to render the exercise useless.  See my review of the companion Volume 1; this is more of the same.  The images are mostly-black blobs on the page, and the text is often illegible from the poor scanning and small reproduction size.
1989204
This is a shoddy re-printing of the first 84 pages of the book. It inexplicably ends on page 84. (Referring to the Nabu Press edition)
1671546
I purchased the book edition so I could re read an old favorite which has been lost in multiple moves. The Text between Henry reminiscing about his maker, Christina, is missing between their first meeting at a banquet at Sheriff Hutton and her confession to him much later in their relationship of what she actually is. Sloppy. Very sloppy. This is a very sad disservice to an excellent writer, and makes a confusing mess of Henrys past for new readers just starting this series.
3699309
i just received my book order from amazon international books.  book 1 is listed (on packing slip) as "NEW", when
in fact it is quite shopworn.  it looks like it was taken from the recycling bin.  book 2, a used library book, is listed as "GOOD" and is in much better condition than book 1 (the "NEW" book).  at $7.98 shipping for 2 paperback books it was very disappointing.  pay a little more and get quality books.
292719
This book was advertised as new content - the last Otherworld collection.  I pre-ordered it, and looked forward to reading it. When I sat down though, I thought -- hmm, this seems familiar.  Sure enough it was.

This is recycled content.  If you haven't read the stories in this volume, it would be enjoyable - but if you have, give it a miss.
3271479
I enjoy her books, but I don't like purchasing  a new book that with very little added is just a rehash of a previous book.  It is deceptive and disrespectful to your loyal fans. Shame on you.
1302666
The cover of the book is ripped apart. totally, it's really close it totally taring apart. I want another book please... It's not even just damaged
3113329
There were mark and dos-earred (bent pages) throughout the book. As a rule, this is not something that i admire in ANY book. It is a disrectful act and dishonors the piece.
4003609
This is another low quality book with an anonymous author by 'Speedy Publishing LLC'.  The pictures do not correlate with the text.  For example on page 10, there is a discussion of crickets, while there is a picture of a rhino beetle on page 10 and a praying mantis on page 11.  Strangely, the same picture of the rhino beetle is duplicated thereafter on every even numbered page.. really, I'm not kidding.  The book is a joke.
210776
The book was in terrible shape! There was water damage at the bottom of the first fifteen pages. When the book is closed, you can see where someone has taken a black magic marker and made a thick squiggly line all alone the thickness of all the bottom pages. The first sixty eight pages are folded over about an inch, some less. On the inside front cover someone has written their name with black marker an inch tall. On the back cover there is extensive scribbling inside. The front cover of the book has been bent in half and has extensive damage on it. The spine is splitting at the bottom as well. I've been taught to see the best in everything, but purchasing this book makes me feel like I was taken advantage of.
3923976
The book was beat up and used. I was promised a new copy. I'm weird about books, and this one urked me so bad, I trashed it.
2453748
This review is for the quality of the HARDCOVER version released by Filiquarian Publishing, LLC, 2007.  And a lousy job they did.  Luckily I'm still in my return window.

Today I went to used book store to find the Suzkuki's Essays and stumbled across a used version of this book published by Grove Weidenfeld 1960.

The Filiquarian Pub. version doesn't have:
* The illustrations or Plates
* A detailed table of contents
* The original editor's notes that says:  "All references to the Author's `Essays in Zen Buddhism,' Series One and Two, and to his `Introduction to Zen Buddhism' are to the second edition of these works, published in `The Complete Works of D.T. Suzuki'."
* "The Thundering Silence of Vimalakirti" which appears on the 1960 edition just before the first chapter, possibly because it was wrapped around a graphic.

Further publisher flaws:
* They misspelled the "Suzuki" on the cover of the book, "Sukuki."
* The footnotes have been converted to endnotes for the "short section" not the end of the chapter so they are close.  BUT they are in the same typeface as the rest of the text.  They are wrapped in square brackets but that doesn't help much when footnotes can be several paragraphs long.  This took a bit to figure out. It's as if someone scanned the original and didn't bother to correctly do the footnotes or printed out a "Kindle" version for hardcover.

I haven't finished comparing the two copies so I don't know what else is missing or screwed up.

Publisher-wise this book is travesty.  Search for a used copy if you need this or look into the paperback version from BiblioBazaar available from Amazon.  NOTE I haven't looked at that version but this hardcover is just ... bad.
3884776
A lot of the pages were stuck together (literally glued with the same glue they use to make the book). To open the pages, I had to rip them...The cover was gouged (maybe it was run over?) There was no finishing on the edges of the cover (imilar to cardboard books for toddlers, but the inner pages are normal).  It makes me think this was a book the publisher made incorrectly, donated instead of trash, and then they decided to sell it.