Read a sample first - Lacks any development
586388
I have read and enjoyed books by Evanne Lorraine in the past and when this came up on my recommended list - I jumped on it because it really sounded interesting.  I should have looked before I jumped - it's bad folks - really, really bad.  Do yourself a favor and download a sample first.
First the good - it is short so that you don't waste so much time reading it.  Bad because overpriced for the length.  The book had a good premise but lacked development.  More of an outline without the build up so that I was never pulled into the story.

The evil cyborgs just came off as stupid rather than terrifying.  The good Mech warriors seemed more clueless than anything else.  Minka hops in bed with the Mechs because they are so hot - believes that they are delusional - but still hot. There is nothing to indicate why she would even consider having sex with them except she's got the craving and they are hot.  And then, of course she is in love - with all three.
The ending was more of a WTF moment. I love Sci-Fi or PN romance but even in a Sci-Fi, the author needs to make the actions believable within the context of the world created.  That was the major problem, there just was not enough world building or character development.
457023
I downloaded the sample, short but the intro sounded interesting. A buck 75 later I found out there is no story or protagonists just a dry history tale. Told in the form of an introduction. Not a satisfying read at all. Problems with the writing mentioned elsewhere are present. A description of this uncommon style should be mentioned before purchase, and would have resulted in a better rating from me. I might have bought it anyway and with no feeling of being cheated.
3411491
Not enough info. This is a light overview that can apply to any language and hence nothing specific to Python!
Not worth the $$$
4201713
I downloaded a Kindle sample.  This sample contains none of the novel.
1825681
If you have no coding experience this book would be a reasonable start.  There is no discussion of functions or PHP libraries.  I would guess that  25% of the book lists a previously stated example more than once.
2011504
I really expected so much more from this book. I enjoyed the sample, but was sorely disappointed in the total read. First and foremost, this is a romance book. Which is fine if that's what you're looking for. I was not. Nowhere does it hint that that is the primary plot and movement in the book. It's not listed under any romance genres and it isn't mentioned in the blurb or preview.

I felt like there were a lot of weak points in the book as well. More typos than I enjoy seeing, but also there were some strong secondary characters who just fell apart in the end for no apparent reason. Seemed like their very nature changed just to make the story tie together easier. Felt lazy.

It wasn't all bad. I did like the dialog and the world building. It all felt natural and perfectly paced. And as far as being a romance is concerned, the hero is very well written. You'll probably love the main char as well. She's pretty spot on for what the story calls for. I wish I could have followed her to the next book.

Unfortunately, I won't be heading to book 2 of this series. I honestly felt like I was reading a weak historical romance with shifters. It's a neat concept, but I wanted what the book was selling. Not what I bought.
4014917
I downloaded the free sample and was both frustrated and somewhat amused that the free sample gives you only the Table of Contents.  Not totally helpful in making the decision to buy this book, so will keep shopping in case I find something else that appeals.
4476596
Couldn't even get into the first few pages. If I had read a sample first I wouldn't have bothered to purchase it.
1269282
I think this is the last time I pay any attention to book reviews on Amazon. Words thrown together without much planning before or checking afterwards do not make for pleasant reading. How this book earned so many 5-star ratings is a mystery. Or is it? If you are still interested, at least try the free sample first.
2058321
From Chapter 9 - Chapter 10 the code you've written is incomplete and the author leaves it up to you to figure out what portions of the sample code you need to put into the code you've written. If you take the entire sample from Chapter 10 then all the work in Chapter 10 is done and you can't follow along. So you're left to guess what was supposed to be done and what wasn't.

Specifically the passer class is missing tons of code and you notice from the very first part of Chapter 10 when the author tries to walk you through refactoring. The code you're supposed to refactor "quarterbackWithFirstName:last:inContext:" doesn't exist. It also doesn't exist in the sample code as it already was refactored! So where did the code come from? No where does it say, "Please fill in these methods on your own before continuing to Chapter 10" with a list of methods to create.

Also even the sample code from Chapter 9 already has things done that Chapter 10 tries to walk you through (i.e. the refactoring of code the book never mentions until you have to refactor it).

Up until this part, the book seemed very solid but unless my copy is missing pages, something isn't right from this point on.
1779692
I normally won't rate a book until I've finished it, and I'm only about a third of the way through the book (chapter 10), but because the author states the book relies heavily on one sample project (Passer Rating), I can't imagine things will be improving much.
Starting with chapter 8, everything becomes a basket-of-weasels frustrating. Unless you were already familiar with previous versions of Xcode, Obj-C, and debugging other people's code, prepare for a firehose of outside-of-book learning in order to get through each section.
The author says there are purposeful bugs in the code, and those are fine; but the code as shown in the book is also literally riddled with bugs that aren't expected or explained. Frustratingly, the sample code is not the same as what's in the book (it actually compiles - you'll absolutely want to download it, because you'll need to refer to it *constantly* and compare it to the book code to progress at all), with excruciatingly annoying frequency: misplaced quote marks, misplaced or extra brackets, a jillion downcast errors... if you're new to the Swift syntax, good luck spotting all the anomalies.
Also, the author's choice to use mogenerator (a 3rd party code generating tool) is very unfortunate. It's a massive pain to get to run properly based on the code provided. So you'll be fighting erroneous code in Terminal as well; hopefully you're used to that.
At one point, one of the undocumented bugs had me thinking Ruby was broken on my Mac (yes, there are Ruby scripts, too) - this was not the case. After about 2 hours of research into an error referring to Ruby (/usr/bin/env ruby no such file), and almost needlessly reinstalling Ruby, I finally worked out that the Ruby script provided by the author wasn't finding the file it was looking for, and my Ruby install was fine. (I'm telling you this in case it happens to you - that's the problem.)
The code fragments are ambiguous - you'll have to explore the sample code to figure out where to put functions, and I highly recommend *not* turning off the "Show live issues" preference as the author asks in chapter 2 (page 22). If you're not already familiar with Swift, you'll need them way before he tells you to turn it back on, to catch the many, many compile errors that will stop you from progressing.
Overall, this book is a real struggle, so be prepared.
3616929
I read the first four chapters as a free sample.  There was no hook which lured me to read more.  Two college students who investigate anomalies, tamper with a crime scene and decide to investigate a murder.  One is a lesbian, the other a straight guy.  Their fantasies hold no interest for me and there was no investigation in the first four chapters.  Nor was there anything about Finland.
154077
Sample doresn't even get to the first chapter and I'm not riskinig $160 till I can actually see several chapters.
2963952
I just downloaded samples of approximately 6 books on Tiny Houses and tiny house living. What a waste of time. All but 1of them were only a couple of pages long. Most of the sample was the table of contents, which I get,but the other pages don't contain a sufficient amount of information for me to decide whether to buy the book or not!  I don't know who determines the length of the sample, but  I suggest some of you add more pages because I will not buy your book if I can't get a good idea of what it contains, even if it is only $2.99!
4682685
WARNING: I recommend that readers view the Amazon Look inside offering first before buying this book -- if the preview captures your attention, chances are you will enjoy the story; if the preview leaves you wondering if the story will get better, you probably should save your time and your money and find something else to read.

If you are interested in my experience, here it is:  I learned about this book from an ad in the New York Times Book Review.  I then read a summary of the book and it sounded like a good mystery/character study.  I guess Im a sucker for anything that readers cant put down as some of the comments said.  Since I hadnt heard of the author, I was wary about purchasing the book so I checked my local library, which had an available copy.  I read the Prologue, which didn't really grab my interest but figured I couldn't accurately judge until I started the chapters.  After working through Chapters 1 and 2 I realized I had no interest in the plot, which is revealed in the Prologue, and aside from not liking the few characters that were introduced, had no interest in finding out who they are or what happens.  I found the writing style trying to be sophisticated but instead being awkward  it barely invited me into the story and did not make me care about plot or character because I stopped reading after Chapter 2.  Id rather spend my time reading something that captures and keeps my attention.  If I had spent the money on this book, I would have felt gypped.
140617
The sample is no sample whatsoever of the book, I suppose, as it is some fella telling you all about the author, his writing skills, etc.  If the "sample" available to download would actually be a sample of the book, maybe I would consider purchasing it.
3647073
I downloaded the free sample. That "sample" contained exactly three pages- the cover, a solicitation to sign up for notification of future publications and a one sentence dedication. Based solely on that, I give one star. If I decide to purchase the book, I will update my review.