Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #354002 in Books
• Published on: 2006-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

Customer Reviews

Warning - Duplication of Puzzles
UK killer addicts be warned. This book is the USA publication of The Times Killer Su Doku (black, red and white cover, been available in UK for ages). The only difference I can find is that the mistakes in puzzle 91 have been corrected. It is a slightly larger book but the size of the puzzles is the same. The paper is rougher and the rubbers I use are better on the smoother UK version.

I've given it a 5* rating because, if you haven't already worked your way through enough copies of the UK book to have learnt all the puzzles by heart, it does have puzzle 91 corrected and gives Su Dokuers a choice of paper quality. I prefer the smaller size of the UK version. The puzzles are significantly better than those in other killer books, but in the absence of Killer book 2,3,4 etc I have to make do with inferior puzzles. I take comfort from the fact that the USA book is titled Killer Su Doku 1, implying that there will at last be more books coming.

Far too easy
If you're an absolute beginner to Killer Sudoku then this might prove useful.

Otherwise, it's hopeless. It provides absolutely no challenge to anyone who enjoys Killer Sudoku. There isn't a puzzle which can't be completed in less than 5-10 minutes, no challenge at all.

I'm not being a big brain snob here, but there are so many definitions of tricky, deadly & the rest out there. Even the Times "Deadlies" are generally very do-able compared to some others whose "trickies" can leave me stumped with only 3 or 4 numbers filled in.

This is for kids, sorry.