Life: The Original Picture Puzzle
by Editors of Life
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Author: Editors of LifeEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-04-17
ISBN: 1933821965
Number of pages: 176
Publisher: Life
Book Reviews of Life: The Original Picture Puzzle
Book Review: Fun, Challenging Puzzle Book
Summary: 4 Stars
"Life: The Original Picture Puzzle" is the second book to come from the feature in the currently defunct Life Magazine. The book has over ninety puzzles in which readers look at two pictures of the same thing and try to find the differences between the two pictures. A few of the puzzles have six pictures of the same thing and solvers have to find the one puzzle out of the six that has been changed. There are also some new puzzles called "Cut-Ups" in which the editors took a picture, cut it into 4, 6, 9, 12, or 16 pieces and scrambled them up and solvers have to figure out how to unscramble the pieces.
For the most part, "Life: The Original Picture Puzzle" is a fun, challenging book. There are five puzzle levels: Novice, Master, Expert, Genius, and Classic (which features old pictures that once appeared in Life Magazine). The editors do a good job of sorting the puzzles into the appropriate difficulty level. Each puzzle has a suggested amount of time to solve it and a change in this book from the first is a keep score section where you can put a check mark after you've found a change. The answer section should be checked for a couple of reasons even if you find all the changes - for one thing many of the explanations of the changes are humorous. Also, ten of the puzzles have an extra bonus change and the answer section lets you know which puzzles have the additional change. However, in order to find that extra change, you need to go on Life's website to find the answer but I could not find it on the website.
While I enjoyed most of the puzzle book, I did not like the new "Cut-Up" puzzles. The puzzles with four pieces were easy enough, but the more pieces, the harder it was to solve the puzzle just by looking at it. I don't want to ruin the book by cutting up the pictures and copying the pictures isn't all that effective since the pictures are in color.
Outside of the "Cut-Up" puzzles, "Life: The Original Picture Puzzle" is well done.
Summary of Life: The Original Picture Puzzle
"Picture Puzzle" book has four levels; novice, master, expert, and genius. This is the first of what "LIFE" hopes will be many Picture puzzle books. This isn't a collection of previously published brainteasers - none of the 90 puzzles contained between in this book have appeared elsewhere. Devoted puzzlers, renowned for their sharp eyes, will recognise some photos that have been previously published in "LIFE". These have been reworked with all-new clues. They'll also notice that some pictures repeat two or three times within the book, in slightly different forms. Each is a distinct puzzle, with its own set of alterations to spot.Puzzles Books
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