Take a look in here and you will find exactly what it says on the cover—a fat book (480 pages) filled with quickly solved puzzles.  Why is this a good thing?  As Mr. Haselbauer says in the introduction, scientific evidence indicates that solving lots of different puzzles in a short space of time is better for your brain than pegging away at one intricate one over a longer period.  If you think about it, this does make sense, as variety is the spice of life and completing something within a set period does more to boost your morale than taking ages over a large puzzling project (although personally I like both in equal quantities).

So what does this book give you that a puzzle book bought from a newsagent does not?  Speaking from puzzle book purchasing experience in Britain, I can say that this book certainly contains many varieties of puzzles not found in magazine style puzzle books.  There are word searches, sudoku, crossword variations, fit words and mazes it is true, but there is also a wide variety of others.  Some resemble the sort of tests you might take if trying for MENSA, others involve counting shapes, solving equations and other tests of logic.  In all there are 422 different puzzles of enough varieties to please most puzzlers, ranging from the easy to the more difficult.  If you find solving puzzles very easy, then these might not be challenging enough for you, as many take very little time to do, but if you want to while away some time in a pleasant way during a commute, hospital stay or vacation, then this is a good book.  My only real moan is the format, which looks just like any other Mammoth book and does not obligingly flop open to sit on your lap or table like a store bought puzzle magazine.