The Cypher Files

I randomly came across this randomly while browsing Goodreads. Found it on amazon and bought it right away. It was a non-prime delivery from a seller with not many good reviews but I got the book within a few days.The book is fantastic. It has a storyline and consists around 28 puzzles with different difficulties. Few of them are very very interesting. You have to use the internet to do some research and write stuff down. This makes you feel like a semi-real detective. After finding the clue, you need to validate it on a website, so an Internet connection is a must for this book. Keep that in mind while buying.Im currently on puzzle 15. Hints are available at the back but it is not necessary I feel.A great book if you want to spend some time with yourself solving puzzles.

This does have catches that make you facepalm because they are almost /too/ simple, but overall, this is a neat connection of the online portion and the book! I recommend it!

Es muy entretenido. y divertido. Las respuestas las pones online y te dicen si estan bien o no. Lo compre para mi hija de 11 años que le gustan muchas los acertijos e investigar, no es fácil

I have played many escape room games and done a few actual escape rooms, but this was the first escape book I’ve tried. I know that this is the third book by this author, but I chose to try this one first since the reviews said it was easier than the first two books. It was pretty easy. There were only a handful of puzzles that I didn’t know how to solve immediately. There were always plenty of clues and I was able to finish the book in 3 days without using any hints. In fact, some of the puzzles had almost too many clues as in they were unnecessarily leading. Even still, I very much enjoyed this book.The book held the puzzles, but there is also an accompanying website to make some puzzles more interactive. That and the fact that there was an actual theme and consistent storyline made this a complete, well rounded and satisfying experience. The overall production value was fantastic.I think that experienced problem solvers will likely find the puzzles to be too easy, but this is an excellent book for novices. There’s a wide variety of problem types and a hints section in case one gets stuck. The one thing I didn’t realize when buying the book though is that some of the puzzles require outside resources (googling) to find information. Not a problem really, I just don’t remember seeing that explicitly stated, so I figured I’d do that here.Overall, I’m happy with the purchase and have since bought Journal 29 (the first in the series) to get more challenging problems. I managed to finish the book without damaging any pages so I’ll likely pass it on as a gift :)

Sono contenta per l'acquisto

Great adventure in a book. Lots of nice puzzles as well as analog in the book as digital. Some easy, some really dificult and challenging.