A review by devoted_bookworm
The Ultimate Fun Adult Activity Book: Logic Puzzles, Sudoku, Mazes, Word Searches, Crosswords, Acrostics, Coloring, and More! by Julie Demyanovich

2.0

 The Ultimate Fun Adult Activity Book has a collection of different types of puzzles. Each chapter in the book has its own theme that the puzzles are designed to fit. There are a few pages at the beginning with instructions and tips on how to do some of the puzzles. At the end, there is an answer key.

I liked that there were lots of different types of puzzles. It’s nice to be able to try out all of the different types and not just be stuck doing the same type of puzzle every time. I thought some of the puzzles were too easy, but some of them were a good challenge. I had a problem with how some of the puzzles were set up or laid out.

Let’s talk about each puzzle type:

Mazes-I don’t usually enjoy mazes, but I really enjoyed the mazes in this book. In fact, I’m now considering getting myself a book with only mazes in it.

Wordsearches-The first Wordsearch was too easy and didn’t have enough variety of which directions the words were put into the puzzle. The rest of the Wordsearches were better.

Coloring Pages-The Coloring Pages were good.

Logic Puzzles- Some of the Logic Puzzles were too easy. I felt like I was given too much information, so I didn’t have to wrestle with it at all to figure out the answers. Some of them were a little more difficult, but, in general, I would have liked more of a challenge.

Magic Squares- The Magic Squares were pretty good. There was a range of difficulty. I enjoyed these.

Find the Difference in the Picture- The Find the Difference pictures were pretty good. I got stuck on a couple of them and had to check the answer key to find the last item. I like getting stuck sometimes.

Cryptograms- (decoding an encrypted quote) I enjoyed the Cryptograms and thought they were done well.

Sudoku- All of the Sudoku puzzles were way too easy. I was able to figure out every one of the puzzles after going through each of the numbers once. It felt like everything was just given to me.

Crossword Puzzles- The Crossword Puzzles were not numbered in the traditional way, so it was very difficult to find the number that you’re looking for. The numbering was all over the place. It was very off-putting. Some of the clues were too hard and some were too easy, but that probably just has to do with my knowledge of the subject matter.

Acrostic Puzzles- I thought the Acrostics were pretty good. Some were trickier than other and gave me a challenge, which I like.

Symbol Equations- The Symbol Equations drove me crazy. Some were way too easy. Some had many possible answers. I thought each symbol needed to be a different number, but the answer given in the answer key had a duplicate number for an answer (like symbol 1 is 3, symbol 2 is 3, instead of a different number for each symbol). This was frustrating because there were usually multiple answers that could work for the problem, but the answer they chose for the answer key had duplicate numbers?

I don’t know if that all made sense without seeing the puzzle, but basically what I’m saying is that the Symbols Equations need some work.

Equation Grids- All of the Equation Grids were way too easy.

Word Pyramids- The Word Puzzles were good. I was challenged with them and got stuck on a couple.

Answer Key-I wish that the answer key had page numbers for each puzzle, it would make it so much easier to find the puzzle you are looking for and not accidentally see the answers to another puzzle.

While this puzzle book did have some problems, I enjoyed the time I spent working through the puzzles. I especially enjoyed the Mazes, the Cryptograms, the Magic Squares, and the Word Pyramids. If you’re interested in Sudoku or Crossword Puzzles, I would suggest looking elsewhere.

Thank you to Netgalley, Zeitgeist, and Julie Demyanovich for providing me with a copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.