My general opinion of these books is that they are generally unnecessary, since the broad, vague info they provide is all readily available online. Also, I would be hard pressed to believe anything those books had to say about cigars... probably a lot of old wives tales...
I read this when I first started smoking cigars two years ago, at the same time started reading the forums. Learned a few things from the book, lots and lots of things from the forum.
The book was ok but the author kept saying the same things over and over. I kept thinking to myself "I got that point already...move on". It was good for me because I knew NOTHING about cigars. Haven't cracked open the book since.
I'm on the forums usually once a day and still learning things.
Yup so far I haven't learned anything that I haven't already read here and he does repeat himself a lot . It would be a good book to have if someone didn't know about this forum.
I've read this book... I liked it, not due to finding out all this CRAZY new cigar knowledge, but I like to get other people's opinions and I did pick up a couple tidbits of knowledge here and there from it
First book I read about cigars. Had some good stuff in it, some stuff I didn't agree with. For example, the part where he says "The wrapper doesn't offer much different in taste.." or something like that...but for the most part, I enjoyed it.
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The book was ok but the author kept saying the same things over and over. I kept thinking to myself "I got that point already...move on". It was good for me because I knew NOTHING about cigars. Haven't cracked open the book since.
I'm on the forums usually once a day and still learning things.
at this point i am better off asking people that are neck-deep in the business.