Return to Montague Island: More Mysteries and Logic Puzzles Spiral-bound – October 1, 2019

Great book. Lots of challenging puzzles. Much better than other logic puzzles on here.

I absolutely loved Book 1 of this series and went to purchase this Book 2 when I was only halfway through the first one. The Return was just as good and I was not disappointed! Interesting story and corresponding logic puzzles make this series extremely enjoyable!

I’ve been hooked on this series for several years, and once I finished the last book I ordered a new copy of the first and started over. The puzzles are HARD but not impossible; I found that they got better as the series progresses. I work on them before bed and fall right to sleep; it usually takes me a few nights to finish each puzzle!

Enjoyed not entry level

Both of the Montague Island books are so fun. They have given me many, many hours of enjoyment. I love logic problems, but the variety and creativity that the author has brought to these books goes far beyond the standard grids you get in the usual logic problem magazines. I love that they are very challenging and often take me a few tries to complete. Solving them is very absorbing and very satisfying. Thanks for these fun books, and please write more like this!!

I love these books. They have given my hours (inefficiently many) of fun. Really clever themes and games, and very challenging for me but always doable. My books are thrashed with erasures, color coding, white out, with additional pages all tucked in showing my work. I'm not always quick at finding the crux!

This series is very special. The books each stand alone but there's no reason not to do them in order and the first one should let you know if you'd like all of them.

I was very excited about buying this book. I had previously bought several books in the "Brain Games" series and had enjoyed solving the various types of puzzles. Unfortunately, I was massively disappointed in Return to Montague Island. All the puzzles are the same type on the general order of which guest or staff member did what, when, where, to whom, etc. Each has a pretty limited list of clues as to who was where at such-and-such a time, etc., as attested to by the other guests or staff members; however, a lot of the puzzles warn that some of the statements are false. The "Brain Games" books had puzzles of this type - some were very challenging, but all were ultimately solvable. I started 6 or 7 of the Montague Island puzzles, working off the clues, making lists, etc., but the bottom line is that I was not able to solve one - NOT ONE - of these puzzles, and I spent literally hours on each one. I know other reviewers said they were able to solve at least some of them, but I honestly don't see how. I am not stupid, by any means, but I just couldn't solve any of them with the clues given. Also, as I said, the puzzles were all of the same type - no variety or other puzzles to try. I ended up giving part of the book to the attorney I used to work for and the other half to my son, both super-brainiac types. So far, neither has been able to solve any of the puzzles, but they both think they will be able to eventually & want to keep trying. This is definitely for someone with exceptional logical skills and a lot of time to devote to solving the puzzles. If you're just looking for interesting puzzles that are challenging, but ultimately solvable, and a step above standard sudoku-type games, this is not the book for you. I found it disappointing and frustrating. I only gave it two stars instead of one because the book was nicely set up and contained interesting, although unfathomable, scenarios.