About my ratings

Perhaps because of my day job, I'm a tough rater. Everything 3/5 and above I consider worth the time and money. If I purchase on Etsy or a similar platform and the puzzle is as expected, I will give a top rating on the platform because of how seller ratings work, but here "as expected" is probably a 3/5 in most cases.

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Yei

 Joyful Nook, 462 pieces. I ultimately soured a bit on Joyful Nook because they had a lot of small and repeated-shape pieces. This one mostly doesn't suffer from the "small" problem, with one very striking exception, but the repeated shapes combined with areas of continuous color to make it not a very pleasant finish--I was basically just guessing/maybe it didn't matter--even with some interesting multipiece whimsy design.


Look at this tiny hexagon: why?





Home on the Range, Miguel Pichardo

 Victory (new), 414 pieces. The image was a fun one because although the bison is clear once it's together, color line cutting around the animal combined with patterned chunks in the image to make it more difficult. 3/5






Market Place

 Bogarts, 485 pieces. A fun image where shape has to do a ton of the work because colors keep repeating. I forgot I hadn't taken a picture until I made the first shake to disassemble it, but you can still see some nice details in my photo! 7/10






Thursday, March 19, 2026

Bearly There

 Fathom, 200 pieces. I was a bit hesitant because it's dark, but it's excellent, like every Fathom puzzle I've done. I wonder if Fathom could do the bit of curving on the edges of certain pieces that creates tiny little dropouts on the similar Stave Tormentors. 4/5





Christmas Stocking

 Twigg, 97 pieces. A cute tidbit; I like the derpy Santa. Whimsies noticeably larger than regular pieces. 3/5




We Can Do It!

 Puzzlapy, 63 pieces. Color line cut, which isn't my favorite, but the small size & solid frame prevented real frustration. And obviously a great image! 3/5





Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Jammin' All Around

 Rebel Puzzles/Chestnut & Hemlock, approx. 200 pieces. I didn't even realize this was an infinite scroll puzzle (in one direction) until I was done! Laser-cut; nicely done. 3/5