Cubans: The Ultimate Cigars

Rating:
Summary: Very Clear, Informative and Comprehensive.
Review: I'm probably the world's youngest to enjoy Cuban Cigars. (I'm 19) But nonetheless, this book was great. Robustos and Montecristo's are my 'current' favourite. The feeling you get when you lay back and puff on one of these...INCREDIBLE. Takes you to another world.

If your gonna smoke on one of these, enjoy it with a glass of Cristal or Dom P. France's Finest.

*The World Is Yours*

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Rating:
Summary: A little thin
Review: The part of this book that deals strictly with cigar brands and characteristics of those brands is ok, but could use more detail and more photos. Unfortunately, the author devoted too much space to a very shoddy synopsis of Cuban history. Instead of enlightening the reader, the author made clear his own lack of background in Cuban history; since this isn't supposed to be a history book, perhaps the author could have either left out that section, or had someone more qualified write it. Disappointing.

Rating:
Summary: An EXCELLENT book...
Review: This is a book to be avoided by aficionados, since it is very basic and general in its approach and adds absolutely no new information to that which can be found in previously published books and magazine articles.

The author would have done better by presenting this book as a personal diary rather than a book which is supposed to supply information as to why Cubans are "The Ultimate Cigars."

Rating:
Summary: Ultimate?
Review: This is an interesting book about Cuban cigars. There are good bits concerning how cigars are made, the processes involved and some historical references. It may interest the US reader as the book has a very readable section on the embargo.

The section on the cigar brands is a bit confusing and it really refers to the history of that brand as opposed to what the cigars are like and what signature pieces are produced by that brand. If it were to be a historical reference then the omission of names like Davidoff and Dunhill would be a bit remiss.

To summarise, it is more of a story book which is very interesting. This is NOT a reference book, nor does it pretend to be! It is very well written and I enjoyed it even if I didn't really learn from it.