I really like this book. There are lots of patterns in there, the discussions of how the pattern arose and how you could screw it up are useful, and there are some brief essays scattered through the book to lighten things up. There aren't any problems, but I don't mind that; you can treat each tesuji pattern as a problem, if you wish.
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Dan Schmidt (NNGS 5k*) says:
Another contender for my favorite go book. There's a lot of stuff in here that I would see in higher-ranked players' games, but couldn't find in any other book. The patterns are more strategic and less tactical than in the Davies Tesuji book; they concentrate more on things like making good shape and less on killing. It's written in an extremely clear style, with lots of diagrams and explanations of why the bad moves don't work.
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