Galison 1000 Piece Bibliophile Book Club Darlings Jigsaw Puzzle for Adults, Adult and Family Puzzle with Illustrated Artwork of Famous Books (0735358451)

This puzzle was so fun to put together! I love book related puzzles because I am a reading addict, so this was the perfect puzzle for me! I love all the bright colors and the puzzle pieces fit to perfection. I would highly recommend this puzzle to the reader on your gift list!

Like many others, I didn’t read the reviews for this puzzle before purchasing. An avid reader I was excited about this one and thought it would be fun and relatively easy. Hard no. Right away I was extremely frustrated with trying to put the border together. The pieces are thin and the paper backing peels very easily. The backing is also white!! Like - cmon. I’m no puzzle expert but given at least 10% of this puzzle has solid WHITE pieces, a white backing is insane. The pieces do not fit together in a way that is satisfying and I was often wondering if it was the right piece (which - 50% of the time it wasn’t and they I would have to spend ten minutes jimmying the pieces apart without damaging them). Gahhh! One of the most frustrating puzzles I have ever attempted. I didn’t get past the border. I was swearing so much my husband said “Just give it up!”. Galison - please remake this puzzle with higher quality pieces and perhaps a random cut??

Wow! I do a lot of puzzles and have never given up on one, but this one just isn’t fun. Picture is easy enough, but impossible to tell if pieces fit, they fit in multiple places, which I find incredibly annoying. Other comparable brands are not like this. Very disappointed!

As a bibliophile, this puzzle was exciting to complete…. until we had to tackle the white pieces. We gave up at this point (pictured), and decided to put it away. Still worth a shot if you are okay with having an itch that can’t be scratched.

I bought this for my puzzle solving friend. The fun part of it was that she found books that she had read.