Overall, the book was good in the sense that it covers broad topics, but how is that going to help? It definitely needs many more example and more emphasis (and practice) on spending your time efficiently. I am an AP student and when I took the ACT in October I had to cancel my scores.. yes I understood everything, but so what if I don't have enough time to complete it?


A pet peeve of mine... it didn't go over the trig, and basically implied that it is fine to miss those, which I find ridiculous.

It can be a good book to sum up broad concepts, but I did not learn much from it. I bought the big ACT book with the CD, hopefully this one actually covers what I need to know.

This is amazing, it taught me so much like if you were to guess the shortest answers for the English test your score would be a 16.. its a good review and practice. I really enjoyed it, Im a guy and the store didnt have a different cover so lol it was kinda weird having that girl on the front page and a dog telling me what to look for. but this was a great book!

This has got to be the best help for the ACT out there. When you get the book in the mail you are not overwhelmed by the size and you can tell that it is actually possible to make it through the whole thing without killing yourself or reading it for months. It covers all the information that you actually need on the test and isn't just a bunch of pointless filler info. It gives wonderful strategies and tips that you would never think of but make perfect sense and work quite well. With this as my guide I am confident that I will destroy this test when I get to it.
I suggest this even if you do have the time to go through one of those huge guides. This is all you will ever need. It is written in such a way that its is the closest to fun that test prep can probably be.