Basically I use this book to enhance my reading skill and writing skill because I am writing my dissertation. Although I read academic journal almost every day, when it comes to writing it becomes difficult. This book can help me to organize complicated sentences.

You must get this guide book if you want to prep for GMAT. While it doesn't cover strategy or the AWA section it does give you lots of great practice! I ended up with an 89% ranking on the verbal section thanks to this guide.

I have yet to receive the book after more than one month since the purchase date.
Could someone tell me why?!?

This book is an excellent book, no doubt about it. It is a must have book. I have yet to take my GMAT test but I do know this book is very helpful in my preparation. I especially admire the answer reviews b/c every question is explained in great details. Basically the book teaches you the tricks about each question and every given answer.

If you already have the Official Guide for GMAT review, then this book is not worth the money.
All the questions have been picked from the Official guide for GMAT review. So if you already have the GMAT review then this book has nothing additional.

The product was brand new and in perfect conditions, with no pencil or pen signs whatsoever.

The Verbal GMAT Review is a great tool to use when you are brushing up on your grammer and reading comprehension skills. The book also has helpful hints when you are reading the passages. The questions go from easy to hard with explanations on grammer usage, dictation, and critical reasoning.

The book covers reading comprehension, critical reasoning, and sentence correction. Great tool to have.

I have worked through most of the guides out there and the OG is one of my favorites. I believe their verbal explanations are only OK.Therefore if you are looking for detailed explanations on solutions this may not be worth your money as you will get the same level of detail found in the OG 11th edition main book. I liked this book because it gives you 100 questions to practice in each section CR/RC/SC. As anyone studying for GMAT knows the more practice the better! my only wish is that they would rank the questions so you know what is "easy vs. hard." GOOD value if you need more material to practice with.

Wonderful book to have to prepare you for GMAT. I received the book very quickly and it helped me raise my score by 200 pts.

Being official guide, it gives most closest look at GMAT questions. Required book for GMAT preparation

This book is very good as a guide for the GMAT test. It contains questions with explanations. The questions is very close to the real GMAT test. However....if you have OG 10 aor Official Guide Review 11 ed. you don't need this book, because the content is the same (this book is not as complete as the OG 10 or 11). If you want to learn verbal from basic, this book contain only minimum instruction.

This book doesn't have much tips. This has just set of questions. Good for last few days of prep.

While I did not compare this with other guide books, as some reviewers have, I did use it to prepare for the GMAT. There are tons of questions, their answers and explanations for the answers. There is also a good section on how to approach the analytical writing section of the GMAT.

If I were to have to take the GMAT again, I would buy this book again.

I scored 90% Overall.

The book is good and provides additional actual exam questions. But if you are already in possession of OG10 then do not buy this one since the questions are the same.

This book was very informative and shows you step by step how to work the problems.

While I did not compare this with other guide books, like some reviewers have, I did use it to prepare for the GMAT. There are tons of questions, their answers and explanations for the answers. There is also a good section on how to approach the analytical writing section of the GMAT.

If - again for some insane reason - I were to have to take the GMAT again, I would buy this book again.

PS: I scored 90% on the verbal and 6 on the writing (hazaa!)

This is must to have book for GMAT prep. Only thing which I can say is wrong is it does not shows the level of difficulty.

The difficulty level of the questions in this book is about the same as that of the Official Guide for GMAT Review. I recommend this book to people who wish to have more practice. I think two of the questions in this book can be found in the official guide as well. But it's only 2 out of 300 questions. It shouldn't be a big deal.

receiving status: the book is in great condition. orders are delivered on time.

reading comments: the official guide is great helpful for me to prepare verbal section of the GMAT test. the model exam, practical exercises are very close the actual ones. It helps me to catch up key points and well prepared for the test in a relatively short period.

This book contains exactly the same material contained in the verbal section of the complete version of the Official Guide for GMAT Review (by the way I've checked only the reading comp section). So don't buy this book if you already have the Official Guide and you are looking for additional verbal questions.

Since the Gmat test is manage for other people, the exercises are different. This book is a good tool to start the work. Much of the exercises in this book already are in the 10th and 11th edition of Official Guide for GMAT Review from ETS.

There isn't much in this book to distinguish it from the verbal portion of The Official Guide for GMAT Review, but that's ok: if there's one thing GMAT students need, it's practice questions that look and feel just like the ones on the test. While the questions in the Quantitative Review book are somewhat easier than in the Official Guide, that isn't the case (to the same degree, anyway) with the verbal, so I can recommend this to just about anybody.

Further, the difference between authentic questions and inauthentic ones (i.e., those generated by writers at test-prep companies) is much greater in verbal material than in math. I should know: I've written hundreds of practice verbal questions, and matching the voice, structure, and objectives of the original is a daunting task. Some inauthentic practice materials are better than others, but you should take advantage of all the "real" questions that the testmaker has made available.

This is an excellent book with the real GMAT questions. It explains all the questions and answers and also explain why a particular answer is correct. Till now, this is the best GMAT practice book I've seen. Anyone preparing for GMAT needs to have this book

Contrary to the information at some MBA chat sites, the questions in the two supplements, The Official Guide for GMAT Verbal Review and The Official Guide for GMAT Quantitative Review, and the main volume, The Official Guide for GMAT Review, are largely carried over from the 10th edition and the PDFs of retired exams sold by MBA.com. So if you have the 10th, you won't get as much as you might hope from spending for the new main volume, or $17 a pop for the supplements. You will get what GMAT calls "improved" explanations. Improved? Maybe. They're still pretty circular at times (eg, D is correct because it's uh....correct), but they do seem more detailed and better organized. These books are good study tools, just not as new as the GMAT folks would like us to believe.