2010-08-21 Money better spent on other prep materials (1 of 5)
The kids that wrote this book are smart. Smart enough to publish a poor quality product and get you to buy it thinking it will help your kid. The formatting is terrible and difficult to read. The grammar used in the book is often incorrect. And the functionality is the worst part. You have to go to you high school and get the ACT test booklet then constantly flip from it to their book. This authors explanations were nothing special. My son used the Kaplan ACT book (our favorite) and the REAL ACT book (also useful)to prepare for the exam. We'd recommend both of those books over this one any day of the week. My son scored a 31 the first time he took the ACT (using the Kaplan Book to prepare) and a 32 the second time he took the test (using the REAL ACT book as a supplement). The Dissecting the ACT 2.0 book he found so much less helpful he didn't use it. How this book has high scoring positive reviews is an absolute puzzle to me.

2010-07-20 BAD. BAD. EVEN MORE BAD. (1 of 5)
Okay, I bought this book a few weeks ago. The content is horrible. You are better of buying the Real ACT Guide and Princeton Review's "Cracking the ACT"

2010-03-19 ACT Self Help Book (5 of 5)
Extremely concise and to the point. My two sons found this a great way to prepare for the ACT - in short snippets between classes, on trips, at home, and when waiting anywhere. A very helpful book, especially when utilizing it with the real ACT sample test available online. A GREAT preparation and review!

2010-03-14 Okay, but not great! (2 of 5)
This book does not give many hints and tips on the tests. The few tips it does have almost seem like they were written by a robot--in some cases they directly tell you exactly what the ACT says in the Real ACT book. So, it is not exactly novel information. For example for the writing section the book tells you the rubric used by the ACT for grading the section, and this serves as the little foundation for what the authors say to do in the writing section. I could have already read that info. on the ACT Website or in the Real ACT book--how is that new information?

Furthermore, the authors go over an entire test and why they chose certain answers. That is probably the only helpful info. in this book. But when the ACT changes their online test, readers of this book will have nothing to refer to. See the authors did not put their own sample tests in the book, but rather rely on the current ACT's online exam. That test changes frequently and will make your book obsolete when it changes next!

2010-01-23 This book actually has more useful information than the big fat books (5 of 5)
This is a very no nonsense book that only covers the most important stuff you need for the test. No time is wasted on unnecessary stuff. Those expecting a fat 800 page book my be surprised by the small size of the book, but this book actually has more useful information than the big fat books written by people who may never have taken the real ACT in a decade. Even if you feel the need to get one of the fat ACT prep books, you should still get this book because it tells what you what is most important.