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Title: Don't waste your time
Review: I may only be an intermediate German student, but this book hasn't helped me at all. I am a serious student and graduated magna cum laude from college in 1999 so I don't think the fault is in my ability to comprehend. I admit to not giving the book much of a chance, but the conversations seem silly and talk about things you would never find yourself asking. I would have preferred a book that had conversations the non-native German speaker would find himself engaging in. I don't think this means a conversational, "streetwise" text has to be dry and stilted, but I think a healthy mix of idioms and slang with language the non-native German speaker is attempting to learn would be more effective. It seems to me that if you aren't already a master of German, you will not like this book and that, if you are, you don't need it because you already master the language.My 2 cents.
