Title: Nothing to write home about...
Product review: This book is "ok," I wouldn't go beyond that. The use of simplified and traditional Chinese is nice, but not necessary. My main complaints are that this book does not explain the grammar enough. Beyond this the lesson content is a bit over the top. The whole "Deng Xiaoping" argument in chapter two is a bit OUTDATED. This is not 1990. Also, there is a chapter where someone visits a monk to talk about love (Chapter 9). This book also gets so increasingly difficult once you hit chapter 8 its insane. This book might be alright for people that are learning 4th year Chinese and have a thorough understanding of Chinese grammatical principles for the three previous years. Also note- it has very UGLY illustrations, actually they are more "hideous" than not. Some of the lessons are helpful, but I don't think a student should use this book unless they have a vocabulary of at least 1200-1500 words PRIOR to starting this book.
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