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Title: Beginners: keep away.
Review: Very frustrating to use. The book doesn't allow the reader to become comfortable with Finnish slowly and build a decent bedrock of vocabulary and grammar. Instead, even in the very beginning it mentions all sort of pedantic asides and exceptions to the rules, making the whole thing appear very daunting right from the start. Its layout is unclear and it doesn't have enough examples. You'll probably find yourself having to read the same sentence several times to absorb the rule the author is trying to lay down: a book on a difficult language that's written in poor English is the kiss of death for the beginner.
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