The only real way to judge this book is whether it helps you pass the Life in the United Kingdom test or not and I don’t yet know that. I’ve read the book (it actually took me one full day to go through all of it) and I’m probably going to re-read at least once, but for my actual study I’m using the mock tests at: https://lifeintheuktests.co.uk/life-i… I’ve found many sources of mock tests, but that one seems to have the hardest questions and I personally know someone that passed the test studying from there.
Judging the book by itself, I found it terrible. There’s two reasons for that:
– It’s written for the lowest level of English that would allow you to become a citizen, so, the prose is terse and simple.
– It’s designed to cover just the information you need to pass the test and nothing more, so, it’s almost a regurgitation of facts.
About the last point, for some bits of history that I know a bit about and that are super interesting (WWI, WWII, Scotland’s joining the UK, and a few more) I found the book super boring and skipping all the interesting bits just because it’s not in the exam. It makes sense for this book but it makes for a boring book. I have to admit that it made me curious about some things that I want to read more about and also some places I want to visit now.
★☆☆☆☆
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