SAT Prep Black Book: The Most Effective SAT Strategies Ever Published Paperback – 1 July 2017

The book is enormous and looks extremely thorough. I bought it on impulse for my son’s SAT revision next year, having seen the title and amazing reviews. I *almost* put it to one side without having a look, when it arrived, but curiosity and mild anxiety got the better of me given the sheer size, and I took a peek inside.After flipping through several random pages, suddenly breathing very heavily and reaching for some Vodka, panic had set in. How could I guide my son through this next year? I had no idea the SAT content would be so advanced and extensive.Then a small niggle worked its way forward and I wondered…is this book for a US test, rather than the UK SAT test for 10-11 year olds I had innocently purchased it for? I read the blurb and saw a few references to the College Board (16-18 year old education level here in the UK), but assumed it was just a wider education board that oversees an element of examination in the UK. The panic remained.I have never wished SO hard for a google result to validate my desperate hope…. And there it was - SATs in the US are for young adults soon to apply to college.And breeeeathe.I gently and quietly returned the vodka to the top shelf, and went to make myself a strong cup of English tea.Please don’t make the same mistake I did. I’ve learnt a valuable lesson around impulsivity purchases today, but most importantly, there’s hope yet that I can still help my current 9 year old with revision next year for his UK SAT test, and thankfully I won’t need this amazing book.

The book is immensely helpful, it breaks down the common type of questions such as 'Best Evidence' and 'Central claim' questions in the Reading section for example. It also includes amazing strategies to use to answer questions quickly such as Vertical Scanning and other techniques that are not mentioned in any other prep books. This book also includes full explanations of answer to SAT Practice Tests 1-4 but sadly not 5-8. The walkthroughs are very comprehensive, much more so than the college board and Khan academy explanations.Another very good thing about this book is that it helps to train you in the way the test is written and how to understand it instead of just learning knowledge and answering questions.Overall, this book is very very book and I would recommend using it over any other Prep book.

The font are too small.

Good practice book.

This book is for students of the American College Board SAT examinations, which isn't made clear, and if advertised in the UK should be as otherwise it could be confused with the UK SATS, sat by schoolchildren.

I'd really like to leave a 5 star review because the content in the SAT Black Book is absolutely fantastic. However, after paying £14 for a Kindle version (which is more like a poor PDF scan of the book than a properly formatted Kindle book) isn't even supported on my Kindle Paperwhite. The only way to read it is on my phone, where the formatting is awful and the text is barely legible. Had to pay another £30 for the physical version so I can actually use the book.In summary: fantastic content; terrible Kindle version.