Does anyone think that Barron's Critical Reading Workbook has bad explanations?

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<p>I've been working through Barron's Critical Reading Workbook, and it seems as if it has terrible answer choices and explanations. To me, the "correct" answers can't be justfied they way my answers can. Does anyone else agree, or is it just me?</p>

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<p>I agree. I don’t really like the practice questions in Barron’s…</p>

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<p>I don’t like barron’s in general. I tend to lean towards PR</p>

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<p>PR stands for Princeton Review by the way ;)</p>

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<p>Ok, good! I think Barron’s for math is fine, if one craves harder questions. I’ve also heard positive things about the writing.</p>

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<p>I personally prefer PR over Barron’s for the SAT as well. Barron’s is great for technique and tips though. I just don’t like the practice tests.</p>

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<p>Barron’s is complete trash.
It offers excessively hard problems and doesn’t even provide a good explanation.</p>

<p>@curlyviolinist
You think Barron’s math is good?
I took a practice test from the Barron’s SAT II MATH II prep book, and I got 7 problems correct. On the actual test, I got an 800.</p>

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<p>Great job on your 800, GraceTone. When I referred to Barron’s as being good, I stated that if someone wants harder questions to work with, then it’s good for that. I’m not sure if the Barron’s SAT II Math book was harder, but the SAT I isn’t TOO bad.</p>

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<p>If you’re trying to get a perfect score (or near one), definitely use Barron’s over PR.</p>

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<p>@GraceTone
It’s an accepted consensus on CC that Barron’s SAT math II is the best book for that test…
I used it, took the real test, breezed through it, got 800. Admittedly it’s much harder than the real test, but would you rather have that or PR, which doesn’t even go over double angle identities?</p>