2008-04-01 Disappointing book

The dictionary at the back is frustrating, including all the words you probably know at this level but few of the new ones in the book. The illustrations are not very good. For instance, the illustrator clearly has no idea what wild strawberries are like and hasn't bothered to do the necessary research. The book is aimed at young people who won't identify with the adolescent characters, who are nothing like 'cool' enough, though this is not a problem for adults. The same applies to the text, which is adequate for studying Russian.