The Most Effective ACT Strategies Ever Published - ACT Prep Black Book

This Book was so Helpful and he explains everything so clearly. I am a 52 year old female returning to school and this was perfect. It goes over anything you will encounter on the ACT. ( Simplified even for me! Lol )

This looked like a great book, and was recommended by several ACT prep professionals. However, no one seems to realize that the red, The Real ACT Prep Guide is an old version. I bought the new version that the store paired with it, The Official ACT Prep Guide, however, the page numbers are all wrong!! I tried working with customer support at Wiley for the red book to see if there was a list of changes so it was still usable, but no joy. The ACT Prep Black Book, has prep videos, but no customer service. In all I wasted $50 ($25 each book) and my daughter has lost time. I could order the old version with no extras (because they are no longer supported) for any where from $17 used to $45 for a copy Prime, up to $60; Another $45? No thanks, I will go to Barnes and Noble this time. Very disappointing, and expensive!

UPDATE- The author contacted me, and is providing a copy of the original version of the red, The Real ACT Prep Guide, that is the corollary book to the ACT Black Book. I have upgraded the star status, and look forward to reporting back after my daughter works with both books.

Furthermore, I believe that an author willing to follow up so quickly, is someone who really cares about his product and the end users, children.

However, for those of you looking at this product, please be aware that, at least for now, you MUST buy the original red book, NOT the updated version that the store pairs with the Black Book. While it is no longer supported by Wiley and there are no extra online features, ONLY the original will work, and I think there is far more value in working the books together than online content. I'll let you know.

This book is awesome! I couldn't wait to purchase it. My daughter just took it again last Saturday and she felt very comfortable this time around. I'll post again once her scores arrive.! Great job, Mike!

Outdated and now can't return it!! Started marking & highlighting and then discovered that the last 80+% of this book is answers that specify pages and question numbers... it is a direct COMPANION book to the OUTDATED "Real ACT Prep Book 3RD EDITION"! That edition was published in 2011 and is thus outdated as the ACT test was updated Sept 2015! SHAME!

I bought this book for the math strategy. It worked amazingly for older tests. ACT must have found out about this strategy and changed their answer choices. The tricks do not work any more for the latest tests. I can't speak for the other sections.

The books description is misleading, you MUST purchase the accompanying Red Book. Two-thirds of the Black Book (this book) refers to the Red Book. To simply say that the Black Book is "best used" with the Red Book is both disingenuous and misleading. The Red Book is REQUIRED to properly use the Black Book.

Although the book was difficult to keep track of notes and I had to buy the Red book, the content was very good and I think I can succeed in my ACT test coming up! I recommend this book to anyone trying for a high score in the ACT :)

Was helping my daughter study for an ACT retest. Found this book (used Kindle version, which made finding things a bit more difficult) to be helpful in its approach. Using in conjunction with the Real ACT Test Book (mandatory), it provided an additional resource for reviewing questions and approach to questions. I sensed it gave my daughter some additional confidence that her knowledge base was "up to the task" and to be a little less intimidated by the test itself. She improved her composite by 4 points with a few weeks of study and I would certainly give some of the credit to this resource. I did review multiple other books and resources trying to find something that I thought would aid her process (of course the Real ACT Test Book is first and foremost), and I thought this book made the most sense.

This book is amazing. From the second you open it the conversation tone and quality material makes you feel as if you had a tutor right next you. The advice and content it offers is unnatainable from any other publisher for it truly dives into the workings of a standardized test and allows its reader a fresh perspective on what is being tested and how to approach it. Many complain about the price, but for the reasons mentioned above such quality and style is only attainable by hiring a face to face tutor at a much more high cost, therefor the price is not as far fetched as one would assume.

This book is different than all the other Kaplan, Princeton, etc. books. And thats why it works. I had difficulty with the reading section and this book really helped me out with that more than any other prep I did. The guy is an ACT tutor, and so he explains the ins and outs of the ACT, why its structured the way it is, and why the understanding of how its made allows you to conquer the ACT. Just understanding why the questions are structured the way they are and why the test is standardized gives you a different view of the test as a whole. Great great book. He goes over individual questions in each section of each test given in the Big Red book (seperate). He explains why only one answer is right and shows you why each other question is wrong. It really helps you see the pattern through the other questions. GREAT. LOVE THIS BOOK. 11/10 would reccommend

This book is tremendously helpful.
The work throughs were especially valuable.

I live in a location where there are not many resources for kids studying for the ACT.

The kids I am working with are all +4-5 in their composite score since
I added the Black Book to their study materials.

I seldom write reviews. But have to write one for ACT Prep Black Book. My daughter prepared for ACT this summer. Her self test scores had been around 28 to 30 until she read the Black Book. This book really opens her eyes on ACT testing. Ever since she read the Black Book, her self test scores went up to the range of 33 to 34. Eventually she scores 35 in the real exam in Sept. She thinks the Black Book is her Bible for ACT test.

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