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LSAT Explained: Unofficial Explanations for "The Next 10 LSAT PrepTests"

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I found the explanations in this book lacking, unlike Kaplan and Powerscore where they give specific reasons to why one shouldn't choose an answer or why one is correct, this guide pretty much seemed very novice. On top of that, there were numerous mistakes and typos where the book would list an answer but then when reading the descriptions for each answer option it would indicate the answer as something completely different. The Logic Game portion of this book is very confusing, it doesn't set up the problems very well.
This book isn't a total waste, but the small mistakes here and there were so unnecessary especially when paying attention to detail on the LSAT is imperative. So far Powerscore guides are the best for your money. I suggest if you have a budget stay away from this book.

This book is a supplement to "The Next 10 Actual, Official LSAT PrepTests". It provides explanations for the answers to the test.

It is an improvement over the previous "LSAT Answers" book by GetPrepped. The answers in "Explained" are laid out in a more visually pleasing way than before (it used to be an unformatted paragraph of info). The explanations are decent for LR and RC, but the way they deal with AR doesn't fit with my methods and some of their diagrams are a little too difficult to follow. There are the usual typos but I've been pleasantly surprised to find that they don't resort to saying an answer is right or wrong "just because". There were a lot of major reasoning mistakes in the "LSAT Answers" but I haven't found anything of significance in "LSAT Explained".

I don't think you're wasting money on the book, but I don't think GetPrepped's explanations are of the same caliber as what I've seen of Kaplan and possibly Princeton Review.

If you get this book you'll want to try to figure out why you got a question wrong before you turn towards "Explained" for explanations. Personally, I wouldn't want my understanding of the LSAT or the individual questions to hinge on this book but it is a decent supplement for thinking in greater depth and getting another perspective on the questions.

As a professional LSAT tutor/blogger in NYC, I can say that you'll need more than these explanations to gain a strong understanding of evidence/conclusion. Not only are these explanations confusing, but this book contains content that is also just plain wrong. More harmful than helpful in my opinion. Do not buy.

I purchased this book because I studied on my own and did not use any Kaplan course or anything like that. I thought this book was great because it explains every single question. The main way to get a better score is to actually understand what you're doing wrong. This book helped me, and even though some of the author's answer choices are not very detailed, if you use this and the Powerscore books you should be golden. This book helped me improve my score up from the low 160s range. I recommend it for the people that are dedicated to getting an awesome LSAT score.

I wound up getting above the 90th percentile on the final test, but I give this book no credit for my score. I put this book away halfway through and focused on my other study materials, because I felt like I was not understanding the explanations, and they were confusing me more than helping me.

That being said, it could have just been the way that I process things. I believe that it's important to invest in a variety of sources to prepare for the test. However, I would only invest in this book if you have already exhausted your other options.

Good Luck on the test!