Instruct: Classify a given review as either positive or negative.
Query: Good Overview of a Lot

I think the book covers a lot in terms of range. I have a lot of these intro books. Russian is a very deep subject. The classes tend to hang up on a few items forever, and this book moves you along to new areas. The more compressed dense type is Oxford Russian Grammar and Verbs which is maybe too much for the pure beginner. This book also tries to show pronunciation and now has CD of some use. Author has done a service to the beginner. The book is not a large set of tables of endings which might be in a reference book. It is unlikely that one would speak much Russian after reading one book. I think the critics here are too narrow. The book is a good overview of basics. I would buy also an Intermediate next book in Russian in this Idiot Series if it is ever done (such exists in Spanish).