☆This book is for you if: ◆You are studying for Japanese Language Proficiency Test N3 level (JLPT N3), your reading ability is insufficient and you want to add ability there. ◆You have ability in speaking and listening, but not enough in reading, so cannot read difficult texts ◆You want to know what types are books are being read in Japan, not just for JLPT.
☆Special features of this book <Readings that match the trend in the exercises featured in JLPT> This text uses readings that match the trend in exercises from JLPT “N3Reading”, so you can take the exam without any surprises. <You can choose exercises that are appropriate for your ability> The exercises are arranged to progress from the easy ones to the difficult ones so you can freely start from the exercises that match your ability. <You can master Kanji in a natural way> There is “Furigana text” for all the exercises so you can check your reading of the kanji. In this way you can add to your Kanji ability in a natural way. <Detailed feedback> Each exercises has an associated “explanation for answers” and “explanation for reading”, so you can understand the text correctly. When you cannot solve the exercises please refer to them. You will find how to read the text in order to find the correct answer. <You can increase your vocabulary with the vocabulary box and associated words> After the explanation there is a set of related words and a vocabulary box. There are many examples given of related words so you can easily increase the number of words you know. <Large volume of exercises> Around 44 practice exercises are included. You can improve your reading comprehension ability by reading lots of sentences. <You can study easily anywhere> The correct answers to the exercises have under page so you can easily check them and study easily, for example on the train.
The answer explanations aren't very clear, and in the last section don't seem to be present at all. But otherwise it has great practice exercises.
EDIT: After going through a second time after the JLPT (I passed, so let that speak for the book), I found the passages and explanations much clearer. That could very well be to do with already being familiar with the passages, but I would still recommend.