Hoax.

THe 2005 edition of the book is the exact same as the 2004 edition. Even the back cover of the book says "Kaplan 2004". see for yourself. The only thing they changed was the cover and the copyright page. They should recall the books and actually put out a 2005 edition. I also thought some of the answers or explanations were wrong according to their own standards. The only thing good about it is that it's better than nothing.

Confidence busting

I agree with the second reviewer. This is the only book I bought to practice for the LSAT. I scored a 163 on an actual LSAT practice exam, and each time I wrote one of these Kaplan practice exams, my score dropped. The first time by five points, the second, by another point. The explanations are verbose and complicated, yet do not go into enough detail in the right areas. Before I read this book, I was confident and looking forward to the challenge of the LSAT. Now I am discouraged, constantly second guessing myself, and feel it is pointless to even take the test. If you did well on the LSAC provided practice test, don't bother with this book as it may just bust your confidence and not improve your scores at all. I plan on trying to get a refund for this book.

Friendly but not that useful

The Kaplan book is chatty, easy to read, and confidence building, but a lot of the information is just not that useful. They write, for instance, don't waste a lot of time drawing elegant charts during the logic games section. Or, in the same chapter, "With Logic Games, you must remember that identifying the type of game and understanding the subsequent flow of action are the keys to the kingdom of point-scoring." Good ideas both, but as we used to say in grade school - Duh! The book is certainly not a total waste of time, and not having read any other LSAT books I don't have much to compare it to, but unless a person is feeling very insecure or dimwitted, he/she could probably find more useful advice elsewhere.