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ahrachov's review against another edition
3.0
I did a speed reading course in high school but due to my work found myself needing to increase my speed even further. It’s always good to stretch a muscle, but I’m not sure how helpful a book on the subject is without an assisted practical component. The exercises included are helpful but limited if you aren’t consistently practicing.
qilovik's review against another edition
2.0
The title is kind of a stretch. I think that reading 200+ pages in 1 hour (which means over 3 pages per minute) is impossible no matter how much you're good at speed reading, unless you're reading a book so fast to the point where you don't understand what's written. But the book overall had some good advice, although I feel like the pre-reading part was quite unnecessary despite the author's efforts to convince us otherwise. I mean reading the table of contents, introduction, etc is just common sense, nobody starts a book without reading those. The other tips in that part however were not crucial. I'm not sure if I'm gonna be following the advice in this book since it was really headache inducing, I'm already satisfied with my reading speed, I've only read the book to gain some insight about the process of speed reading since I knew little to nothing about it.
mystikai's review against another edition
4.0
This is a great book for anyone that wants to read faster, however, do not expect it to happen straight after reading this book. It is full of useful techniques to get you there but it does take time and commitment to learning to read faster. What I did like about this book is that it doesn't teach you to skim books, but actually take everything in
Overall it was a good book and I will continue practising the techniques and hopefully, I will manage to read faster in the, not too distant future.
Overall it was a good book and I will continue practising the techniques and hopefully, I will manage to read faster in the, not too distant future.
ovi1's review against another edition
3.0
I liked reading this book, but not that much. This book is useful for reading textbooks, journals, research papers. Not for reading novels, literature and fiction.
synthia02's review against another edition
3.0
I don’t know about reading 200 pages in an hour but I read this book in about hour. It’s highly skim-able and could have been condensed down to maybe 30-50 pages. Aside from covering speed, the author talks about material retention, vocabulary, and eye exercises.
atlasofstories's review against another edition
4.0
I received an arc of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
4/5 stars
I picked up this book in the hope that I would learn something about speed reading. Speed reading can be useful in many situations. Professionally, when I read articles or research papers, I would like to go through them faster. The same applies when I read for fun. It would be nice to read faster so that I can read more books!
Kam Knight brings a not-too-long book about speed reading and shares some techniques and tips that will help you understand it better. The book is made with research behind the techniques and concept of speed reading. You can practice the art of speed reading by following the advice and tips given by the author. There are also some exercises that you can practice.
The book has exceeded my expectations and has taught me one or two things that I will remember. I recommend it for people who are interested in the concept of speed reading, and for those who read a lot, for work or as a hobby. This book can be useful to learn how to read faster and more!
4/5 stars
I picked up this book in the hope that I would learn something about speed reading. Speed reading can be useful in many situations. Professionally, when I read articles or research papers, I would like to go through them faster. The same applies when I read for fun. It would be nice to read faster so that I can read more books!
Kam Knight brings a not-too-long book about speed reading and shares some techniques and tips that will help you understand it better. The book is made with research behind the techniques and concept of speed reading. You can practice the art of speed reading by following the advice and tips given by the author. There are also some exercises that you can practice.
The book has exceeded my expectations and has taught me one or two things that I will remember. I recommend it for people who are interested in the concept of speed reading, and for those who read a lot, for work or as a hobby. This book can be useful to learn how to read faster and more!
arpik's review against another edition
4.0
Being a fast reader myself I was interested in learning the techniques presented in this book to improve my reading habits and comprehension even more. I have started using some of them for retaining more of the information I've read in the books..
ethannp's review against another edition
3.0
True I was able to “read” this book in under 2 hrs. But that’s because it was extremely wordy. The techniques work great on a book like this where if you miss something you’re not really missing anything. That said I highly appreciated the reminder to read faster and not get bogged down in the sentence-by-sentence level of the book and remain cognizant of WHY I’m actually reading this thing in the first place; because there’s something I want to know, which may be slightly different from what the author is trying to teach me, hence the usefulness of speed reading.