Should I Even Read Campbell's?

alittlemonster
Sun, 04 Jul 2010 13:58:27 +0000

You only need a review book and an at least decent teacher to get a 5 on AP.

My gripe with Campbell’s isn’t that it’s too detailed (not really possible for a college level book right?) or that it doesn’t help prepare you for the exam (it’ll seem like a walk in the park if you studied from campbell’s).
My gripe is it is VERY poorly constructed. It is neither clean and measured like a good physics book nor well-written and interesting like, well, a good biology book.
I don’t think a textbook should be written like a novel, but after seeing books like Cutnell’s and Meyer’s, I know Campbell’s just has the information but not the proper presentation.