The author of this book has a very chatty writing style, which would go over better with me if he had done a more thorough job of glossing his material. There are too many words used in the lessons that can't be found in the glossary at the back, so either access to a native speaker or a dictionary will be necessary to avoid becoming too frustrated. That being said, the coverage of the grammar is not too bad. One major plus is the excellent treatment of Ukrainian phonics at the beginning of the book-careful practice with it will reward a beginning student with a good, authentic pronunciation- it is in fact one of the best treatments of phonics I've seen for any Slavic language.