3.3 ~ 3 In general, it is a good book, but I was reading it for help in writing essays for school, and to say the least, it didn't help. It actually did the opposite. This is targeted more towards businesses. It kept on talking / telling you to go to SmartBrevity.com, but when I did, I couldn't even navigate the site, so that's a bit annoying. I really liked the main message of the book.