As usual, there is nothing in Lyon, no contest prep book coming to provide updated and detailed information. Well, never mind. More annoying, the book shows some painful meatballs: corrections of false exercises ("an understatement," he said, is to say as to express the least ... ahem ....) even uncorrected exercises and duplicates, especially towards the end, as if the author had not read. It's been a bit light. Otherwise? Also as usual, training exercises invented by the author are much harder than the annals. So, we can quickly lose a lot of time to dissect figures of speech before realizing that only Marseille and Paris are demanding it. At the same time, reasoning "who can do more can do less" is safe, we say that when you finish the chapter, is shielded. The book is aimed, one feels, students who prepare the contest on the year in private school. He therefore proposed long lists of words-traps, and also very interesting ... very discouraging to learn by heart. Personally, I have not arrived. With 6 chapters and an excellent level of French (like TL and 16 tray) is the loop however in a month of intensive work. All chapters are not of equal difficulty: synonyms and antonyms are very hard, because ultimately the selected words are also sometimes questionable, subject to individual interpretation, and often is answered yet side with the impression just having. The chapter on paronyms and homonyms is against well affordable. And the last pages filled with Greek and Latin roots of words are useful for all events. The book therefore does its job: to give an overview. To complete the Grévisse and best sessions of "Google" to refine styles figures. Also on internet Quebec QCM on very cool style figures, which can compensate the aridity of this compact and severe book. A good essential purchase, which covers all possible scenarios, but not to buy to two months of competition because it can quickly drown the candidate under tons of things to memorize. I find it extremely full well Vuibert "1500 general knowledge questions," which deals with everything it except pure French.
