An interesting approach for neophytes in tongues.

A summary well built (although the verbs section arrive a little late for my taste), put in a clear and intelligible page, practical information that seem to be really useful: in short, enough to start building a simple sentence in Japanese after reading half hour.
Unable to learn everything in one day, this book is really chock full of vocabulary and unavoidable subjects (such as the construction of a phrase or conjugation according to polite form).
Not being myself a neophyte in foreign languages, I think this book is flexible enough to convince even the most retords in learning modern languages.
The book is good spirit and far from being "clumsy" to read, I highly recommend it!