Has good information.

Hilarious and instructive at the same time.

In no way does this book replace actual quality instruction on the river with a qualified instructor, but it does provide a useful complement to that in person instruction. Like the 3 star review, this book is a little too right brained for my taste, but some of the illustrations are helpful. It does not focus so much on basic strokes and concepts as much as on things you may encounter on the river. Some of the explanations are detailed and useful, but others are confusing and unhelpful. But here's the thing, no one book on whitewater kayaking is going to give you everything you need and no book will ever replace the experience of learning from a quality instructor on the river who can see what you're doing and what's right and wrong with it. Given that, this is a valuable resource that complements that on the water instruction and can be particularly useful to paddlers who seek visual illustrations of whitewater.