Having audio for material I already know means I can listen on the train without a book in my hands. Twenty minutes each way adds up quickly.

Clean pages, readable type, and no busy design distracting from the Korean. Small thing, but it is why I keep picking it up.

Some weeks I only manage a page or two. Because it is a story, I can pick up right where I left off without re-reading a grammar chapter to remember what was going on.

The book has been the most useful Korean resource I own so far. I have seen there are video lessons and practice tools on the way, and I am ready for them.