I'll confess I'm into pop grammar books. They're fun and catty and often helpful. Reading them is like having a writer's spa day.

Well, as far as the sub-category is measured, (at least as far as I measure it) Dreyer delivers. He leans into the role of sassy copy editor and I love him for it and I want him to be my best friend in an 80s rom-com.

The opening chapters make the entire book worth reading. They are written in a style that is charming, light-hearted, and funny while imparting useful reminders.

Then there comes a point when the guide feels like it's just a list of misused word pairs and it stops being very fun to read. I suppose the final chapters were constructive but they felt of little value.

So this is worth reading, particularly for my fellow grammar book geeks, but it isn't a masterpiece and I wouldn't re-read the thing.