A kids book
When I got this book I was quite disappointed. The reason for this was that the book briefly went over the content. Yeah sure you can get some basic understanding of what is going on with handwriting, but i think you would need another resource to get you to any real good level.

If you want to be like a palm reader, like a gimmick get this book.

Cold Reading - if you haven't heard the term, google it
I am very disappointed with this book. This book does not present graphology as a science. Basically, it teaches you to look at someone's writing and say something like "This person is often reserved, yet can be impulsive at times. This person has painful memories from the past. This person is sometimes fearful of the future, but always tries to give the appearance of confidence. This person likes to keep loved ones close by and sometimes seeks the approval of others. Blah, blah, blah." I'll bet this person is you. I don't have to see your handwriting to tell you stuff like this. This person could be ANYBODY. If you are looking for a way to amaze stupid people with your cold reading skills, this book may help you. If you are looking for something real, please keep looking.

Dense and Exciting
'Handwriting Analysis' is not a large book, but it is dense with information, presented in a reader-friendly format. An impressive feature of the work is the quick overview of concepts provided at the outset, which is conveyed with simple 'fun' illustrations and text. Thus the reader may always quickly refer to these few pages to strengthen those neural connections and refresh what has been learned.

Indeed the whole book has been written with the audience in mind: concepts are discussed briefly, but with the right measure of information and illustrations of different writing to provide facile understanding.

I would certainly recommend this book to anyone who desires a no-nonsense, easy approach to the topic: handwriting analysis. Thumbs up for this one!!!

Got something hiiden?
This really is a GOOD book! It is very interesting, I wanted it just for fun but now I have a new hobby! Very easy to follow, excellent illustrations and extremely fascinating!

Not bad
Its a pretty old book, published in 1980, but its contents are still relevant in today's context. I also purchased Michelle Dresbold's "Sex, Lies & Handwriting" and borrowed from my local library "Handwriting Analysis: How to make it work for you" by Andrea McNichol.

On comparison of the three, Miss Dresbold's book is more like an introduction that really gets your interest in the subject, but her outstanding analysis of Jack the Ripper really got me interested in the subject (one that the other 2 books do not provide)! Miss Dresbold also highlights more lucidly the characteristics of certain dangerous traits that exists in the handwriting of people, which might provide clues to a dangerous person.

Miss McNichol's book is more like a step by step process of guiding the reader into handwriting analysis; like a school syllabus, which makes for great reading for a first timer, and in fact one would be quite adept at Handwriting Analysis once finished.

This book, by Miss Amend and Miss Ruiz... I would describe it as similar to a manual, with the greatest detail and least "introduction paragraphs" and contains the most amount of sample signatures by famous people. However, it does not highlight to the reader what stuff to look out for in people; the book draws equality to all handwriting characteristics with little embellishments.

On a personal note, with so much SMS and email going on today, handwriting is probably quite underestimated and overlooked as a tool. Also, I'm not sure if handwriting analysis can apply to cultures that also has other written forms of language, which might 'interrupt' any rules of handwriting analysis as depicted in all three books. These cultures include the Chinese (Chinese Characters focuses on strokes), Indian (particularly rounded handwriting), Thai... etc.

Still, all three books are definitely one to keep!