3 out of 5 rating for Pathfinder Strategy Guide
This book tries to be an introduction for new players f the Pathfinder game. As a conversation piece on your coffee table, this might work; when I open the book at a random page, I usually find something intriguing on that page. The intended use of the book is as a guide to what character to play, and how to advance that character once you're playing, and I feel it only does a mediocre job there. There is simply too much text for someone who has not yet decided if Pathfinder is something they want to delve deeper into.
I can see uses for this book, but for the kind of circle-of-friends games I run, it is useless. Still giving it a middling rating as others may find more use for it.