Suitable for reading-for-pleasure, not reading-for-learning

This book advocates two principles: block reading and no (sub)vocalisation. It also suggests to set a goal (time/wpm) before starting to read anything.

The author believed that reading is for pleasure rather than learning, which could be evidenced by words on page 113:

"The successful Accelerated Reader is able to ... He has accepted, without reservation, the philosophy that the most important benefit of reading is the gaining of information, ideas, mental 'pictures', and entertainment - not the fretting over words. He has come to a realisation that words in and of themselves are for the most part insignificant - except to compilers of dictionaries. He knows that it is only when an author combines them with other words to form ideas that they assume any real are of importance..."

Cutler thus implied that his method was only for light reading. If you are a serious reader and your brain needs active communication with the author, Cutler's methods won't work, though it can help you to screen out valuable books (out of tons of books) before taking a deeper inspection.