We have been happily using LLATL for several years and will continue. The student books at every level are worth buying. I only occasionally glance at the teacher book, ever.
There is a lot of variety in this series, definitely not the drill and kill that some other programs have. That said, if you really, really like grammar taught in depth in a very concise, lesson by lesson way, you may not see the appeal to LLATL. LLATL follows the principles taught by Charlotte Mason and also Ruth Beechick (more Beechick than Masson....look up these awesome ladies of yesteryear and learn about their methods).
If you don't love a particular literature passage, substitute your own. Have your child look up the concepts taught in a lesson in books they are currently reading. Don't get bogged down. You are teaching the child, not the curriculum. :)
I seldom do the book studies. They are not laid out in a way that makes sense to me, which is a shame. The publisher should take some notes on an appealing way to present the book studies. That would be my only "complaint". I am still happy to use the whole LLATL without using the book studies.
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I used this curriculum 2 years ago with an older child. I need to replace the student workbook to reuse the set I already have. This is our 3rd consecutive year using LLATL as a homeschool family.…
After using LLATL for 15 years and with all of my 7 children, I wouldn’t use anything else. It is thorough and comprehensive.
I have been very happy with the other levels of Learning Language Arts through Literature that I have purchased.
I was looking for a complete language arts curriculum and this seemed like a good fit.