Anyone finding the AQA Chemistry AS book...?

This is it: http://www.amazon.co.uk/AQA-Chemistry-AS-Students-Book/dp/074878280X/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1319363867&sr=8-3

Anyone finding it quite wordy and hard to understand? I'm struggling a bit with Chemistry and was looking for a book that explained it better more.

Any suggestions? Someone reccomended this book to me: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Level-Chemistry-Student-Book-Advanced/dp/0435581341/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1319363920&sr=1-1

Thanks!