Clare has enjoyed using it. It involves a lot of research, and though there is some writing involved in the Literature section, much of it is doing research to fill out questionaires about Civilizations, Art, Music and Architecture. The lesson plans are all laid out; that's why I liked it. I didn't have to re-invent the wheel.
Im also going to be mixing and matching with stuff from Calvert (I like their science kit) and MAYBE A Beka again..not sure...there is a local HS family that has set up a 'private' school that offers 6 weeks of "how to organize and study" which I thought would be good for the both of us. Im going with sonlight because they ARE using SWB's Story of the World for their history and I used it this past year...was very helpful in that regard. It was just planning out evreything else that drove me bonkers...Am also switching to MathUSee cause Saxon is starting to get a little too repetitive for her.
Definitely need to look at TRISMS again!