"real" nclex course better than store bought book?

I can speak of Hurst as I used Hurst, Kaplan, Saunder's, NCSBN and La Charity. I used all these resources for different reasons. I attended Hurst, and it was a good course to "hear" and review core content. Also, Hurst has all their videos on line - so you can watch and listen to them again at your leisure. I purchased Kaplan (and their book) also for content, and found their book was good (though didn't provide some details for some conditions/treatments) though their question trainers/qbanks were excellent. Also, Kaplan's strategies are great (decision tree and strategy videos) as you need to know strategies to help you on NCLEX. Kaplan also has these question videos where they discuss about 300 questions (in sets of 10) that show you how to break apart the question and evaluate/eliminate answer choices. These were very helpful! Saunder's was excellent for content (filled the gaps or missing pieces that Kaplan/Hurst didn't cover or state). NCSBN great for content (a little wordy and hard to locate topics at times as the way it's presented online) though excellent information and 1300 practice NCLEX questions. NCSBN is from the makers of NCLEX and I found their course very helpful and similar to NCLEX and affordable! Lastly, La Charity PDA is great for priority and delegation questions (supplement or an added resource for NCLEX). For me, all these resources gave me a nice broad view of topics that would be asked on NCLEX.

So to answer your question, if you are a visual learner you may want to invest in attending a class and/or Hurst or Kaplan. Or, if you learn best by reading a book - then NCSBN or Saunder's and La Charity may work for you.