I got all the Hal tab books and when I didn’t know anything about playing properly, I could even tell they weren’t the proper way. Thought I was crazy then, but now that I know proper stuff and heard other people say the same I know I wasn’t crazy aha.
But watching videos definitely does help. When I tried to learn the MIA solo, Syn has a video of himself playing it on his Instagram and just seeing how he playing it helped me immensely.
On a side note, I’ve found that the “official tabs” on ultimate-guitar to be a bit more accurate than the tab books
Only downside is you need a paid subscription to view the pro tabs, but they are great imo