With Chenga Tome, you can easily get to lvl 61 by doing side quest with Combat Exp. And it's ideal to start after you have gotten lvl 56. That said, is it better than grinding? Well, it is certainly a fast way to get to lvl 61, but you will miss Skill Points as those are from grinding mobs. One way that is suggested is that you can quest to lvl 61 to get the Capotia Ring for a higher AP, after which you can grind more effectively for skill points later on.

1st 61 we get the FREE ring which can be helpful. You only need to do the Chenga ONCE and use it for all other ALTs later. making leveling a breeze as well for other alts. Grinding is something we be doing non stop , have fun leveling.

It depends on how you perceive better. If you mean faster then yes. Because you can reach lvl 61 by only doing side quests. I personally did this for my season Lahn, doing side quests in SE town, which didn't require any combat.

It's easy if u want to get level 61. Can be done with questing for like about 3 days or less in casual mode. If its your 1st journey adventure, maybe its a bit rough since u will need some help on main quest. But the exp comes from side quests. Once u finish kamasylvia and reach drieghan, u can find some guides on youtube about questing to 61. And they do list the quests from each region. I personally can suggest you to do kamasylvia region side quest, drieghan, and brellin farm side quests. Since it will give u a lot of combat exp, and chenga does help u a lot here.

you'll feel the grind (pun intended) grinding from 61 to 62, trust me!