Way to much Technical Data.
925610
Way to much technical data.  20% of the story read and not one crew action yet and no training. So far Pretty Boring book
4915977
This book has a lot of good information, but I think too much is presented in a technical fashion.  A large portion of the book is dedicated to explaining the physics of skiing.  On the one hand, I like physics, and I found the information interesting.  However, none of that actually helped me to become a better skier, and I think the space could be better used on something else.  Also, the book is a little light on practical advice.
784004
There is a lot of very useful content but also a lot of fluff added to this book. I am not sure why authors include entire legal acts that are available easily in the public domain into a book. Such public domain information contributes to nearly 50% of the book volume. The author has also included several articles written - though useful is also available in the public domain on his website. There is a lot of analysis that is very useful.
73694
This book is full of graphs and tables. I suspect a more technical reader would find it useful.
506198
Save your 99 cents. Wikipedia has more information than this 'volume'. Not worth the electronic storage space.... even if it was free it's still not worth it.
699419
This book needs further data that substantiates what the author is concerned about. It appears the author wants to make more money by having suspense with consecutive sequals. This is not good science nor good reseacrh that can help our history of mankind.
3829902
The book Tim Ferriss wanted to write and couldn't because he doesn't know half as much as Ben knows.  To have all the overwhelming amount of data it has, You read it as if it was a novel. It should be called "become superhuman without BS shortcuts"
1380290
One of the difficult jobs in big data is to get data of good quantity and *quality*. As a founder of an online dating site, the author is able to access gigantic data which has been collected over ten years. The data indeed shows who we are, and there are many surprises ;)
3200769
I love Sharon Lee and Steve Miller's Liaden series and looked forward to reading this book, but, I found it so full of technical details that it took away from the story line.
3962126
Contains an enormous amount of information but I found it to be too much like reading a text book.
4007176
When I copied my privacy data into this stroEdge, it spend 20 minutes to finish copying those 14GB stuffs. It can only be used as a stock.
118455
This book is presented in novel format where huge paragraphs dominate.
People don't mentally store information in paragraph format; they store it in bullets or chunks of data so you first have to read the paragraph, then deduce the bullets for mental storage. It's weird but I think most books are written like this.

There are endless stories about security using sometimes inappropriate metaphors for security which don't always equate to the technology at hand.

Also, the chapters aren't laid out in the 10 Domains covered by the CISSP exam so you have to jump around to go through the domains.

By comparison, the Sybex CISSP book does a worse job because the chapters aren't even named in relation to what the ten CISSP domains are so you have to guess which chapter goes to which domain.

There is good use of graphics but there is a lot of extra information not on the exam so if you're looking for a concise technical review of CISSP exam material, look elsewhere.

PS the Shon Harris videos are as long and drawn out.
2552265
The information is all there but hard to read if you're not familiar with the technology. It reads like a summary of a bunch of government reports. The information is well thought out but it needs to be studied and thought through especially for implications and future consequences.
592621
Imagine my surprise to find my cattery and website listed without permission...and much of the 'author's' information comes from sources such as CFA.org.  Much information is outdated, incomplete or inaccurate.
1320595
I have never disliked a technical book more than this one. The table of contents looks great - lots of coverage of everything having to do with XML.  The content though, is very disappointing.  For the most part, every topic is covered at a very high level and the author's biases are very generously woven throughout. I found several cases of overstatements and omissions of accurate information. (Perhaps it is already out of date?)
This book might be good for someone trying to get a high level view of all that XML is capable of infiltrating. For anyone that wants any real technical content, this will be a big disappointment.
2322267
I am teaching sophomore undergraduate students using this book. The book is very thorough but because of this, it is extremely technical. I am not going to use this book to teach the class next time around.
4875797
The authors of this book have a great deal of technical knowledge. Unfortunately, their technical talent is stunted by their inability to use simple language, or hire an editor who can translate for them. When not reading like a dictionary, the book reads like a volume written by Yoda. They make simple concepts extremely complicated by their inability to use anything but the most complicated manner of explanation.

I am not actually taking this test, so I cannot rate it as a study guide.