Good book for the most part
340906
The book is lighter than most so that is a plus when their are many textbooks to carry....the text is clean and easy to read and their are many examples. One annoying factor is that many of the exercises refer back to the data in previous exercises so you have to flip through the pages over and over and over again.....and sometimes, the data is NOT in the problem where they say it is, but in the next problem on the page. The authors also changed some of the traditional symbols for their own symbolic language for certain parameters and that can be confusing for students (it is a "first course in statistics" book, but these changes make it confusing for the next level). In general, I like it better than other stats book I've used, though.
2301106
I liked the book overall.  It did keep my interest, but I felt there were a lot of ideas and story lines going on at once.  Less ideas more developed may have worked better.
687503
The book was good for the most part. It seemed to drag about 3/4 the the way through. Then the story started to tie up loose ends. While it may not have been my favorite, the story was good. Some one else may enjoy the writing more so than I did.
81927
The book is good and provided some good information.
4945897
I think this was a good book. However, I must admit that I liked this one the least. There were one or two things that were hard to accept. One example was how quickly she survived the beating and no food while pregnant. However I would still recommend the book. It helps you understand all the characters in books to come or even pass books. It really is a good book. I just like the others better.
4204838
The book was very readable with a very good story and some interesting characters. I guess my problems with the book were two fold. One, there seemed to be times when the author was simply filling up space, could have gotten to the point much quicker in some chapters. Secondly, after reading awhile you knew the outcome was going to be positive. It was almost like the old melodramas where the hero shows up at the last minute to save the heroine in distress.
4156081
This is a great book with an amazing amount of information. The audio version is also awesome, however, what seems like half of the last few chapters is all a bunch of links and it becomes very hard to follow
3927046
I like this book because it tells it like it is. However, there are things that it talks about that I don't understand. The author assumes that the person reading understands the terms they use. It needs to explain those in a little more detail. There are helpful tips on how to stay organized and stress free and I NEEDED that lol. Over all a good book.
1404899
Good book overall, except it's too caught up in its own context. Also, one or two designated chapters on UI would be nice.
3667102
I enjoyed this book for the most part. The h seemed a little too wishy washy when it came to her future. She always seemed to have a hard time with her classes so I'm not sure why her father wanted her to eventually take over his company.  The H was able to help her out in all hose classes that she had a hard time with and he didn't go to college. Her father should have been happy to have someone who understands business courting his daughter. Anyway, like I said a fairly enjoyable read, a little predictable and i think the author had trouble remembering what team the H was playing for at times. A little more attention in that part of the editing was needed.  I receiv d a copy of this book from Reading Deals in exchange for an honest review.
410058
A little long winded ...but all in all a good book
368828
Overall it was a decent book with stronger portions and good writing throughout most of the book.  I did enjoy the author's use of Hattie's children and grandchildren to tell Hattie's story but through all of that I still don't think I really fully understood what made Hattie tick and why she was so distant and cold.  A heartbreaking loss is referenced early in the book but they way the author describes her, it seems that Hattie was this way even before the loss.  It made it hard for me to empathize with her character.  I felt more for her children if anything.

Each chapter is basically a short story and some were more enjoyable than others.  Some of the weaker chapters did not seem to connect back to Hattie or the other chapters from the other children later. I skimmed a chapter that I found uninteresting but I was able to read the following chapters without being confused.  There were some chapters about some of the children that I think would make great novels by themselves, such as the story of her son Six who moves to the South to become a preacher or her daughter Belle. The main thing I wanted more of was a better connection of all the children and Hattie through the chapters. That is what is missing most.
4245778
Overall this is a good book to learn C with.  I had tried many ways, and this book was the best of them.  I do have a small complaint in that the exercises at the end of every chapter are occasionally not well thought out.  Rarely, they do seem to expect knowledge of C beyond what has been covered up to that point.  Sometimes the suggested approach to solving a problem is more complex than the simple way which seems apparent.

In most chapters though is included a section designed to encourage politically conscientiousness in the reader.  I suppose most of my grievances are aimed at this last point.  Not all of the text made it into the printing of the book, yet the authors seem to have decided to exclude programming lessons so they can have exercises about researching global warming or other such topics.

The only other negative thing I have to say about this book is that half of it is C++.  I already have their C++ book, so half of this book is wasted on that.

Overall though, I needed this book to learn C, and I feel that it has done this better than any other learning source.
1597430
I liked the book overall, but there were many parts that were a little hard to believe - Like would someone who has completely shut down emotionally marry someone they met in a diner after 5min - probably not.  However, it was interesting to learn about the growth the two of them went through together and how they each reacted to difficult times.
4168066
To be honest I would give it four and a half. The only thing keeping me from five stars is that some of the chapters are a little less than comprehensive in my opinion. But if you know why your getting this book and a little bit of coding concepts than you are good to go.
4550932
The story line starts out very interesting and works well thru most of the book. It has a few cases that it is far out of possibility.
881954
Really enjoyed the book most of the way thru it but it got a little jumpy and confusing towards the end. Would have enjoyed it more without the waffling of romance thrown in so often. But basically a good read.