The book content itself is great. However
580470
The book content itself is great. However, the book did come in a little dented. Not sure how to claim that but it did come quickly.
3888247
The content itself is wonderful; however, I asked for a return because of a glue spot on the "page-end-top" (which made the pages tacky to turn) and a "top-end-crush-dented-spine".  When I received my second copy, it was pristine, save for a small slice through the "top-end-spine-cover" and this sliced hole-through-the-cover flexed open when you opened and closed the book (which I figured would get worst after use).  I ended up just keeping the first book since I was unable to receive a quality product.  As a btw, I returned the PHB as well, because of glue and a slightly worse "spine-end-crush-dent" (but was able to receive a decent copy on the return of that one).  Maybe I'm particular, but I just want a pristine undamaged copy (which is my basic expectation when I use hard-earned-money to make a purchase).  I still have the DMG to go, but am thinking of cancelling and just buying it at the bookstore, even if I have to pay a little more to get a nice copy.  ~Gare
232112
The book itself is a wonderful product! The book itself was in poorer condition than I expected. Tried to cover over the marks,but was impossible to get them all. So I was dissatisfied with its condition the buyer said it was in.
2620419
I LOVED this book - 5 stars for content and illustrations.

However, my copy of this book was severely damaged. The binding was so malformed the hard cover can't sit on display without falling over. The pages themselves aren't attached to the hardback binding and they haven't been ripped, there's just a large air space in between the first and last pages. Very bizarre and irritating.

But the book itself is lovely!
2789359
My wife and I are thrilled with this book. The content is excellent with daily readings and texts of Scripture. There are also 4 creative activities. The content is geared for families and full of creative ideas on how to help apply the concepts for children. The content is also deep enough to stimulate adults... the perfect mixture for a family devotional.

My complaint is that this book is that its publisher, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform did a poor job printing and publishing the book. Our copy has a huge crease down the loose spine and when you lay the book flat, the cover sits open about and inch or so. Definitely not a book that will last more than a couple of years. The typeset looks like it was published in Microsoft Word with awkward double-spacing and huge margins. The printing is what I'd expect of a startup's first printing effort.

5 Stars for Content but 2 for Printing
4428706
Great book. Great content and material covered. However, when I I open it out of the box it was damaged on the lower left hand corner.
4216524
The content is great. I love it! However, before I could enjoy even 1 campaign with this book, the pages began to separate from the binding. Apparently the glue that was used is very low quality. I have friends who've owned their 3.5 books for decades, and they've treated the book terribly, and still all of the pages remain attached to the binding. Whoever D&D contracted to put their books together ripped them (and the customers) off. Again, I've barely used the book (had it for 3 weeks); look at the picture.
4598799
The content is great (however, I should note that if you've been following Tom's blog, most of this stuff is simply repackaged from there).  Reading on the Kindle, however, is challenging.  Does Amazon have a human being inspect Kindle formatting before the books are sent out?  It doesn't appear so - and far from the "Excellent" experience that Tom himself preaches!  For example, every few pages there's a random page of numbers - I assume it's some sort of section break, but it's irritating to have to flip past every 10 pages or so.  Still, if you're all right with some wonky formatting on the Kindle, I highly recommend the book.  Great airplane reading, or to dip in and out of whenever you have a few spare moments.
3594071
I love the book content, wonderful to read.
I hate it that it arrived damaged.
It's kind of amazing because the two paperback books I also ordered arrived in perfect condition.
I believe this one was damaged prior to shipping and just sent anyway because the packaging was not damaged.
The damage is to the pages inside of the book.
I bought this to display on my bedside table.
4419837
First of all, the content of the book is really good. One star simply because I feel like it is a xerox version of original version, I personally feel like it is like a pirated version and should not be sold in Amazon. I bought many other paperback books in Amazon and they are not like this one. If I'm the author or publisher I will make sure that this copy is legal otherwise I'll bring the seller to the court. Also, I bought new because I'm expecting it comes with CD, although it says it's available at the website but when my friend bought in the past, it did come with CD.
I would recommend this book but buy the hard cover.
1536905
The content is great, but the book quality is poor. This copy is old that the dried up glue in the binding has caused every page to come out as you turn them. At least one is missing. I would not have sold this book to anyone!
Hopefully, all copies are not like this one. Like I said, the content is great!
783318
The book so far is fantastic. Thomas Watson just had a way of writing that is fairly easy to understand even hundreds of years after this title was written. The content of the book is worthy of a perfect rating, however the quality of this particular book is pretty lackluster. The publisher desires to offer christian books at an affordable rate, which this definitely is. The catch is you are purchasing a book with no page numbers, small print with large top and bottom margins, pages that are laid like outlines not really paragraphs, and zero information on the author. I find it to be distracting to read just because of the layout of the pages. Maybe I'm a little OCD. If you just want the content at a cheap price this is the way to go. If you want a good quality book to pair with the content, you should probably look elsewhere.
441629
The content of the book is fantastic.  It's laid out well and fun to look through.  However, we purchased it 'new' but the binding was pulled away from the spine of the book and torn a bit and the corners of the book were rough and one corner was completely pulled out and opened.  Disappointing for a book that was $45 and could have been a coffee table book.  It looked used.
2879894
The content of the book is excellent - a big thanks to the authors!
However, for the price of this book ($91 new!) I expected much better paper quality. Thumbs down for the publisher PEARSON. I almost returned the book when I saw/felt the paper quality - but then I started reading.  And as I said, the content is VERY GOOD!
1962661
Most people have been focusing on the positives, and I agree with them; it's a great book.

I have two main grievances against the book, however. First, it's immensely thick. I find it difficult to carry it around with me to class if I have both my netbook and binder with me; my backpack is not small. My other grievance is almost as bothersome. The pages are very thin, which makes the ink from the next page show up clearly (to a point where you can usually make out what the next page says without flipping pages.) Here's a photocopied page, hopefully which constitutes fair use. [...]

An e-book version of this would be perfect, but I didn't see one of this, plus I don't have an e-reader yet. Again, it's a great book, but a pain to use. I have to take off two stars simply for that.
697834
Content of the book is great, but -3 stars because according to apress "at the authors request this title will not be available for purchase in eBook format"
2745314
The content of the book is fantastic but the only problem with it is that as you use it the pages start to fall apart which is very frustrating considerating the fact of how much it costs and that it's a book you would frequantly use.