Post originally by Bill Cook at 2005-02-01 01:13:07
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I guess, being a programmer, I didn't have an issue with the technical tone. I appreciated how the running example brought each section to life.

One thing I struggled with, that is only mentioned in passing in this review, was early referencing of later material. I know that can be a pickle, though. I would have preferred to not even know about complications before chapter six, for example.

I thought the ending to chapter three was particularly good at plateauing the concepts introduced so far.

I was thinking as I read, "This sounds like a narrative object model," and I kept expecting to see a tree. I would have enjoyed seeing portions of a complete model diagram revealed as they were introduced, ending with the whole thing at the end.