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Brutal but also in some ways a gift to the author/publisher. Paired with the 1st edition, it cures the major defects.

And, if the criticisms can be addressed, in both specifics and perspective, for a future edition, they'll have a hardened book... almost sure to earn another updated expert review ("is it fixed?") at that time.




Brutal, but definitely a godsend to the author. Ptacek writes mostly neutrally, concisely, and clearly, pointing out errors and often putting in how to fix them. There's a very small amount of "I can't believe..." statements in there, but they're pretty soft and quite reasonable given his background. A publisher would love to have this kind of technical review done on their manuscripts.




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