On the whole I found this book a pretty good bargain, it is comprehensive and well organised, really good for systematically learning about Photoshop myriad of functions.
There are two faults however. Firstly I think the author could have included a summary at the end of each chapter. Some chapters are fairly technical,and could ahve benefitted with some helpful sum-ups, or maybe a glossary of terms
The second fault is the illustrated examples. Some are good, some are hopeless. Sometimes I couldn't tell the difference between the before and after retouching photos, which defeats the purpose somewhat.
On the whole though I would recommend buying this book.