content: Being new to both Java and OO, I thought this would be the good book for me because the author says that you should read her book before a beginning Java book like Beg Java 2 or Thinking In Java. She is wrong! I tried and struggle very much with OO until I went and read beginner Java book and then read this book again. This is not to surprising when I think of it. Would you try to teach a child grammar before they can talk? Even the WROX book tree on FatBrain shows that you should read their Beg Java 2 book before this one, but the author says different. I think you should though that is just my opinion.