When I first flipped through this book I saw that it wasn't your usual book, with lots of pictures and what looks like hand written scribbling in the margins -- it seemed almost disorganized and looked like it would be difficult to learn from.
But after reading the book while taking a few Computer Science classes, the book is an amazing teaching book and walks you step by step in learning Java. It seems to give you just the right amount of information, takes you to a certain point, then explains some caveats or adds a twist and teaches you more. The examples and stories are excellent and are a great memory aid.
I'd recommend this book to anyone wanting to learn the language and also to others who know it but learned from a different book.
The only downside about this style is that it doesn't make a great reference book. The book does provide bullet points scattered through the chapters which help but once it is on the bookshelf these are hard to look up a second time.
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