First, the book is terrific. Packed with plenty of creative ideas on taking pictures of all kinds of sometimes hardly noticed objects all around us. It really has me thinking and wanting to try some new things, new approaches. Full page examples are followed by smaller versions of the photos with explanations of the why & how. So I highly recommend this book. Now, to the other, my 3 rating. Amazon sent me a book probably never read, but the cover has dents and scratches and does not look new at all. Perhaps it had been returned, or was handled a lot. Amazon disappointed me here in this issue. I will keep the book, the price was good, and I can live with it.