Instruct: Classify a review as either positive or negative.
Query: This book tries to be everything but succeeds to be nothing

I wouldn't recommend this book. It assumes you're a complete computer novice, and thereby wastes a lot of pages explaining concepts like LAN, Internet and so on. It then goes on to describing the Java core language with ill-written examples. Now and then, chapters about writing applets appear at random places. There are also chapters about "The Software Development Process". All this doesn't leave much room for what the book is supposed to deal with.The interesting parts of Java (and OOP) are given a shallow coverage, and suddenly the book is over, leaving you hungry for more. Get another book, or learn Java from Sun's website. Considering the fast development of the Java language, it's probably the safest bet.