Instruct: Classify the given review as either positive or negative.
Query: Hard to follow

I bought this book because many others have given it a good rating. But once I started using it, I just kept putting off doing the exercises. I feel that the exercises are hard to follow and that hampers my enthusiasm to do them. He does not explain WHY you are doing something. For example, he'll say hold Shift+Alt and move selection. I don't know why I'm holding down Shift+Alt until later, and even then he doesn't explain things clearly. I have had other software teaching books that are so much better written than this one is; for example the Lynda Weinman, Hands On Training series. Also, who wants to wade through tons of information to get to the point? I want to know what something does and how to do it. Then I take that information and apply it to my own projects. I am so dissapointed with my purchase of this (expensive) book.