This is a fantastic book that takes a close look at objects and their design in Java. It takes the reader through a painstakingly detailed design of objects in a java program. This is why it got 4 stars from me. The first half of the book is pseudo code, and while that does a quick job of getting the point of object design across, it gets tired and old after a while. That said, this book is definitely one of the best texts on java object design I have read.

This book is good on objects, even if you don't want to program in Java. It's also good for beginners as well as those who think they know a lot!