just needed to counter the previous review, because i found (an earlier edition of) this book the best resource of many for getting my head around Flash. Sham is a brilliant author - RESPECT ! the content was thorough and engaging - well recommended.

It's very educational but the contents...yuck. I want a book to INSPIRE me to USE the program i'm learning, this book has text that'll put you to SLEEP and illustrations a five-year old could have done better. The only thing that keeps me from giving it an "ABSOLUTE SUCKS" review is that you ACTUALLY(!) learn from this book, so if you buy this you'd better be stubborn about learning Flash, otherwise i'd wait until a better, more creatively inspiring book comes along. Learning: 4 stars, Fun: 1 star