This was the first Maya book I purchased. Being that the book claims to be for "beginners" I quickly became dissappointed. I didn't even bother finishing the book at the time because I wanted to LEARN Maya, not hear about what it is capable of. I bought another book and finally got over the learning curve. I then decided to go back and read this book again. Although there are some very general concepts revealed in this book, I still came away feeling like the time was wasted.