Rating:  - Excellent book
I've been doing C# programming for the last couple of years and I still managed to learn something by reading this book. Highly recommended.
Rating: - Great Book!!!
I was totally new to C# but I did have extended experience in VB. This book was great and taught some really important fundamentals, not only of C# but OOP. Jesse Liberty does a great job of explaining basic and advanced topics. A+++++++++
Rating: - Wonderfully written!!!
I can't begin to say enough good stuff about this book! Honestly, it is one of the most clearly written books that I have ever read, and the content is good as well. This is a must have for anyone learning C# for the first time or anyone wanting to build his/her knowledge and pickup some of the subtleties of the language.
Rating:  - Am I missing a chapter?
I read the 3rd edition of this book cover to cover and thought it did a good job of introducing C# to this longtime C++ and Java programmer. It also served as a reasonable reference for my first C# gigs.
I bought the 4th edition so I could get up to speed on the new features in 2.0 and am sorely disappointed. In particular, where is the chapter on generics? It seems that an edition targeted at C# 2.0 should spend at least that much ink on a feature that can have such a profound impact on program design. Instead, generics are buried in the chapter on collections and the author gives the impression that the only thing they are good for is adding type safety to those classes. There is no discussion of the impact of generics on design, generic type semantics, ...none of the myriad concerns for the programmer who wants to take advantage of the feature.
If you own the 3rd edition, stick with it. Everything the the book adds for C# 2.0 can be easily found online and in the VS help system.
Rating:  - Okay book, but it could have been much better
Being a java programer for a while let's me understand this book. for all those reviews out there that say this book is great for beginners, I say NO WAY!! This book is definitely not a beginner book. it jumps into topics like inheritance and polymorphism extremely early for beginners to understand. I have to say that it definitely has some straight-to-the-point examples, but I guarantee the new guys you will have no idea what is going on. I still can't find any better books than Deitel books, you pay almost double the price of this book but it is definitely worth while if you are willing to learn programming. Also this book is a little vague on certain topics and does not talk at all about what is considered good/bad for good programming practices. I have not finished reading it but that's what I found early after reading upto chapter 10.
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