Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Great reading for the owner-builder.

This book is a must-have and must-study if you want to build your own home. As the earlier reviews indicate, you can build your home with just this book. I think the illustrations are confusing and/or poorly done in places, excellent in others. Some of the illustrations crowd too much line art with too little text onto a page. Sometimes it would be better to see different representations of the same object. Detail photos keyed to illustrations would be helpful too.Also, be cautious about doing your own electrical and/or plumbing work. Electrical mistakes can burn your home down. The author stresses you must study your local codes backwards and forwards, and that is especially true with electrical wiring.This is a darn good book. If you want to swing a hammer and put up your own house, read this book along with a copy of your local building code.