This wasn't a very bad book and would probably be great for beginners with no web experience, since it does take a very low-level approach and is filled with screenshots. The problem, for me, was that it's clearly specific to Drupal 6 while I'm working with D7, which has an overhauled admin interface and many more core modules. Secondly, I wanted more details on injecting JavaScript, PHP, pulling data from other services, etc.--all pretty clearly beyond beginner stuff. I would have been much better served by a book that assumed HTML/CSS competence and worked from there. Also, the chapter spent on setting up a storefront just happened to be useless for my purposes, but that's always the risk when you delve into particular types of websites. Some sections, such as backing up your database, running updates, and controlling user roles, were really very good.
My one real problem with how the book goes about building a website is that the same mundane tasks get repeated over and over while the author never tells us what the big picture is: we get the same "how to install module" discussion about 20 times. It would save much space and allow for more advanced topics later if she would just solidify how modules work first, then repeat less later.