This is a book that students will read. Since the first edition, students have been reading Making and Doing Deals because they see the cases, problems, and text as helping them learn what they need to know as first year law students, but also because they find the book to be accessible and enjoyable to read.
Of the case law books I have read so far, these authors have done the best job keeping my attention, entertaining me, and being clear about the law. I can't say I looked forward to reading it, but I always knew that I could count on a geriatric joke about one of the authors in the pages lurking ahead.
This was my first real substantive law class, and it was a slog. I did appreciate the authors' use of humor, but I would have liked a little bit more synthesis of the rules/law in between sections - but maybe that's just not how these case-heavy subjects work and I was spoiled by Civil Procedure. Overall, a good casebook and the questions at the end of each chapter were helpful in studying for finals.
(Could use some better editing - I found a pretty noticeable number of typos.)