Absolutely brilliant! - Rated 
I don't normally write reviews, but I think it'd be criminal if I didn't for this book as that's how fantastic I've found it.
I had a fairly good knowledge of CSS beforehand, but this book not only helped as an extremely fun paced refresher course but it's also greatly enhanced my knowledge of all the fundamentals required to become a competent CSS web designer. I'm pretty confident now at maximising the use of CSS stylesheets to ensure my designs are of a professional standard.
I've finished the book now, but I'm pretty sure I'll be picking it up on a frequent basis in the future because it certainly has excellent "always use as my primary CSS reference whenever in doubt" characteristics.
Finally, I liked the writing style so much that I've already purchased another one of the author's book (Javascript: The Missing Manual). Given how much I've enjoyed reading that too so far, I'll definitely be keeping a curious eye on his future releases.
Flourescent light moment - Rated
You know you pull the string on a flourescent(strip) light, it flashes a few times before the light comes on. Well, my CSS has been at the flickering stage for a while but now the light has come on! (Oh, thats how they do it.)
I have been a fan of the missing manuals since Dreamweaver 8 and they have moved me from complete beginner (and I really mean zero knowledge) to probably intermediate designer/ developer.
Great humour. Easy to read. logical structure. tips, boxes and references that enable you to skim through on a superficial level for basic understanding then go back for more detail. The external links/ reference are fantastic( I usually highlight them/ bookmark them as I go for future ref.)
I tend not to follow the tutorials exactly but use them more as a guide for my own building. Online resource is outstanding. Just found the Xampp set up pages that are so simple - took me ages using other sources.
CSS Missing Manual is compulsory reading. Don't leave as long as I did.
okay but... - Rated 
I borrowed this from the local library as some aspects looked interesting. Whilst I did manage to get some parts working okay I found that some styles mentioned in this booked just didn't work at all, and some styles needed modification to get them working. For example the book gives the example of a[href^='http://'] to display a style for external hyperlinks however I found that this didn't work unless changed to a[href^="http://"] and the example given in the book of a[href^='http://']:not(a[href^='http://www.mysite.com']) also doesn't work at all (substituting mysite for your own website of course). Okay for giving you ideas but the mistakes in this book let it down.
great book! - Rated
I didn't realise how easy it is to follow. I've learnt so much from it and now I only use it for a reference. The little tutorials are also when commented as well.
The best - Rated
I have several O'Reilly books but I have not bought a Missing Manual before. If this is typical of the standard for the series, I expect to have more of them; it is the best IT textbook I have seen.
I have just two gripes. The way in which the tutorials are presented, sometimes at the key-press level, tends to be too simplistic, but you can skip lightly over those parts. To start with, I did not think I would bother with them, but from section 2 on, I found doing the tutorials helped to get the ideas better fixed. Secondly, I do not think the use of CSS in SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) is mentioned anywhere. This is not all that new, and for the book to be comprehensive it should get some coverage, even if only in the Intro or Chapter 16.
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