The book is a very good overview of all aspects of carbonate reservoirs. Its strength lies in its clear didactical form and its focus on petrophysical aspects. The weaknesses are the lack of color photographs of carbonate rocks and thin sections, as well as a poor treatment of the sequence stratigraphy of rocks. The book "Carbonate Sedmentology and Sequence Stratigraphy" by W. Schlager published in 2005 is not mentioned at all. This is a clear flaw.