I don't usually like programming books. I am usually easily overwhelmed by them and I find that they are at the wrong pace for me.

This weekend I read most of the Rust book without much effort and found it really helpful for getting up to speed with the language, especially the more novel bits around safety. It took me to the point where I was able to explore and evaluate the bits of the language I needed with only library docs. I know that the remaining chapters are there for when I am ready for them.

My experience with the Rust book as made me more likely to consider starting with a book when approaching programming languages in the future.

Reading other comments, I recognize that I was fortunate to have a project in mind that motivated my reading of the book and just happened to be an excellent fit for Rust.