One reviewer said that Meyers thinks insanely complicated. Awkward in my opinion is the wrong word. Comprehensive is more like it. The book has helped me to make my code more secure and also a bit more efficient.
You to the book is that you do not have to read from cover to cover, but that one can very well start with any "Item". Of course you have every now and then leaves, as well as cross-references in it. In addition, the ulterior motives are right, "comprising" and well explained.
Would recommend - but pay attention to the target group.