I eventually ordered this book for my summer reading and it unexpectedly arrived today. I have spent much of the afternoon reading it and am hugely impressed. I did have a problem with the title - as I mentioned earlier. From what I have read so far, I still think this title is not quite where the book's at - I can see that Tarot Analysis would have been a better title.
What I have read so far - including the laying out of her proposal and concept for the book - is superb. There is such rigour of thinking there - setting out what she plans to do and then doing it. And she really is very analytical at every stage. I was very disappointed with the Anthony Louis book Tarot Beyond the Basics which really didn't deliver anything beyond the basics. This book, on the other hand, is an absolute triumph.
I love the clever balance struck between academic seriousness and openess to other ways of thinking. It is very readable and like a good mathematical equation lays down each step of the thought process along the way.
It is a wonderful antidote to the "what the angels are telling me" school of thought which absolves the reader of ever having to actually learn anything. She dives right in there with real sharpness and precision. The book is many things - of course it is also not all-inclusive or Encyclopedic (from what I have read) - but it does seem to be doing exactly what it purports to do and that is the main thing.
I wish I had had this book when starting out.