I was glad to finally read this book, however I was burdened with so much history and "back-story" as to who Sunzi was, if in fact he existed. There seemed to be about 33% of the book in setting up of who Sunzi was before we read his first line of teachings.
It is great to read his teachings, but all the setup seems unnecessary and somewhat irritating. I already had a pretty good idea about Sunzi and strictly wanted to read his teachings. I think, in short, his teachings could be written in a handful of pages and one could interpret from there, but that is not the case with this version.
I would still recommend this friends and family, but it would come with a strong warning about the setup and the seemingly constant commentary, which distracted me from really enjoying his teachings.