I disagree, it's a decent overview that introduces the major concepts and how they work. It's not intended to be at the cutting edge or to provide all caveats.

I disagree, it's a decent overview that introduces the major concepts and how they work. It's not intended to be at the cutting edge or to provide all caveats. By definition all textbooks in biochemistry, biology and the like are out of date by the time they go to press. The average MBOC provides is enough of a basic understanding of molecular biology to move on to more advanced work including papers that start to get into the nitty gritty details. Note that many people haven't been even exposed to the basics!