The book is certainly approachable to read and understand. Especially with some amount of background math. I think the book is hyped so much because people don'

The book is certainly approachable to read and understand. Especially with some amount of background math. I think the book is hyped so much because people don't have the right background and/or find it difficult at the beginning and give up. Same goes for SICP. And people think the books are really good just because it's hard. It's not, it's approachable given the right effort.