It doesn't sound great, on the face of it. It won't be out until September, but from what I can tell right now, I'm pretty sure I'm going to disagree with a lot of it. But even so, I'm not going to dunk on him for writing a book he must have known would be controversial when his health was failing and he didn't know how much time he had left. I can't fault him for wanting to get his two cents in while he was still capable of it.
Whatecer I may think about what he says in this book, it sounds to me like he wrote it out of genuine concern for the party's future, and I can respect that, even while disagreeing with him about what needs to be done. I'm actually pretty impressed that that he managed to write this book and get it almost to the point of publication when he was in what must have been a pretty advanced stage of heart failure. That says a lot to me about how important he felt it was, and I can't help but respect him for seeing it through.
Furthermore, the content of this upcoming book does not erase what he accomplished and stood for during his active political life, and I will continue to respect and appreciate those things. RIP, Barney. Nobody's perfect, not even you. And that's okay. 
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