Model-Based System Architecture

I read this being interested in software architecture, trying to learn about the systems architecting perspective. I liked the systems-of-systems perspective, emphasizing loose coupling, emergent behavior, operational independence, independent management of elements, and evolutionary developments. But I disliked the (imho somewhat excessive) use of SysML to explain the concepts in the book, such as the definition of what architecture is. Also, while the book is over 400 pages, the material still seems fairly abstract and at times superficial. The book is not very personal, and the authors bring in very little of their own experience in the book.