Phenomenology of the Social World Book

I read this for a book I'm writing on Peter Berger, because he consistently refers to Schutz as one of his major influences. If there's one thing I got out of this book for my own, it is that the influence must have more to do with introducing Berger to Weber than with Schutz's own approach. The first and last chapter are interesting developments of Weber's methodological principles but, for a sociologist at least, the middle gets murky really fast. Schutz is--here at least--much more a philosopher than a sociologist, despite the Weberian premise of the work. Also, it is not clear how all the quite heavy reading pays off in the end. Maybe I'm just too stupid or lazy, but this was not for me.