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librarylove4eva's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
5.0
Nothing earth shatteringly new. Better than average overview of money matters. Wish I had seen this as a dumb college student!
mmmmgreen's review
3.0
Had some good information about types of budgets and it covered what percentages of your income should be allotted for categories. I wish it had had more details on this section.
shewantsthediction's review
2.0
Fair warning: I skipped the sections not relevant to me - such as retirement, buying a house, and having a kid. I agree with most other reviewers that the book was really repetitive (I spotted the statistic on how 40% of couples don't share their salaries with each other at least twice). Most of the advice was basic but pretty good, such as setting SMART goals, which I've heard of before but never actually sat down tried. (And it is helping, so there's that.)
Chapter 5 is really what pissed me off, though. It's all about ways to increase your income, and... sorry, but asking for a raise is pretty obvious and not really helpful to most people, especially when you work retail/customer service and have scheduled raises. The suggestions for earning passive income are pretty outrageous, too. Like this book actually suggested Sweatcoin as a legitimate source of income, and with a quick Googling I came across this video, where a guy completely debunks the app and basically breaks down why it's not worth it.
There's plugs for different financial apps (some paid and some not) scattered all throughout, to the point where it starts to get ridiculous. I'm not sure if the author was paid for this or what, but it seems counterintuitive to pay extra for a budgeting app when you're trying to save money, does it not? I appreciate trying to be technologically forward and all, but I could also forsee this book quickly becoming outdated due to the constant app mentions.
Chapter 5 is really what pissed me off, though. It's all about ways to increase your income, and... sorry, but asking for a raise is pretty obvious and not really helpful to most people, especially when you work retail/customer service and have scheduled raises. The suggestions for earning passive income are pretty outrageous, too. Like this book actually suggested Sweatcoin as a legitimate source of income, and with a quick Googling I came across this video, where a guy completely debunks the app and basically breaks down why it's not worth it.
There's plugs for different financial apps (some paid and some not) scattered all throughout, to the point where it starts to get ridiculous. I'm not sure if the author was paid for this or what, but it seems counterintuitive to pay extra for a budgeting app when you're trying to save money, does it not? I appreciate trying to be technologically forward and all, but I could also forsee this book quickly becoming outdated due to the constant app mentions.