Product Description

A no-nonsense, jargon-free guide to becoming financially independent by journalist who has carved out a successful career writing on money matters for major publications around the globe.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #323419 in Books
• Published on: 2009-01-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

Customer Reviews

A light read
I fail to see how such a weak and basic book can be advertised as an "ultimate guide" on financial matters. It's a "Dummies Guide" at most. As an alternative, I would recommend "Love is Not Enough: A Smart Woman's Guide to Money" by Merryn Somerset Webb, who provides thoughtful, well-researched advice and has a reputed professional background in finance.

Sexist and very basic
This book is written on the basic premise that women are inferior at understanding financial concepts and managing their financial future than men, which is obviously highly sexist and not true in the majority of cases. This is an insult to most women's intelligence all the more so as the author is a woman. The content is very basic and the steps given can be found in many non-gender specific financial books and articles. Moreover, basic data contained in the book is incorrect such as the average salary in the UK (the author states 30k rather than 22k) which makes we wonder about the accuracy of the overall content. I was very disappointed at this book's promise of being an "ultimate guide".

Painfully patronising!
The author appears to have jumped on the money management book bandwagon. Not even the title is original! Your money would be better spent on John Middleton's excellent book. This book felt painfully patronising, dull and over-simplistic. The author states the obvious and is clearly targeting dimwits. Most of the information in the book is total common sense or can be found for FREE on financial websites. So if you want to detox your finances, start by not wasting a penny on this book. You'll need to go shopping to recover from the sheer boredom and frustration of being spoken to like a 5-year old page after page.