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A review by arwy
Worry-Free Money: The guilt-free approach to managing your money and your life by Shannon Lee Simmons
If I could give this book endless negative stars, I totally would. Alas, there is no such option on Goodreads. I read this book till about 23%. Every page was a struggle, and I DNF. I flipped through the rest of the book, and no, it didn’t get any better.
It’s been a really long time since a book rubbed me the wrong way so much. This started from the first page and didn’t end. At one point, the author uses F-word at every other sentence of one of the chapters. And I cringe. I hate when people swear.
To sum up my feelings about this book: WHAT she says is wrong, and HOW she says it is even more wrong. On top of that, I looked up the author on LinkedIn and on her website, and I have very strong doubts in her having the necessary knowledge and experience to advise anything to anybody, let alone writing a book about money.
I don’t know the author personally, but she is a colleague here in Toronto, Canada. We work exactly in the same field. I have a lot of compassion and empathy for all people, and even more so for women in finance. It’s an old boys’ club, no matter if somebody tells you otherwise. I really wanted to be kind, but I just can’t. And it makes me very sad.
Before you follow somebody’s advice, figure out if they are the right person to ask. Please research if they have knowledge, experience, and education to even give any advice to you.
I could have said a lot more, and maybe I will. But I want to stop right here for now. If you want to read about money, please read something else, just not this book.
It’s been a really long time since a book rubbed me the wrong way so much. This started from the first page and didn’t end. At one point, the author uses F-word at every other sentence of one of the chapters. And I cringe. I hate when people swear.
To sum up my feelings about this book: WHAT she says is wrong, and HOW she says it is even more wrong. On top of that, I looked up the author on LinkedIn and on her website, and I have very strong doubts in her having the necessary knowledge and experience to advise anything to anybody, let alone writing a book about money.
I don’t know the author personally, but she is a colleague here in Toronto, Canada. We work exactly in the same field. I have a lot of compassion and empathy for all people, and even more so for women in finance. It’s an old boys’ club, no matter if somebody tells you otherwise. I really wanted to be kind, but I just can’t. And it makes me very sad.
Before you follow somebody’s advice, figure out if they are the right person to ask. Please research if they have knowledge, experience, and education to even give any advice to you.
I could have said a lot more, and maybe I will. But I want to stop right here for now. If you want to read about money, please read something else, just not this book.