Comments on: Book Review: Findependence Day

By: Marianne O

Marianne O — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:08:50 +0000

Your review is bang-on. Yes, there is some solid financial info in the book, but it’s buried in a morass of poor characterization and dialogue that’s just stupefyingly dull. I enjoy reading Jon’s columns, but a novel seems to be beyond him.

By: The Best Income Generating Assests - Amateur Asset Allocator

The Best Income Generating Assests - Amateur Asset Allocator — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:52:14 +0000

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By: Potato

Potato — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:29:01 +0000

The law of internet invocation strikes again!

Thanks for the link

By: Jonathan Chevreau

Jonathan Chevreau — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:04:44 +0000

Appreciate your taking the time to read the book and publish your impressions, even if they are disappointing from my perspective. If you look at the video interview I did with David Chilton — who thought the book was “excellent” — you’ll see a part where we talked about the tradeoffs of fiction vs. financial dumps. The more of one is at the expense of less of the other and it’s a difficult tradeoff that inevitably means you can’t please everyone. Evidently you’re in that category but thanks again for taking the time to look at it.

By: WhereDoesAllMyMoneyGo.com

WhereDoesAllMyMoneyGo.com — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:19:27 +0000

I can’t believe you watched Mean Girls *and remembered the script!*.

Clearly you love Tina Fey…

By: nobleea

nobleea — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:51:57 +0000

I can’t believe you watched Mean Girls.

By: guinness416

guinness416 — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:04:40 +0000

I wonder if the best approach with this type of book is to get someone who’s a really damn good fiction writer together with someone who’s a good money writer. Like a lot of people I have a fair bit of affection for Wealthy Barber a lot (despite some of the “haha feminists!” one liners) so it’s hard to top it.

By: Four Pillars

Four Pillars — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:29:25 +0000

This post is so fetch! Lol.

Funny thing about the various “glowing” reviews on the Chapters page is that they are all by reviewers who have only reviewed this book. An odd coincidence I thinks….