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shelleyrae's review
1.0
A shallow piece of work that might work better in fiction than biography. Failed to find sympathy for a woman who puts herself 30 grand in debt because she can't resist the latest piece of overpriced designer wear. Especially when there are no real consequences for her - even at her level of debt. She risked nothing, still had a house to live in, plenty of food, and no real idea what financial difficulty actually is.
familywithbooks's review
4.0
For anyone who enjoyed reading Karyn Bosnak's tale "Save Karyn" I believe you will enjoy this tale as well! Here is another blogger that began to tell her tale of how she began the struggle of climbing out of debt. Very honest and funny at times, I found I could relate to her even though she is from Scotland. Turns out money woes can be the same no matter if you are in the UK or the US! Glad to see I'm not alone as I try to climb out as well!
lu_wilson's review against another edition
1.0
Review originally written for my blog www.moosenoose.com[return]I came across this book in the mini library at work and was interested in how somebody could pay off almost £32k in a year. I’ve been on a strict budget for the past couple of years and thought this book may offer a few interesting tips and advice, as well as being an interesting read. Unfortunately I was wrong! It turns out that it isn’t that hard to repay the debt when bot you and your partner earn a bloody decent wage and don’t have to worry about losing our home or not having enough to eat. Hall’s version of cutting back on her expenditure just didn’t ring true for me. In the very first month, Hall decided to buy a scooter. Now I can get that the petrol is cheaper etc etc, but most people who are deep in debt and worried about it don’t shell out another £1700 for the latest scooter! Although Hall did cut back on a lot of things such as unnecessary clothes shopping, she still had luxuries every day that the rest of us don’t see as essential. Like spending £5+ on lunch in Boots and ridiculously expensive presents for her partner, her friends and her dog. Unfortunately this book is written in a daily diary format which was repetitive and boring. It focused more on Hall’s whining about how unfair and unjust life is, rather than offering any solid advice on cutting back on your expenditure. The idea of 12 whole months of complaining made me just skim through each chapter to reach the end. Can’t recommend this one!
kil3yp's review against another edition
2.0
This book was pretty bad - but yet I powered through it in 2 days and never seriously considered not finishing.
I'm not entirely sure Alexis Hall is real. Maybe she is, but I'm not sure I fully believe her diary entries if that's the case. The book gives us a blurb for every day of the year she tries not to needlessly spend, and instead of learning about saving, debt repayment, etc., we learn she's a vapid, spoiled and over indulgent selfish woman.
Plus, where was the editor?! Motorcycles and scooters have ferrings, not farings, who instead of how is a typo, but easily noticed and fixed, and sentences were often missing a word. It's like this book was simply run through a poor version of spell check. Not even grammar check.
For all it's failings though, for some reason I read it all. It was fluffy, and maybe it was what I needed. To feel better that I wasn't as dumb with my money and purchasing as Hall seems to be.
I'm not entirely sure Alexis Hall is real. Maybe she is, but I'm not sure I fully believe her diary entries if that's the case. The book gives us a blurb for every day of the year she tries not to needlessly spend, and instead of learning about saving, debt repayment, etc., we learn she's a vapid, spoiled and over indulgent selfish woman.
Plus, where was the editor?! Motorcycles and scooters have ferrings, not farings, who instead of how is a typo, but easily noticed and fixed, and sentences were often missing a word. It's like this book was simply run through a poor version of spell check. Not even grammar check.
For all it's failings though, for some reason I read it all. It was fluffy, and maybe it was what I needed. To feel better that I wasn't as dumb with my money and purchasing as Hall seems to be.
familywithbooks's review against another edition
4.0
For anyone who enjoyed reading Karyn Bosnak's tale "Save Karyn" I believe you will enjoy this tale as well! Here is another blogger that began to tell her tale of how she began the struggle of climbing out of debt. Very honest and funny at times, I found I could relate to her even though she is from Scotland. Turns out money woes can be the same no matter if you are in the UK or the US! Glad to see I'm not alone as I try to climb out as well!
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