Susanna S. (quilt938) reviewed Disappointed on 6/7/2009 + 125 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 3

I read this book thinking it would be about frugality. Even the blurb on the back cover suggests wit and since it's in a diary format I assumed it would cover a daily or near-daily struggle with not buying stuff or frugal substitutes. There was a little 'dry wit' and a few times I could identify or at least think a bit but this author and her partner tried a year without spending as part of a political/philosophical lifestyle. They both had their work-at-home careers (she's a writer and I think he is as well) and didn't particularly need to stop spending for financial reasons entirely. She's not a very good or interesting writer IMO - she rambles on on one topic then goes off on a Bush-bashing tangent then goes to something else political then ponders the alternative then goes back to Bush bashing then finally gets back to the financial stuff only to get political again. I really think someone wanting to read a liberal philosophical unresolved monologue would get more out of this than I did. I'm not sorry I read it; however I feel it has been mis-marketed.

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