Review of 'FIRE' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
In FIRE, Charlotte Van Brabander talks about all things FIRE. Which is pretty much exactly what you would expect from the cover. The book covers an extremely broad range of topics like setting goals, budgeting, investing, the origins of money and cryptocurrencies.
It is a long list and only a pretty short book, so none of it is covered in any depth, which I think is a pity. I'm not sure who this book is for. On the one hand, it has a lot of interesting introductory information, for people that have never heard of FIRE, but on the other hand, it tries to explain some very complex topics, that are interesting, but not really needed (mostly the chapter on money creation was totally unnecessary in my opinion).
Altogether, it's an ok book, that I may recommend to some one who wants to get some idea of what this movement …
In FIRE, Charlotte Van Brabander talks about all things FIRE. Which is pretty much exactly what you would expect from the cover. The book covers an extremely broad range of topics like setting goals, budgeting, investing, the origins of money and cryptocurrencies.
It is a long list and only a pretty short book, so none of it is covered in any depth, which I think is a pity. I'm not sure who this book is for. On the one hand, it has a lot of interesting introductory information, for people that have never heard of FIRE, but on the other hand, it tries to explain some very complex topics, that are interesting, but not really needed (mostly the chapter on money creation was totally unnecessary in my opinion).
Altogether, it's an ok book, that I may recommend to some one who wants to get some idea of what this movement is all about. But on the other hand, I think I would probably recommend "Rich dad, poor dad" to them before this book. That one is all about mindset, which, at least for me, is the important thing with regards to FIRE.
Note that I am using the star scale the way GoodReads suggests it. 2 stars is still a book worth reading, there's still good content in there. I just think there are better alternatives.