BJ WATLER

I picked this book up a few weeks ago because it was available for free at the time after a promotion on Reddit. In 2015, one of the things I want to achieve is to minimize the stuff I have collected over the years. I have read some great online guides and blogs about the subject coming at it from many different angles and I had hoped that this short book (50 pages) would add to my knowledge on the subject.

As can be common with self published books the grammar leaves a lot to be desired. Parts of the book are fairly hard to follow and it feels as though it has been thrown together over the course of an afternoon. I have read a few books, both self published and traditionally published written by blog owners on their subject of choice. The writers who put in a lot of effort and clearly know their subject matter tend to produce very good books. In this case it feels as though the information has been hastily collected online and there is nothing new or fresh added to it. Had I paid for this book I would have been very annoyed at what, for me, would have been poor value. Another thing that I found particularly annoying is some of the claims without scientific basis at the start of the book. Just saying "clutter will mean you will have poor health" doesn't make it a fact but this writer seems to thing it does. In my opinion you cannot claim something in a non-fiction book without backing it up with at least some form of evidence.

Don't waste your time.… (mais)