Wise Women Managing Money by Miriam Neff and Valerie Neff Hogan | Review

 

This book is geared toward women, in any stages of life, to take control of their finances. A mother-daughter team, the authors share two generations of knowledge and covers all of the life stages, from single life, to married life, to widowed life. This is stewardship-focused: everything is God's and we must be responsible stewards of what he's given us. Each chapter features resources for planning and budgeting, as well as tips and journaling questions. 

I personally did not feel like this book was very helpful. I wouldn't consider myself super knowledgable about finances, but just about everything in this book is stuff I've heard many times before. I was expecting more, especially as one of the authors is a certified financial planner. The writing felt disorganized and rushed, and very redundant. I did like their tips on how to choose a financial planner, and their information about wills and trusts, but for the most part I don't think I learned anything new from this book. Their cheesy, banter-y comments throughout were also really unnecessary and didn't add anything to the book. The best thing I think they said in this book is that you can have the best information in the world, but it means nothing without action.

Overall, I gave this 5 stars. This could be a good resource for a financial newbie, but personally I didn't think it was helpful. 

* I received a free copy of this book in exchange for a review. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions are my own.