Jun 12, 2003 03:23 AM
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(Updated Jun 12, 2003 03:27 AM)
Let me begin with several contradictory quotes from the introductory within the book:
''In 1993 Peter and I were divorced ... I was set upon with a flock of hopeful literary agents, all beckoning me to write ... about warren buffet...''
''very enticing... (but) in the end, I rejected them all.''
So how come the next paragraph reads, as well as the existence of this book infers:
''I always found Warren to be completely fascinating, which is why I wrote this book.''
Most of the book centers around easy strategies but written in such a way that it completely distorts the original function of each. Mary Buffet should be given the medal of 'making simple things complicated'.
Most of the book has length in mind, with redundant phrases (and paragraphs) that cover an entire chapter. Put simply, her excessive wording creates long sentences, thereby filling space. The main sell-off she's depending on isn't the quality of the book, but her last name. (whom she divorced, by the way)
For some reason, she needs David Clark to make the numbers in this book, which leads to inquiry on her own incompetence. How can anyone who isn't able to comprehend the numbers of a stock market, be able to write A BOOK ON IT? Her own phrases leads to her own downfall. For example, hasn't there been an occasion where a person, in order to hide her own incompetency about a subject, tries as hard as he/she can to make it complicated? This is what she does. In comparison to book written by Lynch/Schwab, this book is a maze where there is a straight line. After you decipher all the complicating trails, you end up with something much simpler and requiring much less wording.
And most importantly: NEVER ONCE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE BOOK DOES SHE GET A QUOTE FROM WARREN BUFFET!
Internal problems? Old family dissension? You deduce and infer from there.
I'm beginning to think that the only reason she authored the book is to make money by using her acclaimed insider view of Warren Buffet.
Now, don't get me wrong. Warren Buffet has to be certainly experienced and is worth a look into, but this book is NOT the manner.
