Book has no substance
932942
There is not much to say about this.  The characters are underdeveloped, and it is overpriced.  Marco seems like to typical 'male' in any novel, but the author does not develop his character, and he comes across very flippant.  Disappointing read.
1263798
don't buy this book, no substance only good for sales
21744
I wasted my $$ on this book! There is nothing of substance here and it is written at a high school level - probably around 10th grade.
1941784
There is no substance to this book, lots of strung together quotes with poor writing style.  Better books out there.
1980918
This book was poorly written by someone who obviously has no talent (or didn't want to use it on this book). The main characters are supposedly on the fast track in the advertising business that he owns and in which she works.  The author gives no credence to that by developing them as such.  In fact, with all the dribble that they are supposedly thinking, you'd think they couldn't manage a coherent thought, much less a successful advertising campaign.  The book is filled with repeated descriptions of unimportant minutia, most of which centers around what seems to be a fixation the author has on wealth, prestige and New York.  She obviously knows little to nothing about Texas, and for that matter, doesn't know much about the US (it doesn't require a passport to fly from Texas to New York). She doesn't know much about men's thoughts, either, as the thoughts the leading man had were about as masculine as lipstick.  This book is proof that anyone who can type can get something published, no talent required.  Even at 99 cents, this was a waste of my time and money.
3812286
There are times when I receive a book to review that I will admit I am embarassed for the author. This is one of those cases. I tried over and over to read this book which is in itself very short, just a mere 67 pages in length, but I could not force myself through it. First, the author seems to lack a grasp on English, or if this is an intentional way of creating the character's personality, it falls very flat. The biggest issue though is a total lack of cohesive plot, and no character development at all.
As a reader you are dropped into something that makes no sense and doesn't seem to begin to make sense at any point. (I hopped around the book to see if it got better, sadly it doesn't.)
With the new world of writing coming into play, where books are starting to become easy to produce and pop out into the market, it is a shame that there will be books that get out there before they are ready. This is what I feel has happened in this case. The author has a story, she just needs to do more work to present it. More time developing the character and laying out a story line would have given this a fighting chance. As it is, I fear that it is a little fish in an enormous pond, that will be eaten up by the mass market fish, and forgotten at the bottom of the literary sea.
1885034
The book wasn't funny or entertaining and a complete waste of time, do yourself a favor and skip this book.
4108802
I was really excited to read this book and read it in about two hours.  That should be clue number one.  There is very little useful content to this book.  Even if it's meant to inspire or help with getting in a mindset rather than teach actual systems, it fails.  Each chapter is shockingly short and the checklists at the end of each chapter seem almost random.  I feel like the book was one big running non sequitur, lacking cohesion and depth.  It read like someone had a formula for writing a book and then just threw a bunch of short phrases, admonishments and personal stories in it.  The title and repeating mantra are not original.
The book is skimpy in length and content.  You could pick up more useful content from sitting in on one of her teleseminar or video calls.  I've purchased her sales and marketing info in the past and it was very useful.  This is not.
If you're looking for mindset or inspirational business books, look at Jack Canfield or Napoleon Hill.
1711710
I'm surprised this even got published. There is no development of plot or characters. Holes and undeveloped pieces in story unexplained. . The language and attitude of characters is not indicative of time period. Shallow.  If I hadn't received it for free I'd be asking for my money back.
1368459
"Offcomer" by Jo Baker is not even close to being a good book. I love the writing style but great writing without great characters or descriptions doesn't leave us much to go on. There were plenty of wonderful sounding sentences, paragraphs even but put them all together and it falls flat. No substance to the story at all.

I really wanted so much to love this book.
857666
The only thing creative of this book is its attractive title. There is no substance in its content. The author kept repeating a few obvious points in the book. Not recommneded.
3566128
The author may have some good points in the book, but her delivery style is boring. The book is boring. Lots of irrelevant things fill up pages just to have enough pages to call it a book. Main points could easily be summarized in a short essay.
3258961
I read this book, and it sounds to me like the author now has no life that he is "out in bad standings".  The way he jumps from one subject to another within a paragraph seems like a child must have wrote it.  With all the references to himself, it's like he must have the "little man syndrome".  Apparently he is someone who is non-important trying to sound like he is the most important one to this club.  I would NOT recommend buying this book.  It is NOT worth 30 dollars.
3800581
There is absolutely no substance to this book.  Here is the central message of the book in a few lines.  Closed End Funds (CEFs) Net Asset Value (NAV) may trade at a discount to their current market price at which point they may be a good investment. (He FAILS to warn the reader about the impact of interest rates and how a shift in the yield curve may have a substantial negative impact on almost 75% of CEFs.).  Also CFEs may provide you access to certain illiquid assets classes not readily available to retail investors.  That is it.  Mr. Schultz's main purpose in writing the book is to promote his money management practice.  I would imagine he would hand a free copy of his book to potential clients to impress them.  And there is much to be desired on his writing style and proper use of the language.  The book is 199 pages. The author occupies 198.5 pages of the book to self promote him self as a broker and money manager.  You can check "Scott T. Schultz's" record with FINRA's broker check, [...], which will reveal he has changed broker dealers 9 times since he got his securities license in 1998.  The same FINRA report reveals multiple costumer complaints against him.  Through out the book he constantly attempts to exude he can be trusted as an adviser, which is totally contrary to all the complaints filed against him.

I originally purchased the book with the  hope of learning a historical perspective on CEFs, the 1933 and the1940 Act, their original formation and success to be followed by a great deal of controversy, and then with further legislation, their resurrection.  Nothing. I finished the book in 3 hours.  I felt so frustrated that I decided to write this review.  Now I am going to try to either return the book for full refund, or just through it in the trash. PS, my time never allows me to write reviews about stuff I purchase on-line.  This is the first review I have ever written and I hope my last one.
1001237
This should not have been published.  It appears to be from someone who just put together a first chapter and had no place to go.  Not worth reading.
2806091
This book was such a waste of time. When I finished the last page, I kept looking for more pages, and said out loud, "Well that was a stupid book." No conclusion, no hints at how things turned out, no explanation about what the heck Mid was into, no grand lesson or overall theme, the main character was TOTALLY annoying, and the conversations were bumpy and not written well. I think I stuck with it thinking it would get better and everything would be explained in the end, but the main characters just ended up at some fair that I guess was supposed to be symbolic in some way, but the author was either trying so hard to make a connection, that it wasn't made, or, more likely, he just got tired of his own story or was about to not make his publisher's deadline, and just smashed on an ending that leaves the reader unfulfilled, frustrated, and grumpy, much like a bad one night stand. Don't read it, it is NOT worth your time!!
396878
Not even worth a cent
This book is a huge disappointment. I'm a stupid to buy this book going by the attractive cover page and looking at the # of reviews :). there is absolutely no substance in it.  I'm amazed this is sold as a book for money. :) It's my mistake for not researching before buying.  If offered I wouldn't even want this for free I would say no, thanks you keep it.