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Repetitive, fantasy, and empty, but inspirational The book is very repetitive and not very well written. It starts slow and empty... and ends without any major content. It is a book about nothing. Everything in the book is unrealistic: the examples, the "real life" tales, the dialogs, even some "lessons." I don't know if it is a problem with the poor style or the lack of substance. The basic message: spend less than you earn and by "earn" the author means income generated from your assets, not your salary. Easier said than done. The simple logic of the argument is undeniable. The only problem is that this is not as easy as the author wants us to believe. The author seems to live a fantasy. The world belongs to the mediocre. This book is mediocre, therefore it deserves to be best seller and the rave reviews in this forum. Another mediocre book that would supplement this one is The Millionaire Next Door. This is not a major work, but it is interesting. What else, really, can you ask of a book? Do not give too much credence to this book though. Use it only as a loose guideline. In his excitement to send his message the author makes some pretty dumb comments. For him, school, grades, traditional study, work for a corporation, high salary are not important. However, he admits that he made his alleged fortune after a Ph.D. and after working for several years in three major corporations. This is irresponsible because may send a wrong message. But he does it on purpose. He admits that he wants to be "controversial" and "get free advertise" (p. 133). This is intellectual dishonesty. One thing he got right "I am a terrible writer" (p. 132). However, he did not follow his own advice that "intelligent people are those who work with or hire a person who is more intelligent than they are" (actually this portion is repeated several times, but see p. 127.) He should pay someone to ghost-write his book or at least review the simplistic style, and delete needless, endless, boring repetition. This book would be excellent if it had 20 pages. Bottom line, my suggestion is to read the book. But read also the criticism at http://www.johntreed.com/Kiyosaki.html. Not all criticisms are correct or fair, though.