Finance ✦ Penny’s Take
Living a Purposeful Retirement
Hyrum W. Smith · 2021
68/100
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Smith's warm, experience-grounded voice and the practical worksheets covering finances, health, and relationships make this a genuinely encouraging read for anyone staring down the transition to retirement. The complication is that this appears to be a repackaged edition published in 2021 of material from an author who passed away in 2019, which raises real questions about how current the guidance is. Readers wanting Smith's wisdom will find it here, but the overlap with earlier titles makes it hard to call this a must-buy.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety95
substance62
craft68
originality50
accuracy60
hype65
age-fit80
human-eye62
Penny’s verdict68
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