The Buy Nothing, Get Everything Plan: Discover the Joy of Spending Less, Sharing More, and Living Generously

by Liesl Clark, Rebecca Rockefeller

Genres: Self Help

Kindle Edition

Published April 14, 2020

Reviews

[Joel Choong · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quick read through the book, but not missing the main points: there’s too much in the world but we can definitely do better by giving and sharing what we have. People and communities can be built by this. Agree with all of it, but I think the book has a few too many examples.

[Elena · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've been very active in my local Buy Nothing Group for the last 6-7 years, so I was really interested in reading this book. I mostly wanted to learn about the origin of the group and how it came to be. I enjoyed reading about their inspiration for creating the BN community and spreading gift economies around the world. It was awesome to see the global impact gifting and giving has made around the world, from small requests to assistance after natural disasters on the other side of the world. The book also was full of alarming statistics regarding pollution, plastics, health, etc. I'd already been very active in the group, but this has inspired me to become more serious about reusing/repairing/repurposing/refusing to make more of an impact. It offers a seven-step challenge to buy nothing, much of the book focuses on defining these steps. I love the community and the way it brings people together as well as helping the Earth.

[Candace Running · Rating 1 out of 5]

I loved the title. That's what got my attention, but I can't even say this was a "DNF," because I DNS. I'm impatient and as much as it's nice to see how the authors came about this "Plan," the stories and personal experiences were way too long. Save that for historical non-fiction, which I love, but I digress. I wanted to get to the nitty gritty. "How can I buy nothing, and get everything?" Well, I didn't buy this book, so I got what I paid for - nothing.

[Savannah · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was grueling to get through. I like the message but this did not need to be a book. It repeated the same sentiments over and over and over again without any new information. And the lists were ridiculous. Almost to the point that it was obvious they were trying to meet a word quota. It was just so hard to get through.

[Micha Goebig]

A bit boring for me this days. Picked it up like ten years to late to provide value or new insights.

[Kathy Sharp · Rating 5 out of 5]

Inspirational. Full of great practical ideas to reduce waste.

[Pug · Rating 3 out of 5]

Solid ideas, but crazy redundant for 269 pages.

[Randall · Rating 2 out of 5]

According to this book, women are more generous than men, poor people are more generous than rich people, and capitalism is bad.

I have known many very generous rich people, many of them men. How did they get this way? Through capitalism.

Think about it. How are we supposed to buy nothing and get everything without commerce producing many of these goods in the first place? Somebody had to create them.

There are a lot of interesting tips in the book, but some of them are really time consuming.

So they are not really free, then, are they?

[Stef · Rating 2.5 out of 5]

2.5 ⭐