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The Day I Shot Cupid: Hello, My Name Is Jennifer Love Hewitt and I'm a Love-aholic
Jennifer Love Hewitt
2.81 AVERAGE
40 reviews for:
The Day I Shot Cupid: Hello, My Name Is Jennifer Love Hewitt and I'm a Love-aholic
Jennifer Love Hewitt
2.81 AVERAGE
This is possibly one of the worst books I've ever read! I know, if it was so bad, why did I keep reading? It was like watching a car wreck that you just can't take your eyes off of. I can't help wondering if JLH is playing some really bad trick on everyone or if she really is this superficial and "simple." I don't like to be a snob, but I will never be able to see JLH on tv without cringing. In this book, she not only describes her now infamous "vajazzling" of her "va-jay-jay," but she gives advice on how you should prepick out at least three engagement rings so your future fiance doesn't disappoint you, how you should be careful not to let textin' get in the way of sexin' and more you'll never want to know.
p.s - The artwork is horrible fan art-style drawings! Why?!?
p.s - The artwork is horrible fan art-style drawings! Why?!?
'if suddenly, six months in, he has anger issues (...) Please don't hate me, but that's your fault'
What the actual fuck is this book. I'm done.
What the actual fuck is this book. I'm done.
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
1.5/5
this was a cutsie relaionship advice book... Will i reread. Probally not. would i reccomend it to a friend... Certianly not. Did i think it was funny. A bit yea.
this was a cutsie relaionship advice book... Will i reread. Probally not. would i reccomend it to a friend... Certianly not. Did i think it was funny. A bit yea.
I little too much. She is giving love advice, and trying so hard. But it was a quick read.
This was an amazingly funny book about dating, boys, girls, etc. It was such a fun and quick read that I would read it over and over in a heartbeat.
JLH does an amazing job of being herself and touching on all aspects of dating and relationships from her point of view and experience, bringing in expert friends to give their opinions, relating to both men and women, including fun dating steps, tips and stories.
Even if you’re not currently single it’s a fun read just for the laughs and stupid things people do to get attention in relationships. I originally borrowed for a friend but it has immediately went onto my MUST BUY list. I spent pretty much every page laughing for some reason or another.
JLH does an amazing job of being herself and touching on all aspects of dating and relationships from her point of view and experience, bringing in expert friends to give their opinions, relating to both men and women, including fun dating steps, tips and stories.
Even if you’re not currently single it’s a fun read just for the laughs and stupid things people do to get attention in relationships. I originally borrowed for a friend but it has immediately went onto my MUST BUY list. I spent pretty much every page laughing for some reason or another.
funny
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
According to this book, men don’t like to spoon or cuddle, they don’t believe in romance as it’s not in their nature, they don’t want to know how women feel and they will tune us out if we talk about it too much, and men who say they have a type are lying because a man’s type is any woman who’s willing. The most important thing a man should know is how to pick a diamond. Women need to know how to make at least 10 different meals, how to throw a dinner party, when not to be emotional, and when to let the man control a situation.
There was some great sex advice, too. Ladies, did you know that your body is not a 7 Eleven, and you should monitor who goes in and out? Men, did you know that if it’s raining when you go to the… not 7 Eleven…, your dick should wear a raincoat? And remember gals: a good vibrator can keep you “slutless,” you hear? “Don’t be slutty, guys like a girl with class.”
Jamie Kennedy, JLH’s boyfriend at the time, made an appearance to let us know that all men like women with big butts. Not only that, but women should let their men decide how big their butts are. If you have a tiny butt, it looks like it belongs to an “8 year old boy,” and it goes “against the natural grain of bonerism.” Apologies to those of you with flat butts. Jamie Kennedy said it, so it’s true. And if you’re not up to date (or at least up to 2010) on your butt slang, here are some fun words and phrases from this chapter: badonkadonk, rear end, booty, derrière, junko in the trunko, heiny, more cushion for the pushin, more round to ground, bootylicious, and having the kitchen sink as her backside. Throughout the chapter, JLH interjects, acting as though she’s never seen a man with a bigger girl before and Jamie Kennedy is god’s gift to women. “A man who knows other men and is surrounded by a city of beautiful thin women wants you bootylicious! c’mon, tell me this is not the best day ever,” she exclaims. Yikes. There is a point where Kennedy starts making some sense as he says confidence is sexy and women should own who they are and support other women. But after a whole lot of body shaming thin women, it feels like he’s only talking to women with booties. Then he totally loses me again when he says that women only get plastic surgery to compete with other women. At the end of the chapter, she says “See girls, there are good ones out there! and Kennedy says “Just my two cents,” in a condescending voice as if he’s some genius who’s just done us all a huge favor.
JLH provides a couple nuggets of actual wisdom, such as making sure your goals and morals align before you get too far into your relationship, or… uhh… I’m sure there was another good piece of advice in there somewhere. But this book would have been sooo much better if it had just been a memoir. Her narration was good, and the bits of memoir felt like she was a friend bitching about guys and past relationships which was actually cool. At one point, she mentioned that she hated having been called a “serial dater” by the tabloids, and that negative attention in the press hurt her feelings and I think this was a missed opportunity to dive a little deeper and let us get to know more about who she really is. Instead, she told us that she sucks at dating and then gave bad dating advice to millions of women. That was the book.
It’s honestly upsetting that so many reviews I’ve read say this is a cute book for tweens because even though it can be silly, it’s classified as self help. I wouldn’t want my tween or teen or grownass adult child to touch this book with a ten foot pole.
So, counterpoint: People come in a variety of flavors, shapes, and sizes, and they are all okay. Some men love cuddling. Some women hate it. Some non-binary people love it and some hate it. There is no “all men do this” and “all women do that.” Your butt is perfect, or, if you don’t like it, you can change it. If you want to sleep with lots of people, be safe so you don’t catch something, but otherwise go for it. If you want to sleep with just one person, or no one, that’s fine too. Your body can be what you want it to be. A temple, a 7 Eleven, a dumpster, whatever. Don’t let anyone else decide for you what you or your body should be. Okay, love you, bye.
According to the book the #1 thing a "Man Should Know" is....wait for it...How to pick a diamond. Pretty much summing up for me why you don't take relationship advice (or advice on men in general) from someone who is not currently even in a relationship. If she knew 'the secret'...well, you get the idea.
I really like JLH. A lot. And I feel bad that she gets close to good advice every once in a while in her book without ever really getting there.
But I'm a "jaded" happily married woman(for almost 14 years now, with the same man for going on 20)...so what would I know about relationships that she doesn't?? ;)
I really like JLH. A lot. And I feel bad that she gets close to good advice every once in a while in her book without ever really getting there.
But I'm a "jaded" happily married woman(for almost 14 years now, with the same man for going on 20)...so what would I know about relationships that she doesn't?? ;)