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DID NOT FINISH: 58%

I couldn't finish this book because it sounded like it was written by a former nice girl who got burned by men

This is the worst book I have ever read in my life. I read it to write a paper on gender stereotypes in relationship advice books and boy did this deliver. This book teaches women to play mind games and gives the worst advice possible. This book explains that you want men to think they have the power in the relationship while really holding all the power behind the scenes. It encourages lack of communication and not showing your partner that you actually care about them. Every man she interviewed for this book is an asshole. Some advice were the craziest things I had ever heard. I understand that some men might agree with what is said in this book but I have personally never met a man that believes these things. This book teaches women how to be pretty terrible while dating terrible men. There were many problematic statements and advice given in this book. Not all advice was necessarily wrong but how she explains it or describes it is. If I could rate it zero stars I would.
reflective fast-paced

Meaningless anecdotes+ no science and no statistics behind the principles. Just the opinion of one lady. If men love bitches, I don't want men.
funny informative fast-paced
informative reflective medium-paced
challenging informative reflective fast-paced
emotional funny informative medium-paced
informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

Disclaimer: I really hate self help books. It's not that I dislike self-reflection or improvement; far from it, it's just that I don't have the discipline to incorporate the teachings into my life. Maybe I need to find a self help book for self-help implementation...

The anecdotes in this book were amusing. There's also a brilliant guide to faking an orgasm. '[Then] you’ll want to immediately slap the nearest pillow. Mix it up. This means sometimes you’ll want to slap the pillow then scream, other times you want to scream first, then slap the pillow. Men love variety.'
All in all, it's fun to read. Whether it's useful (wasn't for me) is a different matter altogether.

The only reason I read this book was because my friend told me "girl, you should read this. It sounds like you're the one talking." and I did.

I'm not really into self help books but sherry did really hit the spot for me. The book was balamced. Not too many 'you ain't need no man' advice and not too many 'be his baby momma through and through' advice.

I have to admit though you can't apply her dating rules once you've already been too many months into your relationship. And well, not all relationships can survive this. Yet at the end of the day. Sherry has a point. A good one too.

I'd deffff recommend this to any girl who is a live walking doormat and to every girl who think her boyfriend is the holy god of the world. Girlie, live your life a bit.

It seriously opened my eyes to how clingy i've been even if my partner says that he loves it. (believe me. No one loves a clingy girlfriend.) and i managed to back off in a healthy way. Balancee