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3.31 AVERAGE
3.31 AVERAGE
My daughter was telling me about The Truth which lead me to The Game. Ironically enough my husband and I had watched The Pickup Artist and still joked about it to this day. I loved hearing about Mystery and his exploits again but the last 1/2 was pretty repetitive. The game is sexually explicit and at times pathetic but I nonetheless found it entertaining.
Not sure I have it in me right now to start The Truth.
Not sure I have it in me right now to start The Truth.
I found this book fascinating but disturbing. I’m not sure how all the men in this book could have missed the obvious signs that they were autistic and/or mentally ill.
I learned more from the last chapters, where he decides not to be a PUA, than I did when he was one
I find this an essential read for both men and woman. If I hadn't read it, would have been no closer to understanding a man's thought. A lot of things seemingly made more sense, and Neil Strauss is a very good story-teller. Its actually, really educational, in terms of social response between genders. It is for mature audiences... so its basically about a guy who has low self-esteem and no girlfriend, but he finds out about a society of pickup artists and as the story progresses, we see a change happening. It's very intriguing how it happens, and empowering knowing that some plain guy is able to transform himself into this chick magnet. The overall message sent to me is that if people wanted to attract good things to them, they'd have to try instead of sitting around and waiting for it to happen.
This is one weird-ass book! Not at all what I expected. h really should be retitled something like " Conquest of the Nerds" or " Perfecting your inner robot". The book itself, is far less sinister than it has been accused of. It, for the most part is a simple self help guide to improving yourself, ( with some, granted, more controversial elements) but really nothing that doesn't happen in every bar in America every Saturday night. Guys hitting on girls with preprepared lines, creating illusions of themselves, trying to be the life of the party with the main focus being on leaving with a bedmate. The wierdness in the book comes when you realize that the primary focus here quickly becomes the process rather than the hoped for result. These guys are there to impress their buddies or net buddies far more than the girls themselves. The phone number becomes the prize, rather than the girl. In the end. you are left with an incredibly pitifully sad, depressingly deplorable group of super nerds with almost no redeeming qualities. What started out as a fairly interesting look at social dynamics deep dives south into mental health issues and "What does it all mean?". Some better advice - Lighten up and be your best self !!!
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
Started and finished date - 02.01.25 to 04.02.25.
My rating - One Stars.
I really didn't like this book and I hate the cover of book. The writing was okay but this book was slow and unnecessarily long.
My rating - One Stars.
I really didn't like this book and I hate the cover of book. The writing was okay but this book was slow and unnecessarily long.
I ordered this book from the library and was completely offended when it arrived packaged like a Bible. Leather binding, gold edged pages, even a red ribbon page marker. Perhaps that is an indication of this guy's ego. Part of the book was useful if you are a single girl trying to weed out pick up artists. Part of the book was pornographic. Part of the book was fascinating as you watched what basically amounts to a frat house implode. I've recommended this book to others, but more as a cautionary tale than a "good read".
Vamos a intentar no ser ofensivos. No me comprometo a ello.
El libro es, probablemente, el ejemplo de lo que ocurre cuando un grupo de personas carentes de personalidad propia empiezan a memorizar y aprender como borregos de un grupo de personas creídas. La Comunidad que se forma alrededor de las "técnicas de seducción" es básicamente misóginos, uno tras otro. Y más cuando esto no es un "basado en hechos reales". Es un "hechos reales". Esto existió.
No digo que no se deba aprender a ligar o a seducir. Siempre que se vaya con respeto, quien eche el mejor órdago y triunfe, eso que se lleva. Todo ok.
La problemática es que todos los Profetas De La Seducción (yo también sé acuñar términos, Mystery) al final solo son hombres que odian a las mujeres, que cosifican a las mujeres, que utilizan a las mujeres, que las mujeres para ellos no son personas sino objetivos/metas, es MASCULINIDAD TÓXICA.
Me pregunto seriamente cuántas de las reflexiones de Neil Style sobre lo que quería y no hacer con su vida (presentándose en todo momento como "el moderado") se le ocurrieron realmente en esos momentos y no en el momento de escribir el libro y blanquear un poco su imagen.
El libro es, probablemente, el ejemplo de lo que ocurre cuando un grupo de personas carentes de personalidad propia empiezan a memorizar y aprender como borregos de un grupo de personas creídas. La Comunidad que se forma alrededor de las "técnicas de seducción" es básicamente misóginos, uno tras otro. Y más cuando esto no es un "basado en hechos reales". Es un "hechos reales". Esto existió.
No digo que no se deba aprender a ligar o a seducir. Siempre que se vaya con respeto, quien eche el mejor órdago y triunfe, eso que se lleva. Todo ok.
La problemática es que todos los Profetas De La Seducción (yo también sé acuñar términos, Mystery) al final solo son hombres que odian a las mujeres, que cosifican a las mujeres, que utilizan a las mujeres, que las mujeres para ellos no son personas sino objetivos/metas, es MASCULINIDAD TÓXICA.
Me pregunto seriamente cuántas de las reflexiones de Neil Style sobre lo que quería y no hacer con su vida (presentándose en todo momento como "el moderado") se le ocurrieron realmente en esos momentos y no en el momento de escribir el libro y blanquear un poco su imagen.
