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3.31 AVERAGE
3.31 AVERAGE
Do not read this ghastly book. I am dumber and probably more douchy having read it.
This book is deeply funny and best read as a fictional comedy. I want to see this as a surreal mini-series.
Entertaining.
Every woman should read this to know what to avoid.
The men in this book are kind of repulsive.
This was a trashy read but Neil Strauss is great at writing about trash.
Every woman should read this to know what to avoid.
The men in this book are kind of repulsive.
This was a trashy read but Neil Strauss is great at writing about trash.
This was alternately funny, disgusting, and sad. The first by accident (Neil Strauss is a terrible writer, but two good jokes made it in to print), the second in how vapid and clueless men assume some women are, and the third in the level to which this lifestyle is assumed and followed. Mystery's quest to be loved and mentally stable, the time and effort spent laying women, and the importance placed on the roles and routines of The Game are pathetic bordering on tragic. I'm all for former Trekkies who are now getting laid nightly, but in most cases, they found their happiness when they got married, or found girlfriends who actually liked them--not just liked them well enough to sleep with them.
Strauss writes with a Dan Brown level of competency, mixed with a flair of tabloid journalism dramz and "dun-dun-DUUH" chapter endings thrown in. If you subtract the self-aggrandizing, the name dropping, the bromance and the Reformed Geek Finds Soul Mate happy ending, you get three very keen (and psychologically evident) points on human interaction:
1. Women want to have sex as much as men do--they just don't want to be perceived as sluts. By developing a rapport with a woman, you are getting to know each other enough that it is socially okay for her to have sex with you after only meeting you a few hours previously. You have both gotten off, had fun, and nobody has to feel guilty.
2. Women are like cats. Tease them, and they will bat at you. Ignore them, and they will come to you. Smother them and they will leave.
3. Women can read. If any of them see you trying any of these moves
at the club, your ass is busted. And any women who is picked up by a magic trick was either driven there by an adult, or is looking past the magic trick to bed you out of pity. Seriously... magic? WTF?
Strauss writes with a Dan Brown level of competency, mixed with a flair of tabloid journalism dramz and "dun-dun-DUUH" chapter endings thrown in. If you subtract the self-aggrandizing, the name dropping, the bromance and the Reformed Geek Finds Soul Mate happy ending, you get three very keen (and psychologically evident) points on human interaction:
1. Women want to have sex as much as men do--they just don't want to be perceived as sluts. By developing a rapport with a woman, you are getting to know each other enough that it is socially okay for her to have sex with you after only meeting you a few hours previously. You have both gotten off, had fun, and nobody has to feel guilty.
2. Women are like cats. Tease them, and they will bat at you. Ignore them, and they will come to you. Smother them and they will leave.
3. Women can read. If any of them see you trying any of these moves
at the club, your ass is busted. And any women who is picked up by a magic trick was either driven there by an adult, or is looking past the magic trick to bed you out of pity. Seriously... magic? WTF?
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I haven't read this book in a long time so I won't give it a rating, but I felt compelled to review because it was an interesting read that stuck with me. It's gross and pathetic, but also very interesting and well-written. I wouldn't say Neil isn someone I'd trust to write reliably or with good intentions, but communities of depraved men on early internet forums creating a pseudoscience around how to get laid is a topic I'm not sure anyone could have written as attention grabbing throughout. It was a fun read as a teenager, don't think I'd wanna read it again though.
What this is: an entertaining story about a journalist becoming seduced by the world of pickup artists.
What this is not: a guide to becoming a pickup artist.
What this is not: a guide to becoming a pickup artist.
Because Kristin suggested it. . .and there's not a huge selection of used books in northern Laos!