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A review by michelebooks
The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists by Neil Strauss
3.0
As a female this is an unusual book to add to my reading list so I feel like it warrants a review.
I liked Neil's writing style. He's smart and he really seems to understand what's going on underneath the folks he describes in his book. He also sprinkles the book with very smart (occasionally obscure references). In the end, he falls for a girl who doesn't fall for any of the PUA bullshit but who knows, maybe he just ended it that way so that the general public (females) wouldn't feel entirely bad and/or wouldn't hate him
Overall, I didn't find most of the techniques inherently offensive (except for perhaps the negging) but the context and the community itself does seem toxic (which Strauss indicates as well).
In spite of it's potentially offensive topic I still found it an interesting read.
I liked Neil's writing style. He's smart and he really seems to understand what's going on underneath the folks he describes in his book. He also sprinkles the book with very smart (occasionally obscure references). In the end, he falls for a girl who doesn't fall for any of the PUA bullshit but who knows, maybe he just ended it that way so that the general public (females) wouldn't feel entirely bad and/or wouldn't hate him
Overall, I didn't find most of the techniques inherently offensive (except for perhaps the negging) but the context and the community itself does seem toxic (which Strauss indicates as well).
In spite of it's potentially offensive topic I still found it an interesting read.