- ISBN13: 9780060554736
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“This is one hugely entertaining book. I loved every page. And I will never let Neil Strauss within fifty feet of my wife.” –A. J. Jacobs, Esquire
Hidden somewhere, in nearly every major city in the world, is an underground seduction lair. And in these lairs, men trade the most devastatingly effective techniques ever invented to charm women. This is not fiction. These men really exist. They live together in houses known as Projects. And Neil Strauss… More >>
The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists
Ok fellas let me break it down for ya’s. If you try the stuff in this book you arn’t doing yourself any favours. If I heard someone come up to me trying this stuff I’ll probably laugh my self to death.
And if there are any other girls out there thinking about getting this book I’ll just warn you that it is embarassingly hard to read at times. You really do feel for the fellas out there who are willing to try anything. While this book isn’t supposed to be portrayed this way, if your a woman it reads like a tradgedy, of how men are willing to try anything – even if its a load of hoobely doobely.
Rating: 2 / 5
The discovery of this book in our home just forced a discussion with our teenage sons, one of whom bought the book and demanded it’s return or compensation for the purchase price. We opted to reimburse him and discuss the book’s relative merits.
I acknowledge the challenge that unattached men experience when pursuing women. The problem with this book is the goal. It is NOT, by the authors own admission, the pursuit of a long term relationship. Nor is it, by my deduction, the pursuit of a virtuous relationship. It attempts to lure susceptible men into thinking that even written pornography is worthy of praise.
Bottom line, this book passes pornography for humor and it cheapens the sacred union of a man and woman.
Rating: 1 / 5
I’ve never read the Game, nor do I ever plan on it. From the reviews and from what my friends tell me I get the basic picture. Neil Strauss is a talented writer and pick up artist. As are the people he describes in this book. I know, because I’ve met and I’ve seen them work. You do, however, lose your goals in life, and your life becomes a big empty quest to get in bed with as many trashy girls as possible. It is almost impossible to talk to most of the guys in the community about anything other than pickup techniques. Kind of sad. The techniques described stem from insecurity, based on the assumption that a man isn’t good enough to sleep with a woman, and therefore needs a bunch of “lines”.
Read this book, but take everything it says with a grain of salt. Strauss himself tells you that his life became kind of empty after a while. For men who think that this is the answer to all their problems, ask yourself, is this the type of person I want to become? (Metrosexual, fake, social robot… hundreds of negative adjectives here) For women who read this book, undrstand where these men are coming from. Yes, the pick up artists are all geeks. That’s how the community evolved. Secure men don’t surf the web to find out ways to hide their insecurities just to meet women. Sorry, guys, this once again is not your magic pill.
P.S. I’m convinced that a lot of these guys are closet homosexuals who seek validation from men, not women. What a shocker…
Rating: 2 / 5
This story seems to have been made-up — the facts of the story lead you to the edge of why people do things but don’t quite explain them. The women seem irrantional. I got the feeling that the women that he was picking-up were not as attractive as he claims. I think he was finding lonely, simple-minded women who were made-up to be attractive. And then he prayed on their loneliness. He also keeps trying to prove his own “studliness” to the reader, as if he is still insecure.
Toward the end, he lives in a house full of losers, drives a corvette and takes a limo to the beach to surf, making me wonder if he is not psychotically self-centered or stuck in the go-go 90s. He probably listens to Motley Cru, has a gold pinky ring, and watches Beverly Hills 90210 re-runs. The Game will work better in Hollywood than any other place because — Hollywood is full of girls who want to be fooled.
I also became suspicious when he started talking about “hot” Serbian and Eastern European Women. They are NOT hot. Try this with a natural, athletic Scandinavian girl and it won’t work.
He also puts down rock stars — because he thinks they do nothing to attract women — they have no “game”. Well, lameass, its called songwriting — poetry and art. Writing music draws upon emotion and is very difficult. None of the simple sentences in this book approach art.
Rating: 2 / 5
The cover is degrading to woman and the book is worse. As a mom, I am very concerned and am absolutely amazed and disgusted. I am telling everyone I can about this and they are looking at it and are just as disgusted. How can something like this even get published? Shame on Amazon. I will no longer shop on your site. What is the world coming to.
Rating: 1 / 5