The Complete Idiot's Guide to Dating

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Summary: how to be a jerk
Review: I had the good fortune to thumb through this in a bookstore. (Saved me from buying it.) There may be some good stuff in here but you'll waste a lot of time sifting through lame advise. I must admit that the book taught me a *very* important point: I looked up the section on 'pick-up lines' The lines in here are *so bad* it turned me off to the whole concept. I quickly saw how innane one can be when avoiding authenticity. This book seems to emphasize retaining one's low self-esteem and trying to trick someone into liking you. (What a load!) Better to take the risk and be real. On the other hand I went cover-to-cover on Nina Atwood's book and found it accessible and comprehensive -- emphasizing personal-growth and finding someone with whom you'd actually want to be in a long-term relationship. Nina's book is at: href=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0805040978/7694-5374857-919139

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Summary: DON'T BUY THIS BOOK ! ! !
Review: i have no idea what world dr. kuriansky lives in. if you do the things the book tells you to do, girls will think you're a major dork, and you will be doomed to failure! the truth of the matter is, dating is a game. and kuriansky does not address any of this game. she even says not to play any of the dating game. well, i learned the hard way...a really really hard way. trust me, dating is a game, which even nice sincere girls will respond to, so buy a book that actually addresses this. i won't suggest any book, because then people might think this review is a fake. but check out the other dating games on amazon.com and read the reviews. and look for books that addresses the dating game. by the way, i'd like to thank you dr. kuriansky, for ruining my recent dating experience.

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Summary: Save Your Time and Your Money
Review: I thought I had bought a book about dating, not new-age psycho-babble. Although this Idiot's Guide is not entirely without merrit, it offers nothing out of the ordinary in comparison to other dating books and has many silly components thrown in. The pick-up lines were woeful to say the least and many of the author's ideas were a little too out of left field to handle. A fantastic dating book worth purchasing is Rabbi Shmuley Boteach's "Dating Secrets of the Ten Commandments". It is a book which makes real sense and gives the reader not only encouragement, but really makes one truly believe that there is a "special" person just waiting for them.

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Summary: Save Your Time and Your Money
Review: I thought I had bought a book about dating, not new-age psycho-babble. Although this Idiot's Guide is not entirely without merrit, it offers nothing out of the ordinary in comparison to other dating books and has many silly components thrown in. The pick-up lines were woeful to say the least and many of the author's ideas were a little too out of left field to handle. A fantastic dating book worth purchasing is Rabbi Shmuley Boteach's "Dating Secrets of the Ten Commandments". It is a book which makes real sense and gives the reader not only encouragement, but really makes one truly believe that there is a "special" person just waiting for them.

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Summary: Trite and Superficial
Review: There isn't much depth to this gloss. Perhaps the picture of the author on the book's cover, taken as she hosts her radio talk show, gives the best indication of the book's quality: not much is inside that cover that could be considered insightful, thoughtful, or helpful. Just a lot of trite superficialities that do little to explain the intricacies of male/female interaction. For example, the role of eye contact is acknowledged to be "powerful," but only three paragraphs are spent on the subject. Don't expect much above the level of the average call-in radio show, or to discover anything you don't already know.

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Summary: Take off the rose-colored glasses
Review: This book is a complete waste of money. I'm not sure why I even got it in the first place. Oh, right...to get a chick. You know, after reading this book, I almost forgot because it was so boring. Frankly, none of the "idiot's" books are any good. I will never read any one of them again.

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Summary: Nothing you don't already know
Review: This book is a complete waste of money. I'm not sure why I even got it in the first place. Oh, right...to get a chick. You know, after reading this book, I almost forgot because it was so boring. Frankly, none of the "idiot's" books are any good. I will never read any one of them again.

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Summary: little helpful
Review: This book is very little helpful, because it really doesn't tell you more than everybody already knows. Look your best,, be confident,, it really doesn't tell you what everybody looking for someone wants to know,,, when you walk up to someone you are interested in,, WHAT DO YOU SAY? It does give you a list of really played out pickup lines that nobody should use, but nowhere does it tell you what you should say. Anyway,, being "dateable"" only depends on your genetic looks anyway.