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Summary: Must Read, Right Now!
Review: I think self-help books, especially about dating, are about the saddest thing in the world. However, I picked this one up merely because E. Jean's column in ELLE has always amused me tremendously. Unlike most overly-earnest, sad sack, self-help books, this one was hilarious, honest, and a treat to read. She is dead on in so many ways, and I highly recommend the book to anyone who hasn't found love yet. It should be required reading for single ladies, especially the ones who are always complaining about their relationship status (or lack thereof).
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Summary: Mr. Anybody
Review: I was not very pleased with the book. Had such silly recommendations as stand under a pink umbrella and apply lanolin oil, a common allergen, to your lips to plump them. The gist of the book suggests that you go to events where there are a high ratio of men to women and present yourself as an easy-going person disinterested in "finding a husband". Common advice. Also, points out that the guy either likes you or doesn't in the first 30 seconds of an encounter based on his reptilian response to your appearance. I would imagine that you would catch the attention or disdain of a man if you curtsey to him or compliment his shirt as E Jean suggests, but I doubt that these actions will "drop chaps in their tracks" as the book cover declares. Perhaps I've read too many E Jean columns in Elle and already know it all. Or do I simply overestimate men!!
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Summary: Grab It By The Huevos!
Review: I've always enjoyed E. Jean's column in Elle, but this book is even better than I expected it would be. It's loaded with great man-catching advice, but more than that, it's advice for living life with an irrepressible sense of fun. It's great inspiration for anyone who needs to break out of a hum-drum shell, whether in search of a mate or a new social scene. It will get you off the couch, with a truth-or-dare-type kick in the pants. Hooray, E. Jean.
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Summary: A useful message for women: Men are divine slobs
Review: If you have ever watched a beer commercial, you have probably had two thoughts.
l) This is really stupid.
2) A lot of research goes into this stuff, and it actually gets men to buy beer, so these marketers must be on to something.
This is what they know: There are millions --- no, tens of millions --- of men out there who operate on the intellectual and emotional level of single-celled organisms.
E. Jean Carroll never forgets that.
But unlike those women --- our ex-girlfriends and ex-wives --- who resented our simplicity, she forgives us our trespasses.
Indeed, she celebrates our idiocy.
Saint that she seems to be, her message to women is that they should get out there and find the best slob in the bunch.
This blend of radiant optimism and what-are-you-gonna-do realism makes for strategies that, like her prose, zip all over the map.
But I bet her method works.
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Summary: Mr. Mate, Right Now
Review: If your idea is of finding the right man is by going birdwatching (suggestion 117), then this is the book for you. There are witty moments, but nothing a smart woman should take seriouosly.
This book is about landing a man for the night and not for the morning after. That's what Mama Nature wants. If a relationship is in your dreams then set down this book and start talking to men.Frankly, this book is not worth the price of shipping and handling.
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Summary: Great Book-- Follow the plan!
Review: Mr. Right, Right Now is definitely one of those books you'll want to share with friends. So unless you're willing to give up forever the book that will have changed your love life, I recommend the first thing you do when you receive your copy is write your name in it. Next, if you do loan it to a best girlfriend, make her sign it out of your apartment. Actually, no matter what you do, you'll never get it back. So buy two copies: one to give away and one to keep. I've been a reader of E. Jean's columns for over ten years, and the advice contained in this well-thought-out and time-tested plan (she says it's been tested for millions of years, with Mother Nature the head researcher!) is right on. E. Jean's observations of the male and female species, as they relate to one another, are sometimes comical, but they're true; in particular her suggestion that you learn as much as you need to know about someone in the first 30 seconds (as long as you're truly paying attention!). I can attest to the fact that E. Jean's plan works (if you're a ready and willing participant)!
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Summary: Truthful Inspiration That's Usable
Review: Mr. Right, Right Now is easy to read and is full of usable advice that encourages women to take action and make things happen. Mr. Right tells you what you need to know and then demands that you use it. The book was a delight. Once again E. Jean provides insight that is right to the point. E. Jean's fabulous style is unique and one that you have to love. Way to go E. Jean!
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Summary: Be true to yourself!!
Review: MRRN is commonsense packaged in a humourous style. Learn to like yourself, look after yourself, and stop worrying about what men think. Perhaps I'm wrong... but surely no-one out there actually believes this is hard core scientific research? I'll eat my psychology degree if that's true! I read this book in an afternoon so, if you want to have a few home truths knocked into your brain (and appreciate a good laugh), then invest a few hours in Ms Carroll.
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Summary: ugh
Review: She's funny but she does NOT make sense! The woman keeps contradicting herself! Her MAN-CATCHING LAW #1: Men want women they can't have and if that man cant have you they'll do anything to get you! She writes this in bold and is the very first advice she gives.... but then she dedicates a section to pretty much chasing men and teaches you strategies on how to ask them out...... arghhhh this book was very frustrating and filled with tips that contradict..... instead of buying this book I would recommend "Why Men Love Bitches" which gives you clear strategies and is VERY VERY amusing but true to the points!
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Summary: Hysterical
Review: The book is written in such a hysterical style that I couldn't wait to put it down. It has a certain tone you may encounter when watching commercials - fast paced yelling (like a banshee), in desperate attempt to hold your attention, yet a style that made reading a book a torment - as did her adjectives related to men. (OK, it must be me - I don't appreciate disparaging comments or putting people down, especially not those I'd consider worthwhile sharing my time with). Makes me wonder, how good about herself a person genuinely feels if she (or he) has to refer to others with derrogatory adjectives.
A good deal of this book is dedicated to promoting the author's online dating website. At times it seems that it was the author's main intent behind writing this book. Nothing wrong with promoting her website or suggesting online dating as yet another avenue of possibly finding the man of your choice, but as you begin reading her book and every few pages you encounter "join my online dating service" - you begin to feel as if you're reading commercial after commercial after commercial. One commercial break every few pages - just as if you were watching a TV (and one of the reasons, I don't watch TV).
The premise behind getting a man in 6 weeks is that it only takes 30 seconds for a man to decide whether he would be interested in a woman or not - therefore, ultimately it only takes you 30 seconds to give the man the impression that you are the one and he's yours - at least for another 30 seconds, few hours or one-night stand. As to whether he would be your dream man and whether you'd be together more than than sharing a spicy weekend or two is debatable.
It takes much more than 30 seconds for people to discover what they have in common, how valuable they are to each other, how compatible they are and whether they share their lives to any greater extent.
From that perspective, the book is truly shallow. What you will find in this book is how to get a man's attention and possibly create that initial "click" - how to act so that a man finds you desirable and perhaps becomes intrigued to get to know better - at least until he gets what he's after.
The author does list numerous places where you may go hunting for possible candidates. Yes, it is a common sense that if you desire to find a man, you go to places which are frequented mostly by men - such as sports events, in which case I hope you truly enjoy the particular sport and are not attending the event because you are truly desperate or afraid of being alone.
One of her "wise" suggestions is dressing sexy and walking into a man's washroom. Good luck to you!
There are many other places and if you are a woman who has a rich life with many interests, your best bet would be meeting someone who shares some of those interests you are passionate about. If you have a fulfilling life, then you won't be needy, so you won't have to play the games and pretend that you're not lonely and desperate for having a man. If you are desperate, no matter what you do on the outside, and how well you think you can fake it, sooner or later, that desperation will show.
If you are happy with your life, with or without a man, then you'll be able to focus on sharing the time together because both of you enjoy it and have something valuable to share with each other, so you'll want to be together again and again, after that initial click is long gone.
As the previous reviewer noted - there are many other books with much better suggestions and of much higher quality.
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