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Summary: A sacred compilation of the tactics of the greatest seducers
Review: While reading this book I kept having flashbacks of my greatest seduction...the most coveted, coquettish and beautiful siren at my college. I am a very plain looking guy, and I was able to make her fall in love with me. After reading this book, I now know why. Somehow, by the grace of God, I employed ALL of the tactics in this book when I seduced her and I didn't even realize it at the time. Yes, there were some blunders along the way, but they were easily overcome by doing something unpredictable, enveloping her with warm affection and then completely shunning her...yes, coldness, cruelty, and absence have to be mixed in with heavenly pleasure and an aura of being an enigma wrapped in a riddle.
Be careful with these tactics... many of them can drive a person to suicide(there are many examples throughout the book of men and women who kill themselves because they are not able to handle the torture, despair, and uncertainty). Make sure that your target can recover on their own from this kind of diabolical cruelty if things go bad. But your target will certainly appreciate the pleasure that they receive if you follow the sacred examples in this book. Trust me, for both men and women, LOOKS MEAN NOTHING... and you can lay siege to anyone's heart if you put the effort and brains into it and follow the rules in this book without making any exceptions. Enjoy, be careful, and happy seducing!
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Summary: Good book, but don't replace your own common sence
Review: This is overall a good book, but I take off two stars from the score because I disagree with some of the author's premises.First, I'm always a little suspicious whenever an author dictates some numerical tally of attributes to accomplish an object. In this book, it's 10 types of seducers, and 24 steps in the seduction process. Well, for instance, how does the author know that there's really 10 types of seducers instead of, say, 12? What was his methodology for this determination? Did he do an exhaustive research of all types and found these 10 types as the predominate types, or did the author just invent 10 types and then created antidotal evidence to back up his classifications? More likely, I bet the later. Second, the author uses prominent historical examples, which is both interesting and annoying. The mini-lessons in history are nice and a good read. However, by using such examples, he misses two points. First, applying the information to our daily life in this time can be a question mark at times. Second, the famous people portrayed would have an easier time as seducers because they all had something going for them that others wanted. For instance, Andy Warhol had his own type of seduction technique, but he also had the advantage of being a famous artist. The Duke of some country back in the 1640's may have been a real lady's man, but he also had royalty going for him. For the middle-class Joe who lives an ordinary life and has nothing really interesting going on, he's going to have greater seduction challenges that aren't addressed in this book. Third, I don't agree with all of his methodology. For instance, the author advocates starting off as friends and migrating to lovers. However, at times, the friendship route is weak, and it can be hard to break out of the friend mold once already set into that cast. At times, it's better to make your romantic intentions clearly known at the beginning. For instance, I can think of several people who have stories of being friends with someone who would like to be more than friends. However, the target's life is already full of boyfriends/girlfriends, because these people make their intentions clear at the beginning to the target. So, overall, this is a good book. There is good information, and I think most readers will pick up several new insights. However, I wouldn't replace your own intuition, or common sense, with the information in this book.
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Summary: Interesting but Incomplete
Review: An interesting book with a lot of techniques. However, it doesn't address the real issue most of us have. For example, what good is it to know a hundred pickup techniques if you don't even have the courage or self confidence to approach a woman? And how do you handle the fear of rejection since no technique works on every woman every time? Luckily, I also read Regan's book, the Evolution of a Warrior, which addresses these kinds of issues. After all, it is not exactly what you try on a woman but how you deliver it and with what level of confidence. Once you have that, you have everything.
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Summary: Evil
Review: This book was so evil I couldn't sleep for days after I read it (without exaggeration). I had bad dreams and I had bad during-the-day experiences(which is very unusual for me). I don't like that I find myself in the position of giving a book such a terrible review, but I also don't like the idea of not offering a warning to people, "Don't open this door." BTW: The author even went so far as to suggest introducing your "victim" to the occult as a means of hooking and keeping your prey.
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Summary: Waste of Money
Review: This book is nice if you like reading "about" seduction. The author fills the book with romatic quotes which are plucked from history in the form of poetry, literature, drama etc. anything related to seduction. It is a nice collage of literature, however if you are looking for some practical advice on seduction, this book is a waste of money and time.
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Summary: Not Just About Sex
Review: Very Machiavellian, this book is about power and influence over people. He illustrates his 24 steps and 9 character types using fascinating historical and literary anecdotes. Reads though quicker than most 500 page books.
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Summary: Who is seducing YOU?
Review: The best I can say for Robert Greene is that he is an entertaining writer.This book is pretty much "The Rules" with a literary bent and an intellectual pretense. O.K., maybe some of this stuff will work -- but if you want a real, lasting relationship, this is not how to do it. If you are very young, and naive, this book may give you some insight into the psychological motives of some of those who would take advantage of you. Greene has a point, but his stance of manipulate before others manipulate you, is in the long run, not going to make the world a better place. Nor will it give the mature adult a true sense of happiness. If you want a one night stand, try this stuff, it will probably work. If you want a lasting relationship, this is not how to do it.Apply this stuff to the media and politics, and it lends some insight to how politics and the media manipulate the public.Finally, this book does address both sexes (unlike many books of this genre dedicated to making mostly women feel horribly insecure) yet I found the text to be more male-oriented.This book is pretty pretentious stuff, but I have to hand it to the writer, it was a fun (but sometimes repetitive) read.Don't take this stuff too seriously, kids.
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Summary: Interesting, indeed, but...
Review: The true value of this book, from a seducer's perspective, is the twelve page section depicting the 18 types of victims. The rest of the book is simply superfluous. Read and internalize it for maximum results.
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Summary: Interesting Book
Review: Part of the allure of this book is that everything reads like a hypnotic novel. It is very entertaining, to say the least, and does contain some insights. All of people in the book are easily described like cartoon characters in terms of their outer motives, their inner motives and their subconscious needs. It parallels other interesting works such as Machiavelli's "The Prince" and scores of ancient writings in philosophy in that its conclusions are based on 99% argument and 1% evidence. Largely, this is because it is based on arbitrary, unverified models of human behavior. I honestly believe that Robert Greene has mostly tried to make a compelling work of art here. Most of his assertions are not supported with scientific evidence or even balanced historical evidence. The book reads like a religious text, filled with unquestioned assertions. There are no qualifying statements about the content of the book whatsoever; there are no statements that document the certainty of the "truths" in the book based on the strength of evidence. Everything in the book is flatly stated. The text itself is written like a documentary about society narrated by an amoral, omniscient deity whose words reflect a potent combination of all of the described techniques of seduction In this way, the book is a self-referencing paradox. It deceives you into understanding that you are being deceived.
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Summary: The reinvintion of lust and love
Review: Robert Greene's book "The Art of Seduction" turned my life in a completely new direction. Never before have I been able to come to grips with myself and love myself as I can now that I have began to practice the principles taught in this book. These methods work, plain and simple. Ever since reading this piece of absolute literary genius I have been able to really asses who I am and what exactly it is that I want out of life, and how far I'm willing to go to get it.
The only thing that scares me is this book falling into the wrong hands. With this type of knowledge, think how easy it would be for some third-class simpleton from like Tennessee or something to rise to power and wind up actually becoming the anti-christ or something. This much power being available to the general public is definitly a frightening thought.
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