Secrets of the A Game: How to Meet and Attract Women Anywhere, Anyplace, Anytime
November 21, 2009 by admin
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This is a good book. The length may seem daunting at first but this book is a super easy read that flows very smoothly. I even laughed out loud more than a few times. Overall there is good advice but too much fluff. The author could have made this a 200 page book instead of 400+ pages. Two major things I learned were to not be the “nice” guy all the time and not to agree with small conversation. The author goes into the reasons why. These two tips were huge for me and should help me in the dating scene. Overall there is allot of common sense spoken here but maybe it’s not common sense to others. I was expecting more structure and more “meatballs” but there really wasn’t that. Basically you got to work with what you have and “show your best self”. Get the book it’s worth the money but don’t expect huge things.
Rating: 4 / 5
While Secrets Of The A Game by Logan Edwards might not be as blatantly chauvinistic and one-dimensional as the recently-published How I Met Your Mother tie-in The Bro Code, it would be shelved in the same section of the bookstore, if any store shelved books by so specific a topic. I first thought of this when, in the introduction, Edwards’ said, “I already understood that a woman knows, subconsciously or not, whether she would ever sleep with me during the first few minutes we meet.” This is actually a concept expressed by the fictional author of The Bro Code, and so given that it’s treated as a fairly preposterous piece of literature in its context, anything from that tome being carried over into an actual advice book is going to feel a little shallow and strange. Still, that’s offset almost immediately by Edwards’ claim that “`A’ Game isn’t a fad or a “get laid quick” scheme. You won’t learn how to manipulate women, nor get permission to treat them poorly.”
Ultimately, the book is full of generalizations that will sound very smart and sensible, but aren’t unique to Edwards. His second chapter, examining a number of “myths” about meeting women, is actually the most interesting and insightful of the book. Advising men that “just being yourself” isn’t enough, and that you can’t “convince” a woman to fall for you are exactly the types of things that a “guide to getting women” usually is unlikely to tell its readers, and that’s certainly admirable. There’s also the fact that here is where you start to really get a look at the pop psychology that guides the book–the idea of exuding success and confidence, and creating attraction without actually misleading the woman at all–and so it shrugs off a lot of the seemingly-sexist aspects of the introduction and indeed the concept of the book. On the other hand, he warns men off of “the friend zone” and reminds readers that being nice isn’t usually going to get you where you want to go, either–or at least not ONLY being nice.
One thing that seems silly and artificial, though is Edwards’ reliance on lists and rules. Besides the list of myths in chapter 2, the third chapter is “Rules on Meeting and Attracting Women.” Later, he presents readers with a grooming checklist (I am not making this up). It gives the book a kind of artificiality of structure that feels like a college term paper or something. This kind of weakens a lot of the better things that he has to say; “Guys who let their lives deteriorate to hermit status can’t simply memorize an Opener and expect it to work,” writes Edwards–certainly true–but the fact that it’s listed under a subheading and numbered makes it seem a little artificial, as if he needs to “fill” something on a form.
Another element of the format of the book–which actually works pretty well but is still a little artificial–is that it’s structured in such a way to emulate the process of meeting and attracting a woman. Starting with sets of “rules” and working through changes in attitude, confidence building, conversation, et. al, the book is set up in such a way that you could presumably read it in installments and use the information to, step-by-step, meet and attract a particular woman–if the world actually moved that slowly. It’s a lot like the way the Academy Awards were presented this year–it was interesting to see how they structured it from the scripting through the Best Picture in the order that things actually occur, but at the same time it was maybe a little too on-the-nose. There’s a point where, if you really don’t know how to keep yourself maintained in terms of wardrobe and hygiene, though, will you really get your confidence to the point where you can say hello? The logic falls apart a bit.
Ultimately, I’m not a great believer in these types of book; I feel like the pursuit of the opposite sex is something that’s going to vary from circumstance to circumstance and shouldn’t be treated as an interchangeable thing. Nevertheless, Edwards’ philosophy is sensible, his advice sagelike and ultimately general enough to apply to a wide range of “strategies” as long as the reader understands that the book is not a bible, but needs to be read as a series of guidelines to be worked with and around.
Rating: 3 / 5
This book is too long. The topics get repeated and returned to when I thought they were covered 100 pages ago! The author is not a skilled writer as his points come out of the sentences in scarcity. I felt like I had to suffer through a lot of writing to get to the message. At 411 pages, this book could have delivered the message in easily half of that. I think it could cover more about where to meet women and the initial approach. Lets be real, the world doesn’t take kindly to walking up to women on the street or the grocery store. At least in my big city. I think 75% of the battle is meeting them and the book doesn’t cover that. I read “How to find, meet and date a beautiful Woman,” and it said bars and drinking are the worst place to meet. This book admitts to focusing on bars. I can feel the energy in the air of most public places and it is not conducive to meeting women romantically. The book doesn’t offer any solutions to this dilemna and with the so-called recession there is all this fear out there in the world. I admit I haven’t been able to practice much of the wisdom in this book as I tend to be more of a theorist instead of a get out there. I have read 3 other books and this one is #3 out of the 4.
Rating: 3 / 5
This book was pretty helpful and informative however not too much i havent already heard
however, it is pretty inexpensive with pretty good info
a good book to grab
Rating: 4 / 5
This book is a remix of THE GAME by Neil Strauss and The Mystery Method.Actually, its an exact replica. It teaches you a step by step formula including disqualifying beautiful women. Yes, it takes pick-up, and makes it seem difficult and hardly focuses on body language. Like what you say is more important than how you say it. Come on.
Whoever wrote this book is clearly full of it. He took tons of advice from other dating gurus online, and created a book with scattered information. I am pretty great with women, proud to say, so I can spot bull really fast and easily. I scammed through this book in less than 5 minutes and I threw it away. I read almost every single pick up based material out there, and this book teaches you…
Canned lines such as the jealous ex girlfriend opener written in THE GAME.
The 2 girls fighting outside written in THE GAME.
Using disqualifyers on beautiful women written in THE GAME.
Using false time constraints before your opener written in THE GAME.
And a whole lot of information overload, and anyone that is TRULY great with women will tell you “its simply not that confusing guys”
I don’t know who this guy is,but I would LOVE to go into a bar with him, and see if he is REAL, or gathering a load of crp and writing a book on it. Ill give it one star because it tells you to remind yourself that you are a great catch sometimes, and it gives you a sense of confidence and value. That is the most valuable info in this book to me.
Rating: 1 / 5