Really Tired Of This Sexist Nonsense!
920671
As a young girl I excelled in math and had many problems with learning language. Also I played with trucks and guns as a child with boys and other girls as well. An "expert" has yet to  explain girls who are agressive,excell in mechanics and math and play with trucks as children. I believe there is a comspiracy out there against women,the post feminist era has been wrought with books about women being passive,sexless, fearful and unable to excell in math,unable to fend for themselves and unable to find themselves through mazes. Interesting how the writer is a woman and many are probably because they want other women to have the same self doubt they have. What we need are books that inspire young women, books that nuture their natural HUMAN aggressiveness rather than view it as unnatural or unbecoming. This book is just another Mars and Venus revamped as baby Mars and Venus. Girls do not need to be boxed into a sub social group,what they need is a book that helps them with their individual strengths as INDIVIDUALS!
672579
I was very surprised.  This is a story of a very immature man, seemingly unable to connect in any meaningful way with women, and the amount of sexual references on nearly every page, really offensive and unnecessary!  Obviously the author can't get unstuck from this type of stereotype of men and women.  Not sure about the title, which I felt was misleading and it seems somewhere in the review of the book it said it was about a man's spiritual journey, but 40 or so pages in the needle was stiff stuck ad nauseum on the same theme.  I had to give up reading it.
3761553
My minister had my husband and I read this book as part of premarital counseling.  While I am sure that this approach may work for a lot of people, I found it to be highly insulting as a woman. The main issue with this book is the blatant sexism and misogyny.  The only thing this book really does is try to convince men their wives are inferior and always at fault for every mistake he makes.  If you want to read a book about how to treat your wife like s*** instead of like an equal then, by all means read it.

I felt like it suggested that women don't need respect and men don't need love and I feel that to be incredibly false.  Instead of teaching communication skills that would be useful, it's the typical "all women are this way and all men are that way" approach.  As a more nontraditional woman married to a nontraditional man, I found that this book and its lessons did more harm to our relationship than good.  Also, I found that it is demeaning to people who don't fit the particular gender tropes listed in the book.  The only good that came from me reading this book with my husband was so that I could tell him it was more of a text on what not to do.

If your relationship fits traditional religious gender stereotypes then this book might be very helpful for you, but if your relationship deviates beyond that even the slightest then it won't help at all.

For all people looking for good marital advice I suggest The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman.  Rather than have information based on tropes and gender stereotypes, it's based on the results of a test you take when you start the book.  He also has other books that are all based this way, so that the advice is specific to you and not to how someone else believes men and women are.

The other thing my husband and I did that greatly deepened our relationship and opened our communication is a Meyers Briggs test.  Again, this method teaches you about your personality and has nothing to do with your gender and about your personality.  You can take a free version of the test online here.  [...]
There are also lots of amazing books on how to communicate and be more understanding to those with opposing traits, like "Personality Type: An Owner's Manual" or "Type Talk: The 16 Personality Types That Determine How We Live, Love, and Work"
22872
While Stork may have his own interesting point of views on women and the dating scene, the entire book is riddled with sexist overtones. Stork "man-splains" to women how to be better at being women, attacking behaviors he finds unattractive and unpacking topics better left for someone with a inside perspective; ie, a woman. He attempts to offer advice at the end of each chapter to "improve your personality," though the majority of the suggestions could just be rewritten to say, "Eat healthy and exercise." I do believe, however, that Stork comes from a sincere place of caring and legitimately does not see how truly sexist much of this advice is.
995228
This book is 3/4's crap. Worse yet, the remnant of good info worth thinking on is easily lost awash the CRAP. As a member of the male species, I am insulted & offended; it's startling that @ the end of the 1st decade of the new century such crap is still being spouted. Unless, of course, as a woman u prefer to have the brontosaurous-loaf & potatoes ready for 6 pm dinner &, as a man, u prefer to have the lil missus barefoot & ready for bed. Disappointingly, the overall message of this apparently very well received crap is that men don't really want/need to be FRIENDS with their wives/girlfirends or see them as equally stong/intelligent; women are just too weird, emotional, and clingy for men to actually enjoy their company. Obviously, that's what girl's nite out is for, right? Women are good for, uh, certain needs, then raising babies, cooking & also to have on the arm for business dinners/Christmas parties. Everyone knows, & the world would work better, if all involved would simply remember that man & women are neither equals nor should ever be so considered. The redeeming factor of Harvey's "advice" is that it's presented with his usual comedic flair. He did make me laugh. Spend your $25 otherwise.
2968966
This is not worth your buy, the book can be read in an hour and is filled with common sense advice, showering, brushing your teeth, etc.  This was written for a 13 year old who has absolutely no idea what a woman is or wants.  Half the book is about having confidence, again simple common sense that your mother taught you when you were 5.  The book was written by a woman who simply does not have the capacity to convey advice to men, it is like her way of telling the male species how stupid we are.  My opinion is that the author compiled many different aspects on other confidence building, body language, dating books and put her spin on it.  I suggest tyring to find other books that have more meaningful, real life advice.  She actually suggests meeting women at Renaissance fairs, NOW, cooking equipment classes, etc. USELESS ADVICE!
4855189
I'd leave 0 stars if I could. This book is incredibly sexist and quite degrading to women. Excessive use of derogatory slang. Definitely also marginalizes other minority groups (queer ect.). Clearly this was written with the straight/white/male/young adult reader in mind -  the fact that people find books like these 'humorous' shows how regressive our society still is.
3678569
This guy is a misogynistic jerk who presents women as caddy and simplistic while giving men excuses to be jerks. Mr. Quirk shames women for being "overly promiscuous" while explaining that men have a biological need to sleep around. His facts are unsupported and he has no real credentials. The only value in reading is as an exercise to understand the twisted mindsets so many sexist men inhabit.
3645895
I hate romance novels where the main characters refer to all of the other female characters as whores, sluts, and skanks repeatedly without ever giving it a break.  Its seriously sexist, first of all.  Secondly, whats wrong with women enjoying their sexuality?  Its fine for the guys but not for the girls?  I cant stand when authors make the heroine a little saint and the hero sleeps with everyone in sight which makes him a stud but the women hes sleeping with sluts.  Its just wrong.

Theres many aspects of this story that bothered me but one big one is that the heroine (Alex) has no female friends.  She even goes as far to say that shes glad she doesnt.  This is psychologically worrisome and emotionally unhealthy.  I think any psychologist would agree.  Both of the main characters just need intensive therapy.  Its hard to root for them when they're so immature and their values are so questionable.

This book really pits women against each other and uses that tired blondes vs brunettes thing. Yawn.

I also didn't like how there was really no reason for the H/h not to be together but it just kept dragging on just to have a story.

There was another point in the story where Alex went on a date and didn't want to eat so she didn't look like a heifer.  I mean, a statement like that is just so irresponsible and damaging on so many levels.  Wheres the empowerment here?

The beginning of the book holds promise but then it just descends into this trashy, sexist, tedious hole that I really had trouble getting all the way through.
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Evia Sharon Moore

Still profiting off the misery of desperate black women with yet another book saying the same thing again. I guess she is using a different cover for her propaganda bashing black men.

It is interesting that her counterpart Christelyn Karazin who pretty much bootlegged her ideas and got a book and movie deal out of it refuse to credit her for most of her ideas.

It really all boils down to black women really looking out for themselves instead of their lower class counterparts that will never get a white "rainbeau". From my understanding, both women got a kid or kids by a black man already. How can they be taken serious here? It is laughable.

I wonder what will happen when they don't deliver for their readers. Everything they talk about is indirectly or directly about black men. Yet, they never confront the white guy for lack of interest.

Where are their blogs saying they love black women or want to marry them. If anything, these women are doing a disservice for black women that might want a white partner but look desperate.

Evia Sharon Moore should just retire at this point. Showing Darren after about x amount of years is not going to help you. If you did that earlier you might have got a book and movie deal instead of Christelyn Karazin the intellectual lightweight.

Have a nice day

Mr Laurelton Queens.com
879474
I thought this book would be an improvement since Rodrigo seemed to be a nice guy in her other book.  NOT!  He is AN obnoxious, mean jerk like the author's other male characters, leaving one to wonder why in the world the female character would want a life with him. Palmer's books are all the same--mealy mouthed plain female character with small boobs whom the bitter male character demeans to no end. He wants her sexually but has no respect for her.  And there is always some nice, good looking guy who wants her and would treat her like a princess but she does not want him. I have to wonder if the author thinks that mean and vindictive is a sexy trait in a man, I don't know.  I am afraid her next "hero" may be a serial killer.

 In the end I was hoping Rodrigo would meet his demise but he didn't. Too bad. This is the last Palmer book that I will read.

Another thing--in the form of a request to Amazon:  PLEASE GIVE US A MINUS BUTTON TO USE FOR A BOOK LIKE THIS!
3135994
I wanted to like this book. Unfortunately, it isn't merely a problem of the reasoning being flawed, it isn't even, well, reasonable!

Buy this book if you want random stories about how wealthy East Coast women feel about how men are boys. Skip this book if you want a reasoned argument about feminism.
4784297
What a waste of my time and money!  This author is living in a time warp!  If you have another title, just change the names and you'll have a new book.  How does she get away with submitting the same crap to the publisher?

Palmer's male characters are gods gift to women and get away with treating women like trash.  The women are so fiesty, they put their men in their place with witty responses like "you, beast!"  ...Blah, Blah, Blah.............
4036493
Heroes are sexist pigs. Heroines are tawdy harlots. Nothing more to it. Not even worth the 99c I paid for it. The men both treat the women like common whores. In the first book the hero has blackmailed the heroine into his room and plans to all but rape her! They both masquerade as highwaymen (him for a lark, her for friends honor and revenge) and he decides her behavior means he can do whatever he wants to her. And as a dishonourable pig he can come up with quite alot to do. In the second book the hero was courting the heroine but decided he wasn't ready to settle down yet abas decided to wait and and see what happened next season. By the next season the heroine had adopted a dowdy disguise because if he didn't want to marry her she didn't want to marry anyone! And ofcorse as soon as she wasn't pretty he didn't want her and only after was she had dressed like a strumpet and gave him a lap dance did he decide she was actually worthy of his exulted self. This was all part of her supposed vengeance. Tie him to a chair and worship his body? He talked cirlces around her and had all but ordered her to perform oral sex on him with minutes of their interlude which she happily did. This was her vengeance for the hero dumping her years ago and recently telling her how useless she and the female sex are? What?!?!? I just don't understand what the author was thinking.  If your going to be as truthful to the times in regards to the men's views towards woman you should do the same with the woman and have them behave with some honor and the restraint and manners of the time.  Not have the hero a bigoted prick of times past and an the heroine a good time girl of the present.

Don't waste your time or money.
4068639
While I think Dr. Laura has some good "big picture" ideas, the way she writes this book is a complete turn-off. All of her case studies and examples paint women to be horrible, selfish human beings who should put everyone and everything before themselves. I get and appreciate the concept of nurturing your husband and marriage and taking a long look at how we speak to and treat our spouses...but I get the idea that Dr. Laura just does not like women (ironic being that she herself is one). Dr. Laura's solution to every problem in the home seems to be to be put the husband first, kids second, home care third, job fourth, self a distant fifth. Too tired from your job to cook nightly for your husband? Quit your job! Lack of intimacy? Stop being so hideous and get yourself to the gym! Drained from caring for your kids? Stop being tired, pull it together and kick the kids to the curb so you can take care of your husband! I don't know, I'm almost at a one star on this one.
4873371
Donovan's take on masculinity is retroactive, fascistic and reactionary. Anyone who blames feminist for the reason why Men aren't adequate- one is not truly being a man in the description that the author views Man to be. Not taking into consideration the physical and genetic reasons for Mans emasculation in the first place. It's a big blame game, along with all of his other books. Donovan's nothing more than a Fascist, Bigoted, Bully with an axe to grind against modern culture. Simply put!
838675
My, my, my! Isn't it interesting what kind of investigative scholars the Ivies are producing these days! Indeed, I am seeing nothing but whiney, Marxist, pinko, wannabes rearing their wretched heads from along the Eastern established Charles River and coast, damning all who stand in their paths! Conspiracy! Brain washing!! Outright body snatching!!!
Is such a statement offesive? Extremely! I can only hope that my utter sarcasm was dripping in the above statement. We could only be so lucky should our dear author Patty realize the same. By contributing to yet another stereotype about fraternities, the author commits the exact same glowing stereotypes as those noted in jest by myself above. Unfortunately, the author only perpetuates the same stereotypes that several Americans have of the Greek Letter system again-- and again-- and again.
Her contentions were not be merely vile were they not an attempt at meaningful research. First, her ethics of investigating the verious houses are outright deplorable; any action such as purposely deluding and decieving respondents is deserving of extreme scrutiny for bias. Second, the author makes the glaring falsity of assuming that all fraternities are indicative of her (extremely small) sample size. Third, her hasty generalizations are made even worse by assuming that her sloppy qualitative research can in any way represent the Greek Letter system, which not only is blatantly untrue but also antithetical to the very principles of qualitative research. Fourth, as another reviewer noted, her sources and information gathering are so very myopic that a description of banal does not even come close.
In short, I expect that any institution that prides itself on meaningful, insightful, and __accurate__ research would be disgusted at the sheer dearth in this writing. I expect that many readers should (and judging by the reviews, are) insulted by the same.