Rational Male book

[brick tamland]

During the past months I had seen this book being mentioned and referred to on this forum and elsewhere. I had also briefly perused Rollo's blog and listened to one of his interviews. I planned to read the book and ordered it online and received it a few weeks ago. I was definitely expecting something, but after I read it cover to cover I call this one of the most valuable books any man can read. Mostly I'm glad about putting money in the pocket of a guy whose blog is free to read.
In short if I was permitted to say only one thing about TRM it's this - if you thought you would never see the mind of females, you were wrong and now there's no excuse.

This treatise by Rollo is detailed so the reader should be patient and read while fresh. There are drawbacks at times such as a small font, spacing is inadequate, spelling errors, wonky sentence construction, illegible graphs, and some repetition. However these do not detract from the fine content. Rollo shows a man what the universe of male and female relations looks like - this book is not a how-to guide. It will show you what you've failed to see even though your eyes have been open all along. You should look in the mirror and be honest. I enjoyed how Rollo went from the philosophical to the practical with such great timing that the 'light bulb' moments will draw a reaction from you perhaps a dozen times or more.

All in all a great effort by Rollo. This is one of the most compelling texts that most men have never heard about.

 

[Kaebs]

Any1 have any idea on whether or not Rollo is going to drop an audiobook

 

[ElFlaco]

Yesterday I bought Rational Male and The Way of Men on Kindle. I decided to start with Rational Male, since it sounded lighter.

I'm about a third of the way into it. The info/perspective is familiar, but there's value in seeing these ideas presented in one place in a sequential way.

However, I can't get past the writing style. He often uses big words when simpler ones would do (as in a high school essay); and overworked expressions with unnecessary words ('humanly possible' instead of simply 'possible'). Almost every sentence suffers from this kind of bloat and posturing. Also, this would have been a stronger book without the lazy reliance on PUA terminology.

I wanted to like this book more. A good editor could have made a big difference. A tighter, more focused book (coming in at 1/3 the length) would have been more effective.

RATING
Content/ideas: 4 out of 5
Execution: 3 out of 5

 

[Mercenary]

Yesterday I bought Rational Male and The Way of Men on Kindle. I decided to start with Rational Male, since it sounded lighter.

I'm about a third of the way into it. The info/perspective is familiar, but there's value in seeing these ideas presented in one place in a sequential way.

However, I can't get past the writing style. He often uses big words when simpler ones would do (as in a high school essay); and overworked expressions with unnecessary words ('humanly possible' instead of simply 'possible'). Almost every sentence suffers from this kind of bloat and posturing.

Everything Rollo writes is like that.

 

[RatInTheWoods]

Rollo is a master of analysis, eloquent educator and and genius in MRA topics and interpretation.

Highly recommend his writing for men to gain a deep, rational understanding of a shallow, irrational gender.

 

[Jetset]

Rollo is a master of analysis, eloquent educator and and genius in MRA topics and interpretation.

Highly recommend his writing for men to gain a deep, rational understanding of a shallow, irrational gender.

A lot of the stuff on his "best of" lists on the website really yielded "light bulb" moments for me.

They're concepts that I'd experienced in real life and could sort of sense were out there and a part of the situation, but had no idea how to put into words.