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<blockquote data-quote="ElFlaco" data-source="post: 391908" data-attributes="member: 5777">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.RATINGContent/ideas: 4 out of 5Execution: 3 out of 5</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ElFlaco, post: 391908, member: 5777"] 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 [/QUOTE]

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