This book is amazing. I suddenly understand so much about some bizarre interactions I've had with strangers.

This is like the book equivalent of smelling something terrible and then wanting other people to smell it. Except it's more like, "Here, smell this. Have you ever smelled this smell before? Yeah, that's this book! That's where the smell is coming from! Isn't that crazy? It's so weird and indescribable right? Turns out it's Neil Strauss's advice."

I feel like this is honest to god one of the best books I've ever read because it's so awful. This book wants so badly to be self-aware and it ends up being oblivious in a way that makes it brilliant. It's essentially satire. It's "You're Fucking Out, I'm Fucking In" by Kenny Powers.

Trying to rate it is a catch 22. Ideally, this book wouldn't exist. It DESERVES one star. But I'm giving it five stars because it does exist and the only remedy for it's existence is to read it because the advice is rendered harmless if everyone is aware of it.