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The game was a great read, but is far from teaching a person how "the game" is actually played. I think it's a must read for anyone considering a pua lifestyle. I think a great lesson taught in that book is that nothing comes free. In order to achieve greatness, you must be willing to sacrifice things that mean something to you.

I just finnished the book. It was really good until Lisa comes along and hogs a lot of pages. Reading about how cool, mature, and awesome Style is in comparison to the rest of the people living in project hollywood was vomit inducing, i mean... the guy loves himself so much its disgusting. The ending is too disney like, and the 'hero' styles comes out triunphant, the book was clearly set for a more tragic ending, or at least with some tragic elements. He doesnt realize the story is not about him, its about the true PUAs, he never was one in my opinion, he was a writer all along. He never mentions any pick up failures of him, not real failures without a bright side to them, he makes it seem like he never fudged a set. By the end of the book you would think he has a 99% batting average, which really takes a lot of credibility out of the book.
I lost respect for Styles as a writer (not that anyone would care), and I realize his conquers are not that great, he would have never done so good if he 1)wasnt a respected writer already, 2)had money problems like some other real PUAs, 3)he didnt live in a mansion in hollywood.
If they ever make a movie out of this, i really hope they take Style's romance out of the scenery and center it more about mystery and the real legends. No one wants to watch a movie (or read a book) in which everything deescalates so smoothly. I for one like movies in which the lead characters are the ones who get lost in their quest to almost insane levels of depth in whatever they do. Im sure style is a great guy, but he is not hero material.
PS: realizing how this book made me write about it, and made me think about all this and go out of character and speak my mind (not to mention that i enjoyed most of it), I really recommend it. It does touches nerves on us geeks and losers.

I love the book and all, and ive shown it to a couple people!! But just one warning here id like to talk about!! I mean learn from what ever books you like whether its 'The Venusian Arts Handbook' by Mystery Double your dating by David Deangelo or The Game by Neil Strausse, all three great books!! But dont coppie them, use them as inspiration, and if you´re game just isn´t working then maybe maybe whip one or two things from these books!!
Build up you´re own game and share it with others... and maybe one day you will get copied!!

If you read "The Game," alot of the material we use is invented by Style. He is actually The #1 mPUA voted by everyone in the community.

He's a great guy I'd like to meet him.

Good book. Definately worth a read for anyone who is interested in pick-up stuff.
For someone who's been in the community for a while though, the book will not offer any new information regarding pick-up, but will give a lot of examples and stories of what the best PUAs did when Mystery started the community.

I give it a B. It is very entertaining and has some good material but it really only helps to make you see what is possible and see women and picking up women in a totally new light. Anyone who tries to go out and do what they read just wont know enough to be able to do it and will probably give up unless they are already very good social people and are good looking and just didnt know you could pick up girls by talking to them or they suffered from ass kissing femist nice guy syndrome or something.

Mystery is a magician, a teacher. Which is why his book is a manual. Neil is a writer, so his book is a account of the life of a PUA. Therefore it's understandable to have difference. Neil and Mystery have a lifelong friendship and the last thing one of them wants to do is compete on the same level, which is why Neil wrote a book on his experience in the life, not a 'how to.'

I thought the game was a great book, but like many of you I read it after reading such books as Double your Dating, Seduction Science, and Art of Seduction amoung others. I want to buy a copy of the Venusian Arts, but I want to make sure that its something a BAFC like me can use.
If you are looking for what seemed to me to be great insight about the world your getting into while you are attempting to become a PUA, this book is a must read. I honestly found lots of other useful information in it as well which helped me to approach a few sets, but Im still have alot of trouble, (which is due to me, not the teaching).
If you havent read this yet, I highly recommend it, if for no other reason than its very entertaining.

Friend of mine lent me The Game and I read it in 2 days while at work and is how I discovered the PUA culture.

It is a great read, great info and a great story. I defo recommend it.