Why I thought "The Game" was a little fake

[Chosen1]

I don't mean to burst anyones bubble. I've read the and was really interested in pick up at the time. I've read the book only once and at first I thought it was interesting. I still think some of the things and people he meets in the book are really cool. Like Juggler.:cheer:

But then, I got more and more into the book and realized no rational person would try to stay awake for an whole week. Or go on a "sleep diet". No "rational" man would use a pickup line that makes him seem racist. Then every time I turned the page it said "I had been at the pickup game for almost 2 1/2 years. It seem like way to much stuff was going on for it to always be 2 1/2 years. I've never met any of the people in the book but he made mystery seem like a...... well, fool. Not to mention them all living together in the mansion and actling like little kids. In the beginning it seemed that they made style their king all to quick "your're the best". Which was really annoying. Then there was the friendship between mystery and style. It seem to unlikely. I mean you know a guy for a little bit and then you become best friends . All this is happening and style remains perfect. It stared to make me sick.

There are a lot of good aspects to the book. It is well written with a few grammatical mistakes (like this post) . There are some intresting storeis and situtations. I liked how the chapters flowed. I also liked how human style was at the beginning. Like how him and his friend (doug I think) had gotten with a girl and he felt guilty. I liked how he was human and needed help and wasn't the best with women. I liked how he changed his life. Some people may think that I don't like the book becaue it seems like it can't be done. I say no to those people. I don't like the fact that some of the things he said in the book would almost never happen. I do think any man can seduce almost any woman but I also think that no man is perfect. Which is what style tries to set himself up as. An Myth an Legend He's not.

 

[BuildingSomethingBig]

What you have to understand is that the book was written by Neil Strauss. Every event, with the exception of Juggler's chapter, was written from the perspective of Neil Strauss. If Neil percieved Tyler Durden to be a creepy mechanical robot, then of course that is how he would portray him in the book.

Style is the protagonist of the book, and like I've said, everything is written from his perspective, so the reader does get the impression that he is the "good guy" amongst all the craziness. However, I hardly think Neil portrayed himself as being perfect. He was extremely honest, especially emotionally, about the failures of his earlier life, and the downfall of Project Hollywood. And I don't think Neil wants anyone to think of him as a legend, which is made clear by Style's disgust in the scene where one of the wannabe-PUA's nicknames himself 'SyleChild'.

As for the realism of the book, I personally didnt find anything to be too unbelievable, especially having known about the community for a long time before the book came out. You have to realise that it is a book, and it has to be entertaining. Obviously not every mundane event over the course of the two years was written about because that would have made it long and boring. Neil had to be selective in choosing some of the more wacky events to write about, such as the non-sleep experiment, because that is entertaining, and that is what sells books.

I don't know much about Style and Mystery's relationship, but I certainly don't find it implausible that they could have developed a strong friendship after all they went through together. Another thing you have to remember is that Mystery's world is full of fakers and superficial posers, so it's not hard to see how he could develop a bond with someone relatively normal and 'real' such as Neil.

 

[Jay Jay]

Agrees With BuildSomethingBig

And I'd like to add...

I found that when I challenge myself, get out of my comfort zone and feel a sense of personal growth I stop giving a **** so my much and begin to "let go". When you reach that stage you do do things that normal "rational" people won't consider because you discover that doing things no one else does can be rewarding and lots of fun. So I found the sleep diet amusing and had I not already experienced the pain of sleep deprivation I might have considered giving it a go.

In fact chasing women has taught me that "rational" thinking is overrated.

 

[Chosen1]

yes I do have a lack of faith of style. Not in myself or any of you or even his ability. I just think no man would be perfect. I never said style was not nice or couldn't get chicks I said I think it was a little fake. I that any guy can get almost any chick but style had almost 100% hit rate and that disturbs me. I don't know it seem a little to corny to me. I loved the beginning then it just started to go down hill from ther.