Post by Vorchia on Jun 4, 2006 15:43:12 GMT -5
I decided to go for a book a bit less literature and bit more humor. It wasn't that amusing though the cover promised it...
The cover said "men should read it, then make their partners read it so they'd no longer hate them but pity them instead."
It was a very easy read and its supposed to give more insight into how men's minds work. If its to believed, its even worse then I thought it was!!!
The main character, Rob Fleming, is a thirtysomething guy who didn't have a lot of luck with women and dropped out of college after a breakup and went into selling records.
The book starts with a list of his '5 most memorable breakups', which are then discussed, all the while the narrative is adressing Laura, his most recent breakup.
Rob has his own recordshop, Championship Vinyl and two employees Dick and Barry who are more or less each other's opposites. Dick is a really quiet guy and Barry very loud. They spend a lot of time discussing music and constructing "top-five" lists of anything. Shop aside Rob also has a huge record collection.
He describes his lack of success in romance life and by the end of the book he is more or less settled but he has an amazing tendency to screw up. Somehow when things work well he's not happy and just HAS TO screw something up.
Like when his girlfriend Laura runs off (with good reasons, like, he cheated on her while she was pregnant causing her to get an abortion) he obsessively tries to get her back and when he managed it he spontaneously loses interest again and starts flirting with a NEW girl while Laura is trying really hard to make it up. Whats the point? The whole story is full of every imaginable blunder a male character can make in relationchips. lol
There is, as is to be expected, mention of sex as the main character thinks about it a lot. There are no sex scenes though.
The book confirms the thought that men like to think about sex a lot and that they hate commitment, no news there, hmm?
The cover said "men should read it, then make their partners read it so they'd no longer hate them but pity them instead."
It was a very easy read and its supposed to give more insight into how men's minds work. If its to believed, its even worse then I thought it was!!!
The main character, Rob Fleming, is a thirtysomething guy who didn't have a lot of luck with women and dropped out of college after a breakup and went into selling records.
The book starts with a list of his '5 most memorable breakups', which are then discussed, all the while the narrative is adressing Laura, his most recent breakup.
Rob has his own recordshop, Championship Vinyl and two employees Dick and Barry who are more or less each other's opposites. Dick is a really quiet guy and Barry very loud. They spend a lot of time discussing music and constructing "top-five" lists of anything. Shop aside Rob also has a huge record collection.
He describes his lack of success in romance life and by the end of the book he is more or less settled but he has an amazing tendency to screw up. Somehow when things work well he's not happy and just HAS TO screw something up.
Like when his girlfriend Laura runs off (with good reasons, like, he cheated on her while she was pregnant causing her to get an abortion) he obsessively tries to get her back and when he managed it he spontaneously loses interest again and starts flirting with a NEW girl while Laura is trying really hard to make it up. Whats the point? The whole story is full of every imaginable blunder a male character can make in relationchips. lol
There is, as is to be expected, mention of sex as the main character thinks about it a lot. There are no sex scenes though.
The book confirms the thought that men like to think about sex a lot and that they hate commitment, no news there, hmm?