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oregon_small_fry's review against another edition
3.0
solid book. nothing super ground breaking for a person who has been dating on & off most of my adult life but some good tips & reminders. Probably better geared for those who are new to online dating.
I liked the narrators/author's voice so that was a plus
I liked the narrators/author's voice so that was a plus
dwlowman's review against another edition
2.0
Not very helpful for men. Assumes the reader is a modern urban professional woman with a bevy of options who needs help filtering. Too bad it feels like a shout into the void. Interesting to see things from the other side, though.
rray_'s review against another edition
3.0
I saw this book at the library and instantly and compulsively picked it up because, well, I'll admit I've been needing exactly that advice. However, the biggest issue I found about this book, for me at least, is though while Joanna implies that this advice applies to both men and women, the advice very much strikes me as being women-centric. The advice mostly seems to apply to women who are having trouble finding "Mr. Right" on social media dating sites and not necessarily for people who are having issues trying to grab interest with their profiles (like me, where I live in an area where men's profiles greatly outnumber women and apparently you need to really not suck to get any successful interest). So I feel it's good for some people but not necessarily for others.
Also I want to say that as someone who not only considers himself (themself) a feminist but also trans-questioning, I just want to add that I think Joanna's Freeform series The Bold Type has some really, *really* weird attitudes about sex and sexual experimentation especially. Not just in terms of same-sex relationships (although I do find the portrayal of that problematic, especially in carrying on the proud TV tradition of "instant lesbians") but in really having the exact same attitudes and pushing of crazy-experimentation (and potentially physically dangerous) sex that Joanna complains Cosmo, internet porn and other sources are pushing, complaints she makes in this very book (though given that The Bold Type is about Cosmo I guess that's the point but still).
Also I want to say that as someone who not only considers himself (themself) a feminist but also trans-questioning, I just want to add that I think Joanna's Freeform series The Bold Type has some really, *really* weird attitudes about sex and sexual experimentation especially. Not just in terms of same-sex relationships (although I do find the portrayal of that problematic, especially in carrying on the proud TV tradition of "instant lesbians") but in really having the exact same attitudes and pushing of crazy-experimentation (and potentially physically dangerous) sex that Joanna complains Cosmo, internet porn and other sources are pushing, complaints she makes in this very book (though given that The Bold Type is about Cosmo I guess that's the point but still).
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