Man Magnet - How to Be the Best Woman You Can Be in Order to Get the Best Man.

Synopsis:

Women everywhere want their fairytale man - the one that they see in the movies and the one who sweeps them off their feet at the end of a romantic novel. It's fate that he'll be found, right?

Wrong.

Romy Miller believes it is this kind of pressure from the media combined with our genetic destiny to produce children that lands us with all kinds of terrible men as opposed to the right ones. Some women can't even seem to attract this kind. What's the solution? Miller suggests by following her advice you can become a 'Man Magnet' and have your pick of all of the good men. This 'man magnet' can not only have any man she wants (because guys go ga-ga for her) but she’s just so because she knows how to be sexy and confident by utilizing what she’s got.

Ready to be unstoppable? Then join the dating game by picking up Man Magnet – How to be The Best Woman you can be in order to get The Best Man.

Reviewers comments:

Don't be fooled by the bright pink cover and simplistic look - the phrase 'never judge a book by its cover' has never been so true. The book looks quite inviting with its 142 page volume and promising advice about how it can tell you 'how to be the best woman you can be in order to get the best man' - but as far as dating goes, online dating (it's quite old fashioned, this doesn't even come into discussion) or otherwise, it’s offensive, old fashioned and unhelpful.

I shall start with the introduction. It's pretty much like an extended version of the blurb on the back, therefore pointless and consequently a poor introduction to a book - it does not inspire you to read further and find out about the advice it is claiming to offer.

As for the book itself it sort of seems to follow this pattern, like one of those annoying online adverts that claims if you read it you will find out how to 'get white teeth!' or 'lose three pounds of belly fat a week!' by ‘following one simple rule’ that you never actually find out because after reading pages and pages of the same thing, they end up asking you to pay an extortionate amount. Do you even care about the rule by this point? Or are you just frustrated at the author? This book is exactly the same. Having just finished it, I’m still so mad at ‘Romy Miller’ that I’m not even going to be diplomatic about my criticism – it's just bad. Sorry Romy. Just like you, I’m ‘not going to hold any punches’.

The sentence structure and grammar in this book is appalling. I know how picky that sounds, but you really need to just read it to find out just how bad. It makes it hard to read, confusing what is going on and thus an entirely pointless read. It's supposed to be helping you, not giving you a headache. Furthermore, a lot of it consists of questions, which I suppose are meant to be rhetorical – but here, they are a poor literary device and instead of making you think or concluding a point with precision and class, they instead function as a patronizing tool and really just make you cross with the author for assuming you’re such an idiot.

There are some cracking lines in it, take, for example: 'men are great but are they really worth it?' Now that is contradiction at its best. This book is about men and how to attract them, after exhausting all that energy, you’d bloody hope they were Romy Miller.
But it gets better, following the idea of being alone up by: 'say hi to your cats for me' - Is having a man therefore essential? This book is nothing if not confused.

This said however, there is something in the way of good advice concealed beneath the gibberish, poor dating tactics and total disregard for women's rights (really, Germaine Greer would have a heart attack reading this) and that is simply the idea of common sense – ie: leave your career at home, enhance your best features, be personable, if you're looking for a serious relationship don’t boast about your sexual conquests or give it up on the first date and so on. Reading between the lines, this book can help to a certain extent, but whether this is deliberate or not is questionable.

The final chapter is one about breaking up. Why? Get your ideal man, then dump him, become a total whore and find another. Romy Miller claims to be married, but honestly, I'd be surprised, particularly if she followed her own advice.

Who Should Buy It:
If you're a feminist looking to criticise something in depth, or a psychologist trying to find something to analyze, this book about dating is definitely for you. I certainly wouldn't recommend it to anyone who is seriously seeking assistance with how to find her ideal man. If, however, you are a woman who believes that her body is purely for male appreciation only, a woman who is happy to drop her independence and become a doormat, or even a woman who thinks men are genuinely thick and not real people, then you should treat this book like your bible. Are you are a manipulative woman who believes that dating is a series of games or even someone who finds dating enjoyable as a power struggle? If either is true, then please, don’t touch another book. Pick this one up, follow the 'advice' and find the men that this book claims to advocate against, because trust me, you deserve each other.