Bob Berkowitz is not afraid to ask frank, intimate questions. Now he gets honest answers from that most perplexing, emotionally guarded, and enigmatic of species, the American male. A veteran journalist and renowned relationship expert, he has interviewed men of all ages and backgrounds about their innermost secrets—and he reports all in this unique, no-holds-barred volume. What Men Won't Tell You but Women Need to Know is straight talk on what men say, what men mean, and what men think from America's #1 expert.
Un manuale per donne, sugli uomini, scritto da un uomo! Bob Berkowitz giornalista e conduttore televisivo del today show decide di mettere alla portata di tutte le donne del mondo la sua personalissima raccolta di testimonianze contornata dai suoi consigli e dalle sue simpatiche battute per far si che tutte noi capissimo una volta per tutte le differenze sostanziali tra uomini e donne . Personalmente ho trovato un po'noioso il libro anche se ovviamente scritto molto bene e diciamo che la lettura scorre abbastanza velocemente. Comunque se dovessi consigliarlo non so se lo farei.
A parte il fastidio (più invecchio, più divento politically uncorrect) che mi suscita un autore che si scusa ogni due righe per le sue affermazioni, terrorizzato dalle femministe o da quello che lui pensa potrebbero dirgli le femministe, il saggio l'ho trovato ben pensato, interessante e inaspettatamente profondo. Anche gradevole, che non guasta mai, ma con aspetti seri degni di nota.
So far, I've found that I do everything wrong. I add competition to his already competitive life and I do not cheer-lead. It makes sense and Berkowitz says it in a very understandable (and slightly less offending way than I) but I'm still raw from the idea that things I pride myself on are actually keeping me from a possibly good relationship. It repeats a lot of stuff over and over again, but I guess I shouldn't be surprised, seeing as how the author compares men and women as simple and more complex, respectively.
I'm just glad this isn't the only relationship self-help book I bought and have others to hope for.
Torn between saying i liked the book and saying it was just ok. It does a very good job of explaining 'men dont think like women, once you accept that you can start translating'. And for that alone I will give it three stars. I suspect we are all looking for that rosetta stone that will allow the sexes to understand each other...but if the confusion were gone then so would 70% of the plot lines of modern fiction.