Product Description

The follow-up to the international bestseller The Game. If you want to play the Game, you've got to know the Rules.

In The Game Neil Strauss delved into the secret world of Pick Up Artists, men who have created a science out of the art of seduction. Not only did he reveal the techniques that they had developed, but he became a master of the Game, and the world's No. 1 PUA, as Style. The Rules of the Game contains the book that Neil thought he would never write, The Stylelife Challenge: the ultimate guide to landing the woman of your dreams from the best of the best. Taking it one day at a time, the challenge is to confront your insecurities and overcome them through a process of rigorous self-examination, briefings and field missions. You'll soon be `sarging' with the best of them and dating the women of your dreams. But remember, take it a day at a time, because, Missing a single lesson or experience will affect your results, your game, your life. In the second part, Neil journeys into the dark side of the Game. `The Style Diaries' is a series of tales of seduction and sexual (mis)adventure. From finding the woman of his dreams during a night on the tiles in Reykjavik, to luring a famous musician's granddaughter into a threesome; from conducting a keenly felt and tender relationship over email, to the stress and frustration of the `30 day experiment', The Style Diaries takes you further into the seduction underworld than ever before.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #360 in Books
• Published on: 2007-12-18
• Binding: Hardcover

Russell Brand
Neil Strauss's writing turned me from a desperate wallflower into a wallflower who can trick women into sex.

Synopsis
The follow-up to the international bestseller The Game. If you want to play the Game, you've got to know the Rules. In The Game Neil Strauss delved into the secret world of Pick Up Artists, men who have created a science out of the art of seduction. Not only did he reveal the techniques that they had developed, but he became a master of the Game, and the world's No. 1 PUA, as Style. The Rules of the Game contains the book that Neil thought he would never write, The Stylelife Challenge: the ultimate guide to landing the woman of your dreams from the best of the best. Taking it one day at a time, the challenge is to confront your insecurities and overcome them through a process of rigorous self-examination, briefings and field missions. You'll soon be `sarging' with the best of them and dating the women of your dreams. But remember, take it a day at a time, because, Missing a single lesson or experience will affect your results, your game, your life. In the second part, Neil journeys into the dark side of the Game. `The Style Diaries' is a series of tales of seduction and sexual (mis)adventure.

From finding the woman of his dreams during a night on the tiles in Reykjavik, to luring a famous musician's granddaughter into a threesome; from conducting a keenly felt and tender relationship over email, to the stress and frustration of the `30 day experiment', The Style Diaries takes you further into the seduction underworld than ever before.

Customer Reviews

Well written and useful too
I found my son reading Neil Strauss's book and he told me he thought I'd enjoy it. Essentially a how-to guide to landing the woman of your dreams, I also found it a lot of help in improving my self-esteem and general sociability. Strauss has a fine prose style too. I may be a happily married man but there's lots here to enjoy.

Not worth buying.
The Game was a great read. Sadly, the follow up is merely an attempt to cash in on the success of his first book. Even after Neil announced his "retirement" from the game you could see this book coming :) the temptation to cash in was just too great.

The Challenge itself (first part of this book) was originally available on Neil's website for free and was supposed to be Neil's last present to the pick up community. (Its funny how everything Neil does is a "last thing I'll ever do, because too many people have asked me too and I just couldn't let them down :)" I wonder what's the next `last thing' would be .....) Anyways....... As far as I can see there are no additional challenges, missions, tips, etc. This is just a compilation of what is already available and there is nothing in this book that you couldn't find within a minute of searching online. 1 star out of 5

Obviously Neil couldn't just sell 'The Challenge' on its own, so he had to throw in some gimmick to make it a complete product. As a result we get the later part of the book (The Style Diaries). I feel like Neil was under the pressure of deadline from the publisher and haven't spent too much time writing this. The stories are not as entertaining and as his previous writings. Some guys in the community have summed it up us "Neil bragging about his exploits, probably to increase the value of what he teaches in the reader's eye, for the benefit of his future products". I wouldn't necessarily agree with that. Some of the stories were fun to read, but nowhere near as good as the Game. 3 stars out of 5

Overall you could argues that the primary point of the book was to promote the "Style" brand and cash in on the success of his first book. Disappointing. Hope the next product is better.

Who needs Cosmo?
Well this is it girls. No need for women's magazines. Read this book and you will know what men desire and what daemons they fight to get it. Intriging, disturbing, and funny.