"If loving this book is shallow, then I don't want to be deep.

It's a really fucking simple concept, and it's entirely encompassed in the title. In fact, I love how the title totally sounds like it's uber harsh. In reality, telling you that "he's not really that into you" is about the nicest thing someone can do to you!

This isn't high literature by any stretch of the imagination (take the cue from the bright fucking pink cover), but the concept is so important to young women that if I ever have a daughter, I'm going to instruct her to read this before she goes away to college. In some senses, you actually have to have gone through a few breakups to "get" it, but there's also infinite value in understanding this before you throw more of your youth after indifferent men. (In economics, it's known as "throwing good money after bad money".) Reading this after your first or second bad breakup is probably a perfect time.

To be sure, the last few chapters could just entirely be omitted, because they had gotten into the territory of repeating the same idea over and over. And there were some slightly regressive ideas about never pursuing a man in there too. But I think that the author brought those up just to emphasize the point: you shouldn't be breaking your back to make something happen if the guy refuses to be more than lukewarm about you. I'll take the few regressive ideas with that intention.

If you've ever sat by the phone, or some facsimile thereof, read this book. It's light: it'll only take you a couple hours. ;)"

"What a cute and exciting story! I'll admit I had trouble getting into it at first, but towards the end it got amazing.~ There's so many lessons to learn from, and many memorable scenes to enjoy. I don't think I'll ever forget them. :)

My favorite character is Curdie. What a brave boy, traveling through goblin realm like he did... Irene could learn a thing or two from him. *laughs* (But then again, he can learn a lot from her as well.)

Because the book was written in the 1800's, the writing style was sometimes difficult to follow. (Probably because I'm not used to reading such old books!) But over time it became easier. I'm not sure if children this day in age would fully appreciate the writing style or not, though I could be wrong. It could be a fun experience, reading sentences and words that we no longer use in our daily lives. XD"

"Bylo pro mě uzdravující, že někdo s odborným vzděláním popsal pocity, které jsem jako dítě prožívala. Velmi doporučuji, pokud se snažíte rozvázat pouta s náročnou minulostí. Spolu s terapií je to moc dobrá volba.
Kniha je užitečná pro partnerské, rodinné i kamarádské vztahy."