I promise, I'm not reading books in order to get a free personal pan pizza.
Yesterday I started Self-Made Man. Today, I finished it. I know! It really was a quick read (of course, giving it 2.5 hours of a 4.5 hour flight didn't hurt any.)
Overall it was an interesting diversion but I'm sorry to say I didn't find any amazing revelations in it. Vincent makes a totally passable man though - save for the lips, which are pretty red for a guy. I was interested more in what happened to the relationships she developed once she revealed that she was a woman.
Unfortunately, the book followed this format for each of its main chapters: Vincent infiltrates group x, writes about group x and members y and z, reveals she is a woman to group and/or members. That was it. It felt a little simplistic in that regard.
I would have liked to have read more details about her relationships and what it felt like for her. These topics are covered but not in any great length. I'm also really curious about what her wife thought about all this, and how this impacted her mental and psychological states during the experiment (we do get a wrap-up of sorts on this.)
There's nothing too deep here, I'm afraid. There are some nice insights relating to men's emotions. Still, I recommend it.
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Unfortunately, the book followed this format for each of its main chapters: Vincent infiltrates group x, writes about group x and members y and z, reveals she is a woman to group and/or members. That was it. It felt a little simplistic in that regard.
I would have liked to have read more details about her relationships and what it felt like for her. These topics are covered but not in any great length. I'm also really curious about what her wife thought about all this, and how this impacted her mental and psychological states during the experiment (we do get a wrap-up of sorts on this.)
There's nothing too deep here, I'm afraid. There are some nice insights relating to men's emotions. Still, I recommend it.