Predictably, this would not pass the bechdel test; maybe it might but very slim chances of it doing so, if at all. I liked how she was honest about her misgivings. She got herself in these desperate situations searching for love. She gave in to every impulse, every thought, and every reaction toward a potential love interest. As she said it makes a good story but when does it end? You keep getting yourself in these situations you are no longer doing it because it’s a good story but because you’re out of control, a slob, desperate, an attention seeker – a pathological people pleaser. What deep-seated issues do you have with yourself that needs to be addressed?

I didn’t hate this book but I didn’t love it either. I enjoyed it for what it was. The writing in this was fairly easy to read. The email blasts, although entertaining, weren’t my favorite. The recipes caught me off-guard but I didn’t have anything against it either. The stark contrasts in the summation of what she learned about love as an X-something-year-old were interesting but also not entirely new. 

In sum, I found it okay.