I cannot get off my feminist high horse long enough to express my true opinions about this book, but I will endeavor to remain coherent. It is attempting to pass itself off as a cutsie retro 50s guide to become a whole woman by employing the most inane behaviors imaginable. Complete with day-glo illustrations, it is impossible for this book to not be offensive to anyone with a remaining brain cell. It is likewise impossible to pass off as tongue in cheek humor. It is insulting to both men and women. It should be remaindered immediately and rendered into pulp. Do not waste your time. ( )

Slick, magazine type book with Cosmo type advice--clean up, improve your posture, and project sexiness. A whole lot of pages to explain those three things. ( )

The authors envision a "typical" woman who they presume who will be reading this book. The interesting and telling point is that they envision her to be reluctant, unwilling, and a feminist. Which obviously codes any woman who does not want to use her sexuality to get ahead as stupid, right? Wrong. This book has a worrisome lack of exploring how to be sexy AND equal. There are plenty of examples of how this "natural" way of communicating and behaving must somehow be unearthed and utilized. The authors send several mixed messages. I wonder if they ever once considered how it is a woman makes the first several moves in any relationship (according to them), yet she is submissive. Overall, a confusing book. ( )

The idea of this book was cute, but to be honest I couldn't read it without getting a headache. The pages had a wallpaper-y busy background that was way too hard to filter the words out of. ( )

I decided not to give this a star rating simply because it would be disingenuous. I didn't finish this book. I didn't get very far at all. I made a point of reading from the beginning until I couldn't handle it any more, and then I skimmed around the rest of the book to see if there was a page somewhere along the way that said, "Hah! Just kidding!"

Alas, no such page was to be found. This book turns back the calendar about 25-35 years on the progress made by women to be considered worthwhile in the world for something other than their sexuality. It assumes women are worth more when they take up less space. The title alone implies that being flawless, thin, and busty are the obvious desire of women who want to be sexy in American society (which may be true for all too many women).

The short version is - if you have any self-respect, you're unlikely to be drawn to this book anyway, and you'd be significantly better off keeping that self-respect instead of trading it in for tricks and tips on how to reinforce sexist stereotypes.