Steve Harvey (1) (1957–)

This audio book was OK. Like so many audio books it could be improved by having the author read it. That is almost always better, and particularly when the author is someone who is known outside the literary world, like Steve Harvey, it just doesn't seem right with some other random black guy reading it. Also like many non-fiction audio books I recommend that if you are interested, get the dead tree version. Not only does it make referencing later easier he has many "write this" exercises show more throughout here that are difficult in audio format. Granted they really tried by including an enhanced PDF version of these portions on disk for of the Book-on-CD, but even after printing the 29 pages out, I don't feel it is a substitute.

As far as the quality of the work itself, it mostly feels like regurgitated standard self-help malarkey with a few personal stories thrown in for color. I'm not sure what to make of that. I'm not sure if that's because this self-help stuff is all BS that is too difficult to follow up with so everyone can say do it and no one can prove it doesn't work; however it could also be that this stuff really does work and that's why everyone says it. Maybe Harvey's words will be enough to let me follow through and see. We'll have to wait and find out.

There was a lot more Jesus in this book than I expected. I appreciated that, others might not. show less

I actually kinda like Steve Harvey. He's something of a cultural relic--like everybody's tone deaf, old-fashioned cookout uncle by proxy.

That said, I don't know why so many people turn to him for relationship advice and help, and I was expecting this book to be full of obvious appeals to developing self-esteem and gross generalizations about how men and women think.

What I wasn't expecting is for it to be BORING--and it really, really is.

I am torn by this book. On the one hand it's true, on the other, it's disturbing. The thing I liked least about the book is that Harvey seems to think women should accept men while changing themselves...to please the man. Um, okay, while I am willing to admit that he's right about what a man would like and how he thinks, I'm wondering if he'll right a sequel telling MEN what we like and how we think. We have dozens of magazines telling us all about how to please men. When is someone going to show more address us and our needs?????? However, aside from my obvious distaste for the motives of this book, yes, it is well written, well thought out and yes, sad to say, probably true. show less

I came into this book with high expectations. I thought that I would get an insight into a man's point of view. Instead I walked into a book out of the 50s. Harvey talked about the need for women to supply their men with sex, lest they go elsewhere. The way that he referred to men was as if they were children, unable to control their impulses. And women were the mothers and enablers. All in all, I was disgusted by this line of thought. I like Steve Harvey as a comedian but that is all. show more Should he write anything else, I won't be reading it. show less