More Reader Comments
"Finished it in an afternoon and an evening. Don’t care too much for the New-Agey stuff or the male thing that’s going on (although it may be true etc.), BUT it’s confirmed and crystallized a lot that I worked on in psychotherapy over the past few years. I’m in there too, along with others that you have heard from, I’m sure…"
Pete (??) Oxford
"You've saved me a lot if painful and embarrassing mistakes, but I reckon therapists are going to have a field day with you."
Henry (22) Hertfordshire
"Once I started, I sat with it ‘til I'd finished. I began to understand my sons, and my brother, though my husband is still a total mystery! I had no idea..."
Deborah (40) Essex
"It encouraged me to be more honest and truthful with my own family. I've even thought about writing down - or speaking about - my own experiences. It's incredibly brave, and you should be very, very, proud. It changes things and people. It's changed me."
Babs (27) Bristol
"It's given me hope, as someone on a 'spiritual pathway'. So I am allowed to seek enlightenment and have a dick and use it!"
Jeremy (33) Devon
"It was a lot meatier than you'd imagine a conversation could be. I stayed up til 4am reading it!"
Sally (26) London
"As the Father of a son of roughly this age, I felt quite horrified and saddened in places, by what men do with their frustrations and confusions."
James (69) Cheltenham
"It's a beautiful book, about two unfolding souls."
Arthur (55) Somerset
"It's not really a book, is it? It lacks the craft of writing..."
Elspeth (33) Devon
"I found it very reassuring to feel that sense of connection and trust between the two of you; it feels as though it is beginning to spill into my own life. I've wasted so much time living in fear of this, that or the other; I really appreciate the growing sense of confidence that the words you spoke have begun to instil. As one person who reviewed the book wrote, 'it's not really a proper book'. Which, to me, says a lot about what we consider to be 'proper', what we consider acceptable, as 'art', or 'literature', or whatever."
Simon (27) Haywards Heath
"How brave of you. I'm not sure, with the best will in the world, I could be so honest with my child when I have one (which I plan to soon). My whole family was based on secrets and lies, period."
Janice (35) London
"A totally awesome and entertaining read. So men can be men after all and be who they want, when they want! Well done guys for speaking your truths."
Carl (34) Staffordshire
"I've never really understood my relationship with my Father, my place in the family, and have doubted my own sexuality for no particular reason, apart from maybe being a bit of a Mummy's-boy myself. It's beginning to make sense now."
Keith (27) Brighton
"What an epic! I'm far less black and white about relationship dynamics since reading. It really affected my communications while at my Mum's house especially. Honesty in particular!"
Rebecca (34) Coventry
"I don't read books, but I read this from cover to cover. But this wasn't like reading a book. And I thought I was fucked up!"
Darren (29) London
"I am like a kid in a candy store, to find so much information written on subjects that had always bothered me from childhood to present day. I am married and do have children, but deep inside of me, have always felt being male was like being a third or fourth class person. I think your book has a great service to offer men of all ages, but especially those with ‘crossed wires’ caused by upbringing in a period where much of life was never discussed. My brain is an attic of thoughts I never would have explored without your book."
Richard (69) USA
"Transcripts of conversations about life, the universe, everything, and sex, between the authors, uncut, uncensored; disorganised but fascinating!"
The Inner Bookshop, Oxford
"I'd like you to write a book all about living with OCD to carry on where this book leaves off. I wonder if your parents have read this?"
Nicky (37) London
"A book EVERY man & woman should read !!!, 20 April 2006 When I picked up this book I found it impossible to put down ! Every chapter provides massive insight into the REAL workings of the male psyche and emotions... The totally upfront disclosures made me laugh, cry, blush, contemplate and regurgitate my life thus far ! And, soooo importantly, it made me want to re-wind my life so I could start it again with the new-found wisdom that the Elias/Seeker duo have provided me with !!! It took me a while to get into the dialogue format (and there's many naughty words) but any struggle I had with the format was way surpassed by the wit, wisdom, truths and balls that this book repeatedly thwacks you with ! Without a shadow of a doubt, every woman that has ever struggled to comprehend how the male mind works should buy a copy !!! And every man that is buried deep in fear & denial NEEDS a copy to help them realise that their thoughts, fears and fantasies ARE pretty standard...lol Well done chaps !!! Will we have another chapter & verse in the future ??? Oh I do soooo hope so as I think the next instalment will be critical for those in mid-to-old-age crisis !!! THANKYOU for such a fantastic humourous insight into 'male reality' x From a grateful female whose life has been changed by Men Speak the Unspeakable."
Pinsie...x (review from amazon.co.uk)