Goodreads Summary:
For any woman who has ever bought a self-help book and wondered why she bothered. (P.S. Now that I know he's just not that into me, where do I go from there? Yeah, thanks for that advice.) Jennifer Love Hewitt is a self-proclaimed "love-aholic" and hopeless romantic (her middle name is Love, after all ). She has been lucky and unlucky in love, and lived to tell--and she's done it all in the spotlight. Much has been written about her love life--some true, most made up to sell magazines. Now Hewitt shares the real story of what she's learned navigating the dangerous dating waters.
In The Day I Shot Cupid, Hewitt offers her hard-won wisdom and tells us how to embrace love with both feet on the ground. First, we have to shoot Cupid. We have to believe that happily-ever-after is hard work--it's not all flowers and symphonies and floating hearts.
Wise and wry and refreshingly honest, Hewitt talks about how to pick the right guy and how to know when to let the wrong ones go free, and she offers some surprising truths about the opposite sex.
From twenty things to do after a breakup, to ten things to do before a date, to the perils of text flirting (Note: You are waiting. By the phone. For his response.), Hewitt uses stories and dating secrets to illustrate the idiotic, romantic, crazy, depressing, hilarious, awkward, glorious moments we all experience in relationships. Funny, quirky, and empowering, The Day I Shot Cupid deserves a place on every woman's nightstand, bookshelf, or coffee table, or tucked inside her over sized designer handbag.
My Thoughts:
I have always liked Jennifer Love Hewitt. I can't say that I think she is an awesome or actress. I can't say that her book was even that great. But I can say I just want to go to drinks with her and hang.
So her book had funny bits, I liked that Jamie Kennedy likes big butts. His section of talking about what he likes about women was funny and sweet. I would not say this book is groundbreaking. I don't think that it was really helpful to anyone other than the author. Which isn't to diminish the obvious growing experience that Love went through. I just think that since it was marketed as a self help book there should have been more helpful bits other than the over used, love yourself and others will love you. I did like that she had a couple of to do lists for raising self esteem. I think a couple of her suggestions were pretty valid.
This was a crazy fast read and I don't regret reading it. I don't know that I would recommend this to anyone other than a broken hearted friend.
While writing this review I was listening to the Sons of Anarchy Season 4.
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