Book Review- The Geek's Guide To Dating By: Eric Smith

Summary: 

You keep your action figures in their original packaging. Your bedsheets are officially licensed Star Wars merchandise. You're hooked on Elder Scrolls and Metal Gear but now you've discovered an even bigger obsession: the new girl who just moved in down the hall. What's a geek to do? Take some tips from Eric Smith in The Geek's guide to Dating. This Hilarious primer leads geeks of all ages through the perils and pitfalls of meeting women, going on dates, getting serious, breaking up, and establishing a successful lifelong relationship (hint: it's time to invest in new bedsheets). Full of whimsical 8-bit illustrations, The Geek Guide to Dating will teach fanboys everywhere to love long and prosper.


Review:

The Geek's Guide To Dating is a fun guide for dating specifically designed for geek's and nerds alike. In the book you learn what type of geek you are (I'm an academic/ book geek, big surprise), how to ask someone out, getting ready for a date, and more. It explores every problem and challenge a geek could possibly encounter on a date. The book is mainly geared towards guys (ex. your date is always referred to as a she) but if you're a girl geek like myself, this doesn't take away from the awesomeness of the book. It's just as easy to follow along with. Also, Smith kindly  made a page in his book addressing lady geeks that may be reading the book and apologizes for always using male appropriate pronouns..

One of the many things that I enjoyed in this book were all of the pop culture references. We're geeks after all, a little bit of Star Wars references can't hurt. Also, it was hilarious and surprisingly true, when the author compares dating to things like Final Fantasy and Mario Cart. There are references to t.v. shows, movies, books, and video games on almost every page. You may not understand every one (and if you do than congrats, you're a super geek like Eric), but it won't take out of the reading or make you confused. But of course, you'll love when you recognize Eric Smith talking about your favorite episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer or him completely understanding your frustration over the Star Wars prequels. 

Overall:

Overall, this book was awesome! It gave a great guide in helping geeks how to date. Even if you're not even interesting in dating (like me) all of the quirky remarks and nerdy pop culture relation to dating, made it very enjoyable. I would highly recomend this book for any fellow geek.

★★★★★ (5/5)

Please note, I recieved this book on behalf on Quirk Books for an honest review. The author, publisher, or anyone else did not force me to write this positive review. I did really enjoy the book. In reviews, I never lie about my honest opinion of a book.