I can't claim that everything about this book was terrible and irritating, but most of it was. I'm sorry, Giuliana.
The tips in the book were mostly either obvious, pointless, or just plain stupid. Some of them were good and definitely deserved to be included, but then she would start talking about hypothetical situations with hypothetical people, and it was really annoying. It wasn't so much the fact that she was giving examples, but rather the way she was doing it. It made me have a negative attitude towards people. True, men are men, but there are different types of men. And not all women are psychopathic, overly emotional, giggling disasters either. Also, the basis for a lot of the tips was lying. In probably 70 - 80% of the tips, she tells you to lie about something. And at one point in the book, she blatantly tells you to lie. A lot of the tips were focused on meeting a guy or guys you just met, and there were none about getting a guy that you've already been acquainted with. Some of the tips, I think, were just there to fill up space.
There were also things she said, presumably in an attempt to be cool, trendy, or funny, that really rubbed me the wrong way because they were either rude or slightly offensive. The book was written almost 10 years ago, and things were definitely different then, so I'm not holding it against her personally, but I am taking it into account when evaluating the book itself.