Roosh V: Bang (Book Review)

 

I recently read Roosh V’s controversial seduction guide, Bang, and found that it contains a lot of practical advice about meeting and dating women. Specifically relating to cold approach seduction.

Roosh has proven himself a master of his field, writing with in-depth knowledge and authority. The title of the book clearly conveys what it’s about. The audience for this book is single males, or males unhappy in their current relationships. These are men who would like to learn how to improve their social skills with the opposite sex, instead of succumbing to a life of loneliness, drugs or alcoholism. It is self-development written very bluntly, without pretense. Although he has a negative reputation in certain feminist circles, I will only focus on the value he provides in this specific male “self-help” guide. Sitting on a long bus ride with a physical copy of Bang in your hands is a great boredom killer.

Some of his advice includes short memorable lines to learn out of your head. If you’re the type of guy who gets blank mind when talking with women, believe me, this is a very useful strategy to get going in seduction. You don’t always want to be dependent on lines, but truthfully, even the most well-known instructors have their canned go-to lines and routines, which they mix up with improvisation. It’ll help you develop your sense of humor if you learn a few lines here or there. Most guys do this subconsciously in any case.

This book is divided into five sections: 1) Internal game 2) Early game 3) Middle game 4) Late game and 5) End game

Internal game

 

In this section, Roosh emphasizes the importance of having good game. Don’t get hung up on your looks, good game can make up for a lot of other problems. Other ideas include: Alpha males take care of their sexual needs by being assertive with women. Yet, there isn’t one perfect princess for you. Everyone has imperfections, and it’s more about compromising on each-others’ imperfections. In addition, an alpha male expects a woman to respect him in return. He doesn’t go out in the nice guy frame of buying gifts in exchange for sex. He is enough to himself through self-acceptance. You can buy a drink for a girl to have a good time with her, depending on the place your coming from (neediness or abundance). This is a fun section to read and study to learn better mindsets with women.

 

Early game

 

Shyness simply has no place for the modern man. It’ll hold you back. Same with fear of rejection. Rejection is a good thing because it brings you closer to the girls you will really like (and who’d love you in return as well). Roosh’s humorous advice is that even if you’re anxiously lying on the floor, foaming at the mouth, you should still approach her, to get over your fear of approaching. Roosh then gives a few conversation opening ideas, including a lot of lighthearted sarcasm, e.g. “do you know the best spot where me and my friend can dance? My friend is a club dancer and he needs a good spot where he can show off his moves”. He also explains PUA lingo like False Time Constraints, having a good vibe, different conversational threads to use, routines, building attraction initially, wingmen, cockblocks and kissing.

 

Middle game

 

In this section Roosh discusses where to take her on a date, as well as phone game. My own opinion is that the phone game section is too old-school and not as good as the other sections. For example, telling someone to wait 2 to 3 days before you return a phone call or message, isn’t great if you can do that the same day. These sorta games belong to the 90’s PUA scene and not modern dating. The problem is fear of appearing needy, but in my opinion, it’s needier to postpone talking with someone simply because you’re trying to fake being busy. Furthermore, he recommends adjusting your response times to texts to fit with her response times. For example, she takes an hour, and then you also take an hour to respond. It’s a valid point that you shouldn’t be overeager to respond immediately to anything she says if she makes you wait hours in return.

In the next section, Roosh goes in-depth into the first date. Including how to behave and what to talk about. This advice is solid, and you’d want to take some notes, or have a pencil handy to underline while you read. Although you can pay thousands for PUA mentorship and advice, reading this section first is a must, and it can save you a lot of money down the line. He ends the section with advice on how to transition to your (or her) place after a fun nite out with your date.

 

Late game

 

This section includes a lot of sexual techniques, including how to go about using condoms and what to do after sex. Basically going from both of you being fully clothed towards post-coital consensual sex. Here Roosh gives the advice to not nervously fill the silence after sex with words, instead cuddle, and brush her hair or arm. A lot of the content in this chapter is fun to read, and useful for after the date. Other topics include future dates and relationships. including how to keep girls around for casual sex even if the relationship didn’t work out.

 

End game

 

This is a short section explaining how helpful it can be to find a niche in dating. Experiment, and then keep whatever works for you. For example, some guys prefer daygame, some nightgame, and some both (or online game). Roosh also explained how his success with women increased the most when his career improved. He emphasizes that you need to be passionate about your career. Success in a job you hate won’t lead you towards your dream dating life.

 

Conclusion: Bang, Roosh V

 

Roosh V is clearly passionate about his subject, and one of the most insightful writers around in the seduction and pickup scene. I enjoyed 90% of this book. The only section I wasn’t crazy about is phone game. But this part of game changes faster than the other parts of game, due to the rate in change of technology. Thus, in total, Roosh did well.

Perhaps future books can include more sections about sharpening improvisational skills. But even good improvisers have their canned routines they often revert to. No one is a good improviser or seducer from day 1. But I don’t think seduction is so complicated that you need to spend hundreds or thousands to get “good” with women. Every bit of learning helps though. Roosh does hint at improvisation in the section about threading conversational topics. This is improv in its most basic form. You take a thread, e.g. the future, and you start discussing with the girl where she sees herself a year from now. Paradoxically, it is also a routine discussion topic.

In conclusion, any ideas that provide alternatives to the traditional western ways of socializing such as illegal drugs and alcoholism, are valuable. There’s no pro-rape agenda in this book. At niceguyseduction.com we are obviously anti-rape and pro-consent. However, Roosh V’s Bang is only about male self-development and seduction, and it is certainly worth reading.

(Rated out of 5)

If you enjoyed this book review, also read our review of Roosh V’s first book: A Dead Bat in Paraguay.

 

Roosh recently took Bang out of print due to a change in his convictions. Check out a few of his remaining books here. He may take all of these out of print as well, thus buy while you can.

 

You can still get the “Day Bang” AudioBook for free with an audible trial (Click here).

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