Love Him Not

ISBN-13: 9780993781223 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 532 str.

Tara K. Reed

Opis

Are you an expert at the game of love? Find out in Love Him Not, an interactive unromantic comedy where YOU become the protagonist. As Elle Masters, you'll navigate hundreds of familiar dating dilemmas and passionate predicaments inspired by popular advice books and modern romance. Each choice is more complicated than the last, and the stakes are raised with each turn of the page, but you'll have backup from Elle's best friends, Rachel and Valerie, who put the "antics" in "romantics." With 60 endings ranging from "I don't know what happened " to "I do," don't be surprised if art imitates life and you throw this book across the room... only to pick it up and try again. One more time. Because, unlike real life, when you don't like the outcome, you can go back to a pivotal moment and explore the path not taken, or even start over at the beginning. HOW TO READ THIS BOOK: This book is nonlinear, meaning you don't read it from cover to cover - unless you want to wind up in a rom-com directed by Quentin Tarantino (which could be kind of epic). More importantly, it's written using the second person - BUT you're not YOU anymore. See, Love Him Not is as much a game as it is a book. A role-playing game where you embody a character. The lead - Elle Masters You'll make hundreds of choices about your burgeoning relationship with Nick Wright. Be they simple decisions, complicated decisions, or sexy decisions, as Elle, you'll experience the outcomes of your choices, good, bad and downright ugly. Along the way, you'll encounter 60 different endings. WARNING: All but TWO of them are "unhappy." But once you dust off the jacket/tape together your screen and try again, you'll hopefully have some laughs, take some chances, and find an ending or two that downright satisfies - even if it means Elle winds up, gasp, alone. OUTSIDE FORCES: We rarely admit it, but we all seek outside perspective on our love lives, be it from friends or magazines or books. I have - it's what inspired this novel. And while Love Him Not is founded in oodles of popular dating advice books, video games, and good ol' cultural observation, it's important to state clearly: THIS IS NOT AN ADVICE BOOK. I am certainly not a dating expert. There are no "wrong" or "right" choices, nor hidden moral meanings from the author, and no judgment toward you (or Elle). The only thing I'd judge you for is not soaking up a chance to break every rule, verbalized, institutionalised, or otherwise, without real-life penalty. You personally may not like each option put in front of Elle. Some choices may seem obvious, others ridiculous, and some outcomes cliche or unfair. That sounds like modern romance to me - a battlefield of over-analyzing and second-guessing, selfish and well-intentioned mistakes, missed opportunities and misunderstandings, unbalanced compromises, disappointments, and heartbreaks. Of course, often followed by looking back with confusion, frustration, and ire, while somehow skirting our fair share of any blame. BUT HOW DOES IT WORK? It's simple: start the story as you would any other, reading until you're presented with your first dilemma Decide between the two options offered and advance to the appropriate *SECTION number (NOT PAGE number) where you'll see what you've gotten Elle into - or out of. And so it goes. Until you die. Well, you won't "die," but your relationship will. (See "throw book" above.) But then you get dozens of chances to do it over again For maximum heartache, track your progress with the printable 'Heart-A-Track' so you don't miss a single choice or ending. Can't handle the heartbreak? Skip the trials and head straight to the fibrillations with the 'Love Him Not "Happy" Endings Map.'