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One of the original coaches from Neil Strauss’ “The Game” Zan Perrion released the Alabaster Girl in 2013 a 21 convention Speaker and one of the true old g’s along with Neil Strauss, Mystery and Ross Jefferies – he’s also done collabs podcasts with the likes of James Marshall. Definitely one of the defining coaches out there in the pua space now seemingly based in Romania and I believe married – remarkably enough he’s the only coach from the book “The Game” to actually be in a relationship at the time of writing this blog in 2024 maybe a testament to how tough the dating space has become in fact I’d go to say out of all my book reviews I’ve written and coaches I’ve analysed at the time of writing I believe only Liam Mcrae and Rollo Tomassi are the only ones actually in married relationships now. Zan’s opinion of long term relationships are interestingly very negative similar to that of Tom Torero- often indicating that partner’s and Ltrs can breed complacency.
Anyway I believe Zan to be a good public speaker , he comes across charismatic and very “spiritual” . He looks after himself , is in good shape has a likeable persona . His backstory is similar to many of struggles and insecurities around women. He tackles issues well and upfront in his speeches regarding approach anxiety, the pussification of men in todays era – stating that our ancestors would go to war , fight with bears etc. and we are too pussy now to open women because we are scared they might reject us? He has the same sort of philosophy on this sort of thing as Sasha Daygame did in his speeches. Although Zan argues his point with a bit more charisma, a bit of “spiritual finesse”
I’d argue Zan is a much better speaker than he is a writer- this book is easily the hardest to follow book in the pickup artist genre, whilst Liam Mcrae, Tom Torrero, Nick Krauser all lay out their insights in a clear – easy to follow manner Zan’s book comes across incredibly disjointed – there’s one passionate interaction with a Polish woman which ends in him getting the number and her agreeing to date then the chapter just ends right there- and you’re wondering what happened. It seems almost like a confusing albeit passionate writing style of some victorian British novel rather than a dating coach giving genuine advice. I agree with some critics like John Anthony that Zan comes across too woo woo at times. For a beginner this would just confuse the hell out of me and from a linguistic structural perspective its very easy to get lost in the direction of this book – its not an easy read compared to Liam Mcrae, Tom Torero and Nick Krauser’s book- there is little advice on how to make interactions better nor is their advice to stay active in the field and how to optimise dates.
Zan has one or two decent tips in the book like Treating women the same whether you are attracted to them or not- I think this is important in winning rapport in group sets and I’ve founded when I was giving energy in sets and interesting in conversing with everyone my results with attractive women did go up as a result . Zan said in his 21 convention speech that every woman has beauty – because their parents will see them as a 10 and that’s a fair enough point. I agree in respecting everyone – I’ve seen a lot of arrogant guys in the field that “only approach 10s” and the reality is they end up approaching no one and get stuck in a stubborn arrogant rut.
Conclusions:
One amazon review described Zan as a great guy, a very likeable person but a so-so as a writer I think that sums him up pretty well – Zan seems to be stuck in a poetic passion for women in this book and doesn’t seem to be self aware enough to understand that this might confuse some of his readership – I certainly found myself drifting off mid way through the book- waiting for a lay report or some interesting date stories but it never seems to happen – all in all this was confusing for me – but Zan’s passion is evident a more simplification and better writing style and I think he could’ve had the potential to write a “The Game” or James Marshall’s “A Natural History” but he lacks the ability and for beginners and those not into a Victorian England Poetic writing style this will be a tough slog and will be unlike any of the lay reports that the likes of Liam Mcrae Tom Torero or Nick Krauser write about. I still admire Zan as an individual and believe his 21 convention speeches hold great value, he also has done good reddit AMAS but in this book he seems trapped in his poetic passion for women in a way that makes it somewhat impractical to explain his seduction style or give good advice. Overall if you’re looking for something to ramp up your passion in women then this might be good for you – if not then just watch Zan’s 21 convention speeches – I believe other 21 convention speakers like Marshall, Liam Mcrae, Tom Torero wrote great books that added a lot of extra value on-top of their fantastic 21 convention speeches. In Zan’s case it’s different- his book brings about nothing new that his speeches don’t already cover- there’s not much extra insight here and its a lot harder to follow than his speeches – overall that’s what makes this a big miss for me.
Score 4/10
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