Surprisingly, this is the best of the self-help books that I've read; Steve's voice is very humorous, making the best of terrible situations and honestly recalling multiple times in his life that have been trying and difficult. Any self-help book that can talk about bullies as "little dicks" is friendly and approachable enough for me to actually try and take some of the advice on board.
Don't get me wrong, it's not a perfect self-help book. Each of the secrets are demonstrated in real-life situations, which definitely makes them feel trustworthy. However, they're recalled by the author rather than testimonials from his customers vouching for the secrets, so at points it definitely feels as though it could be crafted or over-exaggerated. Similarly, some of the recollections don't actually mention anything that Steve did to help the clients - it just states some of their back story - which adds to the feeling that not everything is right here.
As well as this, there are lots of scripts for relaxation exercises that just didn't see to have any affect on me - this could be because I didn't read the scripts out loud, or didn't have a friend read them to me, but they just seemed a bit too cliched to be genuine. They didn't really take away from my enjoyment of the book, just meant that I skipped a few of them later on as I felt I'd already read them before - they were all based off of the same formatting.
A problem that I had with both the relaxation scripts and the client testimonials was the fact that the font was very unclear and some words looked much like others, so while reading at a fast speed it definitely hindered me - terrible aesthetic choice.