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To me, the author seems to be creating a weird relationship between Edwin and Tupak Soiree. At times it seems like Edwin finds too much of the self-help book familiar, as if there is perhaps some deeper meaning than merely an editor-manuscript relationship. I can't tell if Edwin has seen this manuscript before, or if he is just that good at remembering where all of the pieces come from, or if it's simply the tone that is familiar to him. As a whole, the self-help book seems to be a jumble of numerous techniques to overcome certain habits, all comprised into a seemingly unorganized mass. While all components are intertwined, there are so many topics that it seems impossible for any given one to have a concrete focus. Personally, while I think self-help books are beneficial to some, they often seem excessive and seem to attempt to stop one obsession by replacing it with another (such as stopping yourself from binge eating by leaving yellow sticky notes everywhere). This new found obsessive-compulsive nature is not necessarily any better than the binge eating it is covering up. The books just tend to replace one habit with another.
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