When she said she read his book LOL and then eviscerated him later for it
That's the ego blinding us to what is obvious, and the con/mark, if you notice he doesn't ask any follow up questions, or talk about the themes of the book, or whatever, questions that would reveal she hadn't read it -----why? Because he wanted to believe. That's a very common human error, ego blinds us to where we want to be right, because being right means we are validated.
I'm not a real writer, someone could slide me, by saying they READ a book I loved, but I'm so open to meet women who are intellectual, I would start going on about the book, and realize, very quickly they didn't know what they were talking about. Or so I tell myself.