Order from a Major Online Bookstore
Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine
Save Your Time And Money
| AnyBook4Less.com | Order from a Major Online Bookstore |
|
| Home | Store List | FAQ | Contact Us | | ||
| Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine Save Your Time And Money |
||
 |
Title: Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys by Dave Barry ISBN: 0-345-44063-3 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 05 September, 2000 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.83 (23 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Perhaps The Funniest Book I've Ever Read
Comment: Dave Barry's Complete Guide To Guys is, quite possibly, the most hilarious book I have ever read. Basically, Barry sums up all the stereotypes involving guys, not men, guys. Every page made me laugh out loud. I never got tired of it. I found myself nodding in recognition at almost everything written while I laughed until I cried. One of my personal favorite things that Dave Barry does in this book is his spectacular use of footnotes. He will have a sentence followed by a number corresponding to a footnote at the bottom of the page. It is always something hilariously random with very funny shock value. Dave Barry also includes many wonderful anecdotes on actual experiences with guy behavior, such as a bizarrely idiotic club initiation and an organization known as the Chicagoland Corvair Enthusiasts just to list a few. Anybody who is a fan of gender-related humor, either a guy or a gal, is sure to get a kick out of this fantastically entertaining work of literature.
Rating: 5
Summary: First-tier Dave Barry book!
Comment: Dave Barry is almost always extremely funny; even his less-impressive efforts are generally at least moderately amusing. But this is one of his best, up there with "Dave Barry Is Not Making This Up" and "Dave Barry Turns 40". Even those guys who, like myself, sometimes wonder if we're from this planet (given how little our mindset seems to have in common with the majority) and if we ARE from this planet, what species we're members of, can still find things in this book that we empathize with; in my case, it's the inability to see dirt. (Dave explains that this is why guys are so bad at housecleaning; they have a genetic visual impairment that renders them unable to see dirt.)
If you love subtle, elaborate, intellectual humor...
you won't want to read this book.
But if you can find amusement in seriously irreverent humor, even if it has the subtlety of a blowout at highway speed, then you should enjoy this book.
Rating: 4
Summary: don't drink anything while reading this
Comment: Dave Barry begins with the difference between men and guys. Men are mature; guys are - well, the very opposite. A few parts of this book are weak and could have used some sharpening up, but mostly the "Guide' is hilarious. Particularly amusing is the quiz to determine whether or not you are a guy, as well as the dead-on sections on sports - "Hitler was a bad person, but he did not miss important free throws in the middle of the playoffs."
Also amusing is the dialogue between Elaine and Roger. With just a few lines, Barry shows the vast gulf between men and women communication-wise and makes the reader pessimistic about ever being able to cross it. Men, Barry explains, have not evolved much since their cavemen days, and when it comes to commnicating with their mate, bumble around much like a dog trying to remember if its human gave it permission to pee inside. While much of this is obviously exaggerated, much rings eerily true.
Forget the relationship gurus with their own talk-shows, and read this book instead.
 |
Title: Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need by Dave Barry ISBN: 0345431138 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
 |
Title: Dave Barry's Greatest Hits by Dave Barry ISBN: 0345419995 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 28 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
 |
Title: Dave Barry Is from Mars and Venus by DAVE BARRY ISBN: 0345425782 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 14 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
 |
Title: Dave Barry Is Not Making This Up by Dave Barry ISBN: 0449909735 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 11 April, 1995 List Price(USD): $12.50 |
 |
Title: Dave Barry Slept Here: A Sort of History of the United States by Dave Barry ISBN: 0345416600 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 29 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Thank you for visiting www.AnyBook4Less.com and enjoy your savings!
Copyright� 2001-2021 Send your comments
