Feb
08
- ISBN13: 9780761521679
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Finally—A Pregnancy Book That Won't Put Men to Sleep
My Boys Can Swim! tells real men everything they really want to know about pregnancy, such as: How much is it going to cost? Why does your wife primp before seeing her doctor when she hasn't put a stitch of make-up on for you in months? And, most important, what's it going to do to your sex life?
This rollicking, laugh-out-loud book is for expectant dads in search of bottom-line pregnancy in... More >>
My Boys Can Swim!: The Official Guy's Guide to Pregnancy
This book is trite, inane, not helpful and not funny. Ian Davis should keep his day job as a shill for corporate America. The so-called “advice” in this book is just what the Stupid White Men in America want you to believe. And he thinks he’s being respectful to his wife? Please.
Rating: 1 / 5
This is the most chauvinistic, disrespectful book ever written. It teaches men how to “deal” with a hormonal pregnant woman, and it always refers to the woman as “wife,” as if girlfriends can’t get pregnant. The book is paper thin, so its not worth the price they charge for it, and it is obnoxious. There are cartoons making fun of pregnant women too! Ladies, make sure your man stays AWAY from this book.
Rating: 1 / 5
I bought this book for my husband because that was the exact quote he used when we found out we are expecting, “My boys can swim!” And while he’s a HUGE Seinfeld fan, he was still not very amused by the annecdotes in this book. I read it, and found it completely devoid of any useful information for future dads, and couldn’t BELIEVE the author was up until 5am writing, as he says at one point in the book. He gives about 2% real advice and 98% stories about his wife and annecdotes from other friends who have had kids, and devotes WAY too much time to telling you what NOT to name your baby, including a chart (a whopping 3 columns and 3 rows) of celebrities and their wacky baby names. Terrible book
Rating: 1 / 5
This book was a lot shorter than I was expecting. Considering there is absolutely nothing of substance written in the book, I should be surprised the author filled as many pages as he did.
The book is ok for a quick read, say for example if you needed something to fill the time on a short train ride. I wouldn’t recommend it however, if you are looking for any meaningful information.
Having said that, my partner and I were prepared for a shallow read after reading some of the other reviews around for this book and were not looking for all the answers in this book. Rather, we were looking for a light-hearted take on pregnancy for men. We were bitterly disappointed. Obviously, we do not share the same type of sense of humour as this author.
Rating: 3 / 5
Pretty funny.
But soooo short!
I liked the darker, National Lampoon humor of “Breathe! A Guy’s Guide to Pregnancy.” And I also liked the fact that it felt like a book. “My Boys Can Swim” felt slightly longer than “a guide to the care and operation of your new digital camera.” To be fair, though, “My Boys Can Swim” was much funnier than that, and was entirely in English.
Rating: 4 / 5