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Summary: hilarious
Review: a funny laugh out loud book that is in no way helpful to the expectant father or mother, but it's not supposed to be. it's a gag filled, witty little telling about the pitfals of pregnancy when you're the guy-no helpful hints, no useful mantras which is what makes this book unique. Instead of going for the deepak chopra, new age metaphysical spin to fatherhood and pregnancy this books takes the unique, twisted, SNL-the great years, Second City approach. A great gift for any expectant dad!!
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Summary: Genius is a word too often used...
Review: and it shouldn't be used here either. But it was a very funny book. I laughed hard on almost every page. By the way, the people who were looking for real advice were morons. This is obviously a humor book - just look at the cover!
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Summary: Hilarious, a work of comic genius
Review: As the author of another pregnancy book for men, "My Boys Can Swim," I'm always curious when new books in this genre come out. I picked this one up, and I must say that I laughed and laughed, and then laughed some more at the material in this book. It is well written and just plain fun to read. Plaudits to the illustrator as well, who was equally as funny and creative.
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Summary: Hilarious, a work of comic genius
Review: As the author of another pregnancy book for men, "My Boys Can Swim," I'm always curious when new books in this genre come out. I picked this one up, and I must say that I laughed and laughed, and then laughed some more at the material in this book. It is well written and just plain fun to read. Plaudits to the illustrator as well, who was equally as funny and creative.
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Summary: Made for a Man. Strong Enough for a Woman!
Review: Breathe is a fresh look at pregnancy and fatherhood from the perspective of the man. Once again, Mason Brown takes us into his comic world, and gives us a hilarious view of the inner workings of the male mind. It's the only book I'll give my husband to prepare him for the inevitable. This woman gives it two thumbs up.
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Summary: Pretty funny
Review: But not funny enough to laugh out loud on every page. There actually ARE helpful hints, but you wouldn't know where they are unless you read a serious book first. Overall, I liked it and it was quite amusing in some places, but the sence of humor the author has is predictable and old-fashioned.....in other words most of his humor goes along the lines of "we're guys, we're stupid, and we mess up everything". The funniest thing in the book is the part about how the chances of pregnancy being inversely proportional to the desireability of pregnancy. If you are a knuckle-dragger, buy this book. If you are not, its still ok, but there's really no need.....you can get these kind of jokes at the water cooler.
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Summary: Pretty funny
Review: But not funny enough to laugh out loud on every page. There actually ARE helpful hints, but you wouldn't know where they are unless you read a serious book first. Overall, I liked it and it was quite amusing in some places, but the sence of humor the author has is predictable and old-fashioned.....in other words most of his humor goes along the lines of "we're guys, we're stupid, and we mess up everything". The funniest thing in the book is the part about how the chances of pregnancy being inversely proportional to the desireability of pregnancy. If you are a knuckle-dragger, buy this book. If you are not, its still ok, but there's really no need.....you can get these kind of jokes at the water cooler.
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Summary: Laughter is the Best Medicine
Review: Great shower gift. It's truly hilarious! As I write this I'm having a hard time not laughing as I recall some funny, very witty memorable remarks. I highly recommend it. The guy is always left out and this is the perfect gift to include him in all the excitement. Funny books are worth buying in mass quantities. Keep one on hand for that friend or co-worker who unexpectedly announces he's expecting.
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Summary: For people with a sense of humor, this is a great book...
Review: I found this book hilarious. I read some of the other reviews, and frankly found them to miss the point entirely. It's as if they went to see "Edward Scissorhands" and complained about it because it was too much of a fairytale and didn't address the realities of adoption!I also find it short-sighted for someone to say this book is full of locker room humor. Clearly, these folks didn't actually read the book. Very little of what is in it could be found in a locker room. However, I can see how people without a sense of humor might be confused. This is no "oh, aren't babies cute, let's learn how they work" kind of book. It's more "damn, babies are hard to raise, but this stuff is funny because I was thinking exactly that". The bottom line is, if you've had a child and you're a man, you'll enjoy this book. To me, it's more Lewis Black than Adam Corolla, if that helps anyone. If you're looking for a book that will actually teach you important things about pregnancy, this is probably not your book. If you're looking for something to read when you can't sleep and it's your wife's turn to feed the baby at 3 a.m., then this is your book.
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Summary: For people with a sense of humor, this is a great book...
Review: I found this book to be tasteless and almost without merit. Books for expectant fathers should have some useful information and advice worked in with the the humor, and I did not find this to be the case with "Breathe." I perused it for perhaps 5 minutes, at which point I decided I could not give it to ANY of my young friends who are expectant fathers. They all have a good sense of humor, but beyond a couple of good giggles, this book has no redeeming positive perspective to lend to a pregnancy.
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