How to Tell if Your Boyfriend Is the Antichrist

by Patricia Carlin, Michael Miller (Illustrator)

Boyfriend From Hell or Perfect Angel?
 
Your days of dating liars, cheaters, and total scumbags are over! Here are identifying characteristics for more than 70 potential boyfriends, along with advice about who to keep and who to kick to the curb. Find out if your guy is:
 
     •  Married with Children
      •  A Cult Leader
     •  A Player
     •  An Extraterrestrial
     •  Actually Twins
     •  And Dozens More!
 
Includes a handy index of personality traits so you can quickly decipher the hidden meaning of all your boyfriend’s behaviors.
 

Genres: Humor, Nonfiction, Psychology, Contemporary, Comedy

112 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 2007

Reviews

[Katrine Tsiøumani · Rating 2 out of 5]

You can also tweet instead of writing books

[Dana Cordelia · Rating 3 out of 5]

So, my boyfriend bought me this book. I'm unsure why, ...but, in any case, it was a fun and fast read. I loved the cynical-faced illustrations that accompanied some of the potential diagnoses. Helpful tips, like how to spot a crack addict or a vampire or even someone who's (as they call it) "P-Whipped." Cross-references and even a comprehensive index so that you can look up symptoms!

This would make a great gag gift from any parent who hates their daughter's boyfriend..."Happy Birthday, Sweetheart! It's all in good fun, right? Tee hee...but yeah you should probably read through this really quick..."

[Jenny · Rating 3 out of 5]

I got this book as a gift from one of my coworkers/friends who finds my dating stories amusing. The book is equally amusing and short, but not for the faint of heart or easily offended. I found myself laughing more than once, as well as finding some disturbing similarities between the profiles and some of my more unusual dates.

p. 105: How to tell if your boyfriend is agoraphobic? Who could forget the guy who couldn't leave his car to meet me in the bookstore?

p. 78: How to tell if your boyfriend is a nymphomaniac? The guy who asked me if I would be interested in "just a sex thing" after we ordered, but before the food was served on our first date. Awkward.

p. 25: How to tell if your boyfriend is suffering from ADHD? The guy who asked me my son's name, where I went to college and how old I was no less than three times a piece in the course of one evening.

[Shannon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Only some of the pages were funny

[olivia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eh, okay, it is pretty stupid. Not a self-help book, though it sounds like one. It has spawned an excellent phenomenon of boys I adore rendering some of the caricatures drawn by this silly little tome: Jasper is the crystal meth boyfriend; Luke the insufferable bore.

So it is worth a laugh if you have a creative bone in your body and a room full of former theatre nerds.

[Sara · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was not what I expected, and not in any good way. The illustrations weren't funny; the book itself was this odd combination of trying to be funny but missing, and seeming like it was actually trying to be a real advice book (but with only three sentences of useless advice per situation).
Wouldn't even get this from the library.

[Sarai · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some of these pages were funnier than others. Each page gives you a type of bad boyfriend and then clues to see whether yours is that type. Then it gives you advice on whether he's a keeper or whether you should get rid of him.

[Kristen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought this was the perfect book to read after a bad breakup! It was funny and oddly comforting.

[Danielle · Rating 2 out of 5]

You can definitely tell this was written in 2007, and I can see why it was kind of difficult for me to track a copy down. The humor is super dated and a lot of it is either ableist or transphobic.

[Homegirl · Rating 4 out of 5]

So funny!

[Candice · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some of it was a little cringeworthy since a lot of the humor relies on stereotypes, but it was a fast, amusing read.

[Cain]

Dope

[Shawna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty funny, and I liked it. It’s a very quick read.

[Ares Lovequist · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hilarious and a great way to cheer up

[Carly · Rating 3 out of 5]

According to this book, my boyfriend is the Antichrist.

Okay, the book had its moments, but it certainly wasn't worth $13. I'm glad I had a gift certificate.

[Jen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gift from T. Very funny...and telling. Speaking of, T...we need to talk...

[Tarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

a gift from my love, and always makes me laugh when I see it on my bookshelf ;)

[Ancient · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this it was great for a laugh.

[LP · Rating 3 out of 5]

A sarcastic, fast read..some of the 'chapters' are a bit over the top, but pretty funny anyway...

[Athena · Rating 2 out of 5]

i got a few laughs out of it...

[Heather · Rating 5 out of 5]

LOVE THIS BOOK!!! Sooo many laughs. It is one I revisit frequently. It has made many of my friends smile.

[Meaghan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh. Not funny. Pretty much a waste of time. But perhaps I'm just not the target audience.

[Jamie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Just read the whole thing in the bookstore. It's not worth the money, and you could glean any humor from it right there at Barnes and Noble.

[Jimmie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Frikken hilarious!!

[Candi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love it! Hilarious! Good coffee table book. I've read this over and over and laugh every time!

[Maddie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not bad, just quite slow...

[Kanaida · Rating 1 out of 5]

this was a coffee table type book that listed different types of boyfriends and gave descriptions of them, was not very funny or original.