The Men Commandments

by Christian O'Connell

Christian O’Connell has been a man nearly all his life. Well, once he was a boy, then he was a teenager, then a man, but you get what we mean. So who better to save manhood from devolving into one of those spineless newt things from the Guinness ad? For years women have had everyone from Germaine Greer to Bridget Jones to tell them how to be a woman, and who have men had? No one. That is, until now. For 10 years Christian has dispensed wisdom and advice to millions of lucky radio listeners on every topic conceivable; but it was when he saw his wife reading, and laughing at, a book called “How to Kill your Husband," that he realized he had to write this book. Men are confused about what it is to be a man in a world where men use moisturizer and eat sandwiches with rocket. They need help. Here is a roadmap, a compass for men (not a sat nav—they’re evil!) With his outspoken humor and ironic take on life, Christian explores male-dom; celebrating all that is great about being a man and unraveling those mysteries of masculinity that have stumped women for literally minutes. Packed full of wisdom, advice, trivia, and cheeky banter, this is the must-have book for men everywhere.

304 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Christian O’Connell is a multi-award winning broadcaster who hosts commercial radio’s biggest breakfast show, on Absolute Radio. He is also a touring stand up comedian with several sold out National tours and three critically acclaimed Edinburgh Festival shows. He has presented TV shows on Sky1, ITV and C5.

Reviews

[Daniël · Rating 2 out of 5]

Erg flauw

[Ankit Sharma · Rating 2 out of 5]

Stereotypical jokes packed in a different (but not new) package.

[Lauren · Rating 2 out of 5]

I had recently read Christian's other book 'No One Listens to Your Dad's Show' and loved it so I chose this one shortly afterwards. Published in 2009 this book pre-dates 'No One Listens...' Before reading I expected this book to be similar to Caitlin Moran's books except for the male market so I knew that I wasn't the target audience to begin with.

I felt this book lacked the humour of Christian's later book and at times felt like it was trying too hard to be funny. The humour within the book struck me as being the humour that teenage boys would find funny but it tried too hard to be relatable and made sweeping statements as universal truths that it couldn't back up other than as Christian's own opinion.

I wasn't the target audience and sadly I didn't enjoy reading this book.