My brother (whose tastes I normally follow, or at least can appreciate) gave this to me as a Christmas gift, along with some Opus X cigars. The cigars were good. Maddox demonstrates time and again three basic underlying tenets of manliness: (1) no writing ability, (2) minimal sense of humor, and (3) a muddled sense of irony, which is the worst kind.

The Alphabet of Manliness contains all things that make a man who he is and what he likes and should like. This book is a lewd, yet humorous, list of things, each beginning with letter of the alphabet, that all denounce masculinity. I do not recommend this book to people who get offended easily due to language, pictures or inappropriate references.

An easy waste of time for those that are not easily offended by lewd descriptions of manliness and bad writing. The author seems to think that being a man includes sexually assaulting women. I took most of this book as sarcasm and trite cliches, but it is remarkably unremarkable. There are thousands of better books in the world that are funnier and smarter. Don't waste time and braincells with this steaming pile.

Maddox is like the band Garbage in humor. With a lot of testosterone. He doesn't just confront political-correctness related to gender wars. He drive through it with a tractor.

If you like his website, you'll like the book. The opposite also applies.

A gift from god.

But seriously... The Alphabet of Manliness is vulgar, crude, and immature: achieving a near epic level of obscenity. It will largely appeal to a younger male crowd appreciative of extraordinary levels of stupidity. Apparetly I still fall into this demographic because I laughed out loud at least a dozen times. Point deducted for several stream-of-consciousness chapters towards the end that don't make any sense.

Conclusion: If you do not fall squarely into this group, you are not manly enough to read this book and should run away from it before Chuck Norris emails you a roundhouse to the face for being such a poser.

Dikke 3,5 van 5 sterren voor dit heerlijke pulpy antipolicor boek.

Hilarious while at the same time being completely ridiculous.

this is the most besteriffic book i've ever read. absolutely hilarious, makes me laugh out loud alot, and i don't usually do that much. reads really fast and the only reason i took so long to finish it was because i was rationing it, kinda like trying to make a box of chocolates last a whole month, except it's not chocolate, it's ass kicking, tit analyzing, beef jerkey discussing, awesomness about lumberjacks, pirates, porn, and back hair. maddox is truly a genius... and a dick.

If you're bored with the world and popular culture telling you, you should be a bitch or that you should be more in touch with your feelings, and other such trash, try this book. It's about as anti-woke as its possible to be, from lumberjacks to hot sauce to zombies. You'll be reminded that men think with their cocks, not their feelings or the feelings of others. And that feelings in general are stupid anyway. Like your kids' drawings.

Funny and full of testosterone poisioning, makes you want to kill a dinosaur with your boner.

A book that shouldn't be taken seriously by no means. It is obviously marketed towards men, but I believe that women who can take a joke can also find the book entertaining. It's a dumb book with a few funny moments and illustrations. Good for reading on the bus while commuting.

I enjoyed this book.

Yes, i cringed typing that. I had problems reading this openly in public transportation...yet I found it insanely hard to put it down. It's full of brilliant illustrations depicting, not in order, knocking out a dinosaur using your wiener, copping a boob feel in a concert and random chuck norris facts.

I think my mustatche just grew more luxurious after reading this.

I wouldn't let my girls read this though.