I mean, with a title like this how could I pass it up?

Thank you to @netgalley, @sourcebooks, and @kyleprue for the ARC.

I started this last night cause I realized today was the pub day and needed a laugh without using too much brain power. Let me tell you, I couldn't put it down and was snickering the entire time.

Please know that this is a work of comedy and I happen to think Kyle is hilarious and have seen some of his How to Piss Off Men series previously.

I would recommend getting this in physical copy as it's more of a coffee table book and I honestly think everyone should read it. I mean, the first one of the 109 is the classic, "No." Strong start. Even the "How to Use This Book" at the very beginning is hilarious in it's "any middle-school girl can tell you that..." Tell you what? You'll have to read it to find out!

This was a fun little book and had me laughing at times. I really like the author's internet presence, and it was fun to see that translated over.

Short, funny, and to the point. A collection of statements that one (esp. women) can use to piss off men. Hilarious!

Utterly ridiculous, laugh out loud funny, and a fantastic expansion on the TikTok series. Some good suggestions for all occasions, it’s an essential survival tool for bringing down the patriarchy.

On its face, deliberately seeking to piss off men feels like an inadvisable idea at best and a dangerous one at worst.
But there's a thoughtful method to Prue's witty madness. beyond anger lies a plethora of other, more meaningful emotions. And Prue hopes the targets of his 100+ insults will follow the path to the true root of those feelings. In that way, How to Piss Off Men offers those frustrated by men the opportunity to vent their emotions...and offers those men the chance to interrogate theirs.

This "book" was just aight. I was expecting more. More substance. More details. But it was quick. Finish-in-an-hour quick. Just meant to be a collection of the topics this comedian might cover in a skit. Some (few) were funny. Most were, like I said, aight. All-in-all, not mad I read it.

Have you ever wanted a great, cutting line to shut the idiot next to you down because he's just spent the last 30 minutes mansplaining to you? Look no further.

This is silly. It's ridiculous. Every one-liner (or two- or three-liner) cuts hard and deep, from the "accidental" fandom crossover to the compliment of a man's sports jersey "cosplay." I giggled my way through this book. It's light-hearted and filled with knee slappers and a bunch of groaner lines you can trot out to great effect, depending on the situation.

Even my 10 year old son (no, he didn't read all the pages with the cursing.) saw the point from the pages I showed him, and giggled himself silly.

I received an Advanced Reader Copy via NetGalley in return for sharing my thoughts on this book. Thanks to the author and publisher for this opportunity!

I really enjoy the author's videos, and there's a lot of very solid and important reflections in this book regarding "manliness" and male friendships. It was funny while eye-opening, and for the most part, I do believe the author was very mindful about time/place/situation for some of the more provoking comebacks. One thing that didn't fully sit right with me was the amount of responses that involved (women) playing dumb to men (especially to the beloathed mansplainers who are quick to treat you like it either way), but overall, it made for a pretty great read when I needed a laugh!

This was a super fast read (30 min) It did contain several funny lines that made me chuckle. It would be a cute gag gift. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this advanced reader’s copy.

This book was a fun and interesting read! I feel like I was taken aback or surprised by the content while not being surprised? The title is an amazing hook and the book takes hold of you and doesn't let you go!

Laugh out loud funny!!

Quick, easy read full of humor while also briefly addressing the very real issue of toxic masculinity and patriarchy.

Included phrases and questions to piss off men, with explanations and sometimes personal stories about Prue! We’ve all had a man try and mansplain at least once in our lives so this book is perfect for combatting that or just providing some much needed humor in our deeply depressing patriarchy-led world 🥲

I’ve followed Prue for awhile on TikTok so I was really excited to read his book! It’s hilarious and one I’ll be getting a physical copy for my library 🤭

I also liked that he makes note warning that although funny and devastating, these things should only be said if you are safe to do so because well, men are men, and as women, queer people, and/or BIPOC people it’s not always safe to say these things 🙃

My personal favorite phrases included “oh so it’s like Kohl’s cash?” (Say this when a man tries to explain crypto), “I love your cosplay” (say this to a man wearing a sports jersey), and “Team Jacob eh?” (Say this to a man with a wolf tattoo).

I’ll be sharing my review on my social media pages by the end of the week (and updating my review with the links)!

I did not know who Kyle Prue was when I started this book so I had no idea what to expect. This was super funny and weirdly heartfelt. I look forward to checking out more of Prue's content. *Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks for the ARC of this.*

If you enjoyed Prue's video series, you'll enjoy this. It's a collection of funny vaguely insulting statements with descriptions of how (or why) to use them for maximum effect. I thought the ending was particularly strong when Prue describes patriarchy as a series of boxes we're all put in.

How to Piss off Men was a funny quick read. But to be honest, I think part of the charm of the original source material is Kyle himself. So part of what made these jokes work was the video format and Kyle’s delivery. So they were a little less fun in the book format. Still was happy to read it and support! Worth picking up for a quick laugh if you’re a fan or enjoy the comedy of roasting someone.

This was a fun little read.

Loved:
- any time a common way to lessen women was turned around. For example “oh my god. You’re such a boy boss.”
- any time a women’s brand or the like is turned into a joke about a men’s similar item. For example “I love your spanx!” When reference men’s compression shorts.
- the cover
- The last paragraph of the whole book.

Disliked:
- any time it was sort of poke at LGBTQ+ as a way to piss off a man. Example: “I love your pride shirt.” In reference to someone wearing a Pink Floyd shirt.
- any jokes that sort of assume a group is all the same, such as “were you homeschooled”
- #80 “were you born premature? You kind of give me a preemie vibe.” I work in a NICU and for me I know those babies to be fighters and often you can’t tell when they are older.
- niche jokes that only apply to a very specific situation. If it requires a long essay on when the line might work, it would probably be best left on the editing floor. Unless it was truly hilarious, which unfortunately was not the case.


My favorite parts were actually the last chapters. It is here that the writer shines. I sort of wish he had led with these chapters and leaned more into what he says here. The discussion on “patriarchy depends on structures to sustain itself” is *chef’s kiss.* I would have loved to see more of the ways be focused around this concept.

And the last paragraph on patriarchy traps is all in a box. Women in one and men in a box on top of that one. This is fantastic. Wonderful last paragraph. I could see some ways to piss off a man by using that thought process.

Overall a fun, quick read. Great little gift for a feminist or anti-patriarchy friend.

Thank you Netgalley for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book. These opinion are completely my own.

Some of these are very entertaining. My friend actually just found out her husband of 7 years is circumcised from his mom.

A swift, quick read that is laugh out loud hilarious. I mean this in the nicest way, but it’s the perfect book to have in a guest bathroom haha

I was laughing so hard. This is a really quick and funny read. I love Kyle Prue's videos, so I read this in his voice, which made it even funnier. I love how he explains why these things would devastate a man. This is glorious.

Thanks to Netgalley and Sourcebooks for the ARC of this book.
This is a breezy read. It starts off with
“Pissing someone off is not, strictly speaking, a good or nice thing to do. Glad we got that out of the way, but if you're going to do it, I recommend doing it discreetly and with surgical precision.” This pretty much gives us an insight into the kind of humor that is used throughout the book, and I personally think targeting someone with sassy retorts is the most enjoyable way of dealing with a disagreement (because you get to show them who’s right twice: in the context as well as in the sarcasm quotient)

Funny quotient:
The ideas made me chuckle at a lot of places, it made me chortle, it made me laugh out loud at certain other places, but coming out of this book, I am conflicted because it's a very blurry boundary on what's funny and what's offensive when it comes to such themes, and I think it's important to acknowledge that in a review of this book, especially because it's written by a man. First of all, I think I want to take out the rating for the funny quotient in the book. I think the book was very funny — nothing can take away from that. It elicited responses in varying degrees of smile to laughter, and it was funny, except for the places where it was conflicting, and that brings me to the second point of how do you decide what's not going to rile you up?

Conflict:
I’ll give you an example:
“when a man tries to explain crypto to you say, oh, I saw that on Pinterest.”
I know that this is a great retort if we look at how women on Pinterest are a stereotype, and then double down on that stereotype as a joke, but a man telling me to use this as a joke makes me think.
The Pinterest part goes on, “Say this when a man talks about anything he's interested in or shows you one of his tattoos, saying, oh, I saw this on Pinterest. This is a great way to do two things. One, drive a stake into the heart of his ambitions of originality. two, get the words of the iconic stand-up comedian, Ali Wong, ringing in his head. If a man has Pinterest, he's probably Pinterest-ed in men.” Again, not a very clear-cut non-offensive joke, and not even his own!

Subverting tropes:
I do like certain parts of it a lot. Somewhere he suggests a joke, and then he says, “if you can make it sound like the prelude to an intervention, that would be great.”
And I do think it sounds funny, and it makes things funny. There are some witty repartees as well. He suggests that if he is at some point in the conversation, you should say, you seem to be having a lot of feelings right now. And of course, he's trying to do this thing of subverting the trope of how men call women “emotional”, and then meting out their own treatment.

He adds, “when you say, you seem to be having a lot of feelings right now. If this is not true, when you say it, it will be by the time you're finished speaking”, which is a funny observation. And I think the observational part of the comedic tidbits here works really well.

Some humor feels less universal due to cultural and regional specificity. This limits the book’s appeal across diverse audiences, as certain jokes may not resonate or may be lost on those not familiar with the context.

Solid book. 10/10 no notes. I had a good time reading these, it was funny af, and I would happily use some of these. Loved the nerd references, since those are the circles I find myself in most.