[.ca] The Groom's Secret Handbook: How Not to Screw Up the ... (ISBN 0684833166)

This book is absolutely useless!:
Not only did this book not impress me but my fiancee thought it was terrible as well. Most of the authors' attempts at humor are unsuccessful, and most importantly, this book contains little valuable information for anyone who actually wants information on how to get smoothly through the engagement and wedding process. If you want a helpful manual save your money! This is not it.

Hilarious commentary on weddings, marriage, and people.:
The authors' sitcom-writing experience shows in this nonstop blizzard of jokes about weddings, marriage, and relationships. A cross between David Letterman and Mad Magazine. Though targeted at guys, will appeal to anyone. There's poignancy and brutal honesty beneath the thick blanket of funny.

HAVEN'T LAUGHED THIS HARD IN YEARS!!:
I received this book as a gift and expected to be bored senseless with useless bits of tired advice. I was thrilled to be wrong. This book was both FUNNY and ENLIGHTENING. I highly reccommend this book to all marrying men. Everyone needs to laugh before the big day and this book delivers.

Funny, but under this guise should provide actual guidance:
A good helping of humor is good for potential grooms, but most of us need more substantial info along with it. This book does provide a few good laughs (like the description of a diamond as an "overdigested lump of coal -- the kidney stone of earth's urinary tract)," but if you are looking for actual guidance - which you most likely will need - look elsewhere in the handful of books for grooms.

Funny and kinda sorta useful:
I picked up this book because as a groom I was being neglected. Yeah, poor little me. I did find that this book was a resource for, as the title states, not screwing up the biggest day of her life. Don't take anything too seriously in this book. It has been written to humor those of us who have made the biggest decision of our life, only to be thrown on the back burner until the wedding day. I found myself reading this when things got out of hand. When families started to argue over piddling things and the guestlist grew to triple the original size, this came in handy. Don't buy this if you are looking for REAL advice. You do get advice, but it is of a humourous nature. I liked it so much I buy my newly engaged friends this book.