Bad Boys: How We Love Them, How to Live with Them, When to Leave Them [Hardcover]

Carole Lieberman (Author), Lisa Collier Cool (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 1997

Describing the different styles of rogues to whom women often find themselves attracted, a guide helps women understand why they end up in bad relationships, how to evaluate whether a man is reformable, and how to avoid unhealthy relationships. 35,000 first printing. Tour.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Psychiatrist Lieberman, a contributing editor to Cosmopolitan and a regular guest on major talk and entertainment shows, and coauthor Collier Cool have written a book clearly aimed at the kind of audience Lieberman is used to addressing. The prose is unhesitatingly overblown, and the numerous cliches will make this book palatable to daytime talk-show devotees. A good measure of simplistic Freudian analysis is thrown in to spice up the mix further. Despite the writing style and the Freudian mumbo-jumbo, however, the overall concept is interesting, linking the psychological profiles of 12 types of "bad boys" to the plots of fairy tales to clarify their typology. The types range from the chronic whiner to the out-and-out sociopath. The authors give hints as to who can be successfully reformed and who should be dropped. Overall, this quasi-Bettelheimian work is rather appealing. Suitable for medium to large public libraries.?Pamela A. Matthews, Univ. of Maryland Lib., Baltimore
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Please note: This page has been 'Amazon-bombed', attacked by negative reviews after Dr. Lieberman was quoted on a news site as saying that violent video games are dangerous. Bad Boys has nothing to do with video games, but rather is dedicated to helping men and women find the love they deserve in the dating jungle.  --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: Dutton Adult; 1St Edition edition (April 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0525941169
• ISBN-13: 978-0525941163
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 1.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (59 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #465,735 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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146 of 148 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Amazingly bad, February 9, 2011

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paradoxes "paradoxes" (Tucson, AZ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bad Boys: Why We Love Them, How to Live with Them, and When to Leave Them (Paperback)

While Ms. Lieberman seems to like to make a lot of claims, she does not like to back them up with facts. In my opinion, this book is nothing more than pop psychology, and poorly done at that.

123 of 124 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible, February 9, 2011

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Trent Matthew Burke - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bad Boys: Why We Love Them, How to Live with Them, and When to Leave Them (Paperback)

Books like this have the potential to send the message that violence and insults with sexual innuendos are the way to handle disputes and problems. This book is nothing but garbage. Lieberman piles on claims but backs nothing up with fact. Disgrace to the printed medium.

108 of 110 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I wasn't aware they were giving away book deals to any hack.., February 10, 2011

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thaddieusitis - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bad Boys: Why We Love Them, How to Live with Them, and When to Leave Them (Paperback)

I don't know how dribble like this has made it to store shelves. People who make books like this truly make the world more ignorant all in the name of pocketing a couple bucks. Save your time by something that was written by a real "Doctor". There are people in the world who deserve to have books published, this just floods the market place with even more sub-mediocrity.