Reddit mentions of The Modern Gentleman: A Guide to Essential Manners, Savvy and Vice

I remember reading The Modern Gentleman: A Guide to Essential Manners, Savvy and Vice on a long flight and enjoyed the heck out it. It was given to me by a friend before boarding and it made the 14 hour flight absolutely bearable and borderline enjoyable.

I've just been reading the Amazon reviews on it, and it seems that those who liked the book appreciated it for what it was - which is a semi-tongue-in-cheek, lighthearted but well-rounded effort at covering all of the social bases when it comes to acting like you've been there before when perhaps you haven't.

Those who didn't like it gave reasons that ranged from the authors coming off as verbose and pompous know-it-alls with a penchant for a thesaurus, to being upset that the authors weren't know-it-alls because the book wasn't actually the Holy Grail of how to be a modern gentleman they thought it would be.

If you would like a break from putting in serious work on bettering yourself in social situations while still working on bettering yourself in social situations, you will enjoy the laid-back and playful tone of this "self-help guide". You're not going to walk in to a members only yacht club after reading this book and impress everyone there with your grasp on social etiquette, but you will be more comfortable hanging with new friends knowing that unfamiliar social situations don't need to be stressful and stuffy, but instead can be easy-going and accessible.