 "The Dangerous Book for Boys" was met with a generally positive response from critics.On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds a 71% approval rating with an average rating of 7 out of 10 based on 7 reviews.Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the series a score of 63 out of 100 based on 4 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews."