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How to Think More About Sex by Alain de Botton

hvogado's review against another edition

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4.0

Um resumo de um tema que dá para escrever uma biblioteca. Divertido, conciso e muito útil para casais com filhos e alguns anos de casamento. Embora os diversos capítulos falem de diversos sub-temas do sexo, o foco vai para os casais.
O grande conflito nos casamentos, em que escolhemos alguém para a vida que seja romântico, sexualmente activo e queira formar família. É como acertar no Euromilhões para tudo estar incluido numa só pessoa.
Interessante como se refere à pornografia do século XXI e o sucesso face aos sacríficios que as pessoas têm de fazer para fazer sexo físicamente. Adultério dá muito trabalho e a Net está mesmo ali ao alcance de um clic e grátis.
Alguns capítulos podiam ser mais desenvolvidos, mas compreendo a opção para não tornar o livro pesado e atingir o objectivo que pretende.
Recomendo para casais entre os 30 e os 50.

richard_f's review

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4.0

Thoughtful, probing.

arnizach's review

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3.0

This was an overall fun read, but still something of a mixed bag. Maybe because it's such a short book and de Botton doesn't have space to develop his arguments more than a little bit. So perhaps the points raised that I found disagreeable would less so if developed more fully. That said, I found the book overall to justify the short time I spent reading it on account of the good points raised. Some were even profound. I enjoyed his treatment of beauty, pornography, desire and, especially, impotence (best line by far in the book: "Impotence is an achievement of the ethical imagination.") De Botton writes reasonably well in a easy going and slightly humorous style. I got a bit tired of the imagined sexual scenarios interspersed throughout, but I get why he put them in. I like the way the book was set up, with short sections marked numerically. I can imagine it working well in a group discussion - which is what they do at School of Life, right? If you're looking for some philosophical musing on sex, you could probably do a lot worse than this book.

joshuamt's review against another edition

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1.0

For book club...

xfajardo's review

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4.0

Son particularmente interesantes los capítulos que tratan de la auto represión y la infidelidad.

naiyaru's review

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4.0

Very brave of him to write a book on this subject. I found it a very nice read, he offers some useful and interesting angles to view the role of sex in our lives. It remains a difficult subject, so worthy of writing a book about.

clintoon's review

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5.0

Eloquently expresses ideas about sex with the wit of Douglas Adams

stopandsmelltherose's review

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3.0

The jury is still really out on this one. I suppose I don't regret reading, but not here for the psychoanalysis. Much like many of these types of books, I think my friends are way more insightful

heatherwh's review

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2.0

So mid. Written for men. Thought it was going to be inquisitive and thought provoking but it was basically the author explaining why adultery is okay and good sex is rare - both of which i think are debatable

jeffgrann's review

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4.0

A short romp across lots of topics that is better at raising questions than answering them.