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The Course of Love by Alain de Botton

maty_sousa's review against another edition

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3.0

Realistic without losing sight of the most important thing: the true art of loving the imperfection of another human being (as well as accepting our own). Because in real life, there's so much more to it than: "They lived happily ever after".

martyna22's review against another edition

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hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

k_sch_z's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

stardusstie's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

merixien's review against another edition

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medium-paced

3.5

hwurst21's review against another edition

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4.0

Beautiful and comforting treatise on marriage. The first half of the book and the final few chapters were extremely compelling. I lost the author a bit when he covered children and adultery.

sans_soleil87's review against another edition

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slow-paced
  • Loveable characters? No

2.0

jens_book_nook's review against another edition

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emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

juliecheung's review against another edition

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5.0

Everyone needs to read this book.

nnixon's review against another edition

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2.0

Audiobook. Got about 1.5 hours in. Interesting concept but not good enough to finish