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The ADHD Effect on Marriage: Understand and Rebuild Your Relationship in Six Steps by Melissa Orlov
heatherjones's review
emotional
informative
medium-paced
4.5
This was useful. The first half, identifying the issues, was more helpful for me, while the seconds half, on taking action, got a little repetitive. The target audience is straight, married people whose marriage is in bad trouble and who will both be reading the book. To whatever degree that isn't you, the book will have material and assumptions you don't need. Would definitely recommend.
bookstackreviews's review against another edition
2.0
Since recieving an ADHD diagnosis this has been the most unhelpful resource i have come across. The perspective of this book is written by a female spouse who does not have ADHD with a male spouse who does. I couldn't relate to the issues in the marriage that the author went into. Most of the issues seemed to be related to a male archetypal role in the marriage. Things like not helping with the children, or not contributing to running the household are not only not relatable, but are not options for a mother of 3 little ones. This was onesided and honestly kind of old fashioned. I couldn't seperate the issues of ADHD in a marriage from the issue of an absent father who contributed almost nothing to the family.
hayleynparsons's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
elfynbellburrow's review against another edition
3.0
This had some really good stories from couples living with ADHD in their relationships. It also did a good job of making the non-ADHD spouse recognise that they are not "normal" or "easier", they're just different. It does become a bit repetitive though and there are different books on the same issue that could teach you more.
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