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The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate
Gary Chapman
3.99 AVERAGE
1.84k reviews for:
The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate
Gary Chapman
3.99 AVERAGE
Algumas partes são interessantes e ajudam a conceptualizar a questão das Love Languages. No entanto, o subtexto não é bem o meu estilo.
lol this book probably has been on my shelf since 2020 and my husband read it before I did because I suck haha I was supposed to read it before we got married but oops!
Anyways! I enjoyed this one, I could easily see how these 5 different things would help a relationship. Honestly would have given it a 5 star if it didn’t have religious bible scriptures and ties. Because I just don’t think that religion has anything to do with it and I skipped those parts because they were dumb.
Anyways! I enjoyed this one, I could easily see how these 5 different things would help a relationship. Honestly would have given it a 5 star if it didn’t have religious bible scriptures and ties. Because I just don’t think that religion has anything to do with it and I skipped those parts because they were dumb.
I was wary of reading this at first because I'd heard/read that it leans heavily on christian religious beliefs, and while it does occasionally use, "going to church," as an activity example and cites one passage from the bible in the final chapter, I didn't find it distractingly or overbearingly religious.
There's no mention of LGBT+ couples or any other minority types, but what can you expect from a book written by a Pastor? It doesn't say anything prohibitive of non-straight-white-christians and while I would love to see a more modernized and in-depth take on the subject matter, I didn't take issue with anything that the author did include and I came away feeling like he genuinely wanted to help people.
The book itself is well organized, easy to understand, and doesn't place blame on any one party of a relationship. The examples might be a little simplistic, but they do their job in getting a point across. There are spaces after each chapter to write your own notes and there's a decent Frequently Asked Questions section in the back.
My goal in reading this was to improve my communication skills in my relationship and I feel like keeping these ideas in mind will help with that, so I'd say the book does what it sets out to do.
There's no mention of LGBT+ couples or any other minority types, but what can you expect from a book written by a Pastor? It doesn't say anything prohibitive of non-straight-white-christians and while I would love to see a more modernized and in-depth take on the subject matter, I didn't take issue with anything that the author did include and I came away feeling like he genuinely wanted to help people.
The book itself is well organized, easy to understand, and doesn't place blame on any one party of a relationship. The examples might be a little simplistic, but they do their job in getting a point across. There are spaces after each chapter to write your own notes and there's a decent Frequently Asked Questions section in the back.
My goal in reading this was to improve my communication skills in my relationship and I feel like keeping these ideas in mind will help with that, so I'd say the book does what it sets out to do.
Really liked the info and saved a lot of it. Great for people who tend to be opposites of each other and need to find that middle ground based on whatever their love language is.
Re-reading this time around felt a little outdated, still good messages but overall think there are some better options out there but the concept of the Five Love Languages is still worth looking into.
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Had I known that the content would be deeply rooted in religion, I would have skipped this. Overall, it has a decent description of the 5 love languages but I don't find the rest of the content to be useful or relevant. The stories of the couples trying to fix their relationships were interesting, but something feels fundamentally off while reading them. I also dislike how desire for intimacy in relation to women is portrayed.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny
Moderate: Toxic relationship
Minor: Sexual content
Less religion would have been good but great other than that!
3.5 ⭐️ when we were dating, my now husband asked me what my love languages were. I actually didn’t know, so we took the quiz together. I was curious to hear a deep dive into each love language and found the explanation of each actually really interesting. Some of the ideas in this book came across as a little too traditional and felt dated but over all really interesting and is great for understanding your own love languages and your partners! My husband and I retook the quiz after I read the book and it’s interesting how we each have changed in percentages! I think it’s something we’ll revisit every few years.