jaccarmac 's review for:

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert by John Gottman, Nan Silver

3.75

challenging hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

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There's not a ton of retreading of prose here, which is apparently quite the feat in the self-help world. The beginning is denser in terms of ideas, and the book gradually opens up into a grab bag of techniques. That's where the meat is, but most of it is still to-do for me. The ending, on a hopeful note, was great counterpoint to a final chapter which is almost utopian.