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abirdofmytongue 's review for:
Eight Dates: Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
by Doug Abrams, John Gottman, Rachel Carlton Abrams, Julie Schwartz Gottman
Needs to be twice as long with more examples, especially diverse ones as John and Julie (the authors) were examples in most every chapter. I would've also liked to see more research mentioned or quoted. Very bare-bones. I get this is supposed to be an outline for you to do the dates, but I would've liked more meaty content in the chapers to back them up.
The authors struggled in meaningfully addressing any sort of "alternative style" of relationship-- be it same-sex, hetero but without kids (current and future), or non-religious. The most they did was nod in acknowledgment that they exist. The book is very much geared towards a Christian cishet relationship with kids (or the plan to have them).
All in all, it was a good book; the date recommendation pages with the self-reflection questions were by far and away the most useful. The explanatory bits needed more info. Overall the examples the book used were bland and could be supplimented by just having more supporting arguments and cases.
The authors struggled in meaningfully addressing any sort of "alternative style" of relationship-- be it same-sex, hetero but without kids (current and future), or non-religious. The most they did was nod in acknowledgment that they exist. The book is very much geared towards a Christian cishet relationship with kids (or the plan to have them).
All in all, it was a good book; the date recommendation pages with the self-reflection questions were by far and away the most useful. The explanatory bits needed more info. Overall the examples the book used were bland and could be supplimented by just having more supporting arguments and cases.