A review by satashan
The Course of Love by Alain de Botton

2.0

Interesting, but I find School of Life/Alain de Botton so frustrating. The ideas about how everything comes from our childhood, and the pretty sickening section about cheating and the "institution of marriage" really bugged me. I hope I never have such a pessimistic and crappy view of relationships. But it was also nice to hear about some things that we don't think are normal in our relationships, like huge arguments over stupid little things or shutting down even though you know it won't help the situation. So overall, very mixed feelings on this one.