A review by maddness22
I Do (I Think): Conversations About Modern Marriage by Allison Raskin

informative lighthearted fast-paced

3.5

While I didn't totally love the voice or tone of this book, I did appreciate the moments of validation and attempt at conversation about whether or not marriage is needed in our modern society. It really does seem to be a case by case basis, but I'm really in agreement that no one should get married just because they "should" or feel obligated to do so as the next step in adulthood. It should be an autonomous decision based on whether it would actually benefit your life. This book does pretty well at advocating for the option to have a choice for marriage or not rather than forcing one decision over another. It even offers sound relationship advice, like how major life decisions shouldn't be made in one go and rather as a discussion of multiple conversations if needed 

That being said, this book would've really benefited from a co-author with the perspective of not getting married. It felt like the author took any and all chances to mention how much she loved her own marriage, even when it felt inappropriate to the material being discussed. I wished there was more outside perspective and the author had less of an influence on the structure of her argument. It felt like she was including herself and her life in every other paragraph.