A review by sommer22
All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks

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4.75

this is a deeply insightful book that greatly changed my perception of Love. even as an agnostic, the idea of love as a spiritual practice is greatly moving and motivating, and i feel that everyone would do well to incorporate at least parts of that idea into their lives. the one drawback of this book that i can think of is that it's very of-its-time; written more than twenty years ago, hooks still uses mostly gendered language and frames romantic relationships in a mostly heteronormative way. she does exemplify her sister, who is a lesbian, but this is an exception. however, the ideas in this book are applicable to all relationships between people, and remain salient över twenty years after this book was published.
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