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The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts
by Gary Chapman
2.5
We’re celebrating our 20th anniversary so it seemed like the right time to finally read this book that a friend loaned me. I give this 3 stars for content and 2 stars for writing. Decent info, sort of laboriously delivered. Way too dumbed down, as though these folks have never had a relationship in their life. Way too self-aggrandizing. With minimal analysis, Dr. Chapman can turn your marriage around. Way too Christiany and hetero. And WAY too simplistic "advice" (if you're not doing it right, do it differently!). Still, overall it's a decent concept for relationship communication and it's short and simple enough to ask your partner to read if needs be. But don't buy it; borrow from the library.
ETA:
Ok, when my husband read this, he could barely stomach it. I told him to skim but that wasn’t his style. Instead he pointed out stupid or corny statements and we laughed ourselves through it. It’s rough. Certainly there is an outline version that could do the trick in less than 10 pages…
We’re celebrating our 20th anniversary so it seemed like the right time to finally read this book that a friend loaned me. I give this 3 stars for content and 2 stars for writing. Decent info, sort of laboriously delivered. Way too dumbed down, as though these folks have never had a relationship in their life. Way too self-aggrandizing. With minimal analysis, Dr. Chapman can turn your marriage around. Way too Christiany and hetero. And WAY too simplistic "advice" (if you're not doing it right, do it differently!). Still, overall it's a decent concept for relationship communication and it's short and simple enough to ask your partner to read if needs be. But don't buy it; borrow from the library.
ETA:
Ok, when my husband read this, he could barely stomach it. I told him to skim but that wasn’t his style. Instead he pointed out stupid or corny statements and we laughed ourselves through it. It’s rough. Certainly there is an outline version that could do the trick in less than 10 pages…