sedeara 's review for:

The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts by Gary Chapman

4.0

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You don't really need to read the whole book to understand the five love languages, although I do think they are an important tool for all couples to have in their intimacy repertoire. You really just need to take the quiz to learn yours and your beloved's love language. But if you like inspiring stories of marriages turned around based on a deeper understanding -- which is the bulk of this book -- the book is accessible and worth reading. Like most marriage books, it serves more as a reminder of what we ought to be doing than as a roadmap to some revolutionary new way to love. But I like that it's more concrete than a lot of marriage advice books in its approach.

Although it's secular, the author's clearly religious background can also be a little off-putting at times.