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A review by maddness22
Love Rules: How to Find a Real Relationship in a Digital World by Joanna Coles
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
1.75
Not great. In fact, highly problematic with how it keeps comparing dating to dieting to an almost obsessive point and how it assumes the only way to live a life is in love without reassurance that life can be fulfilling without love too. I'm pretty sure it even directly quotes "Love is the most fulfilling journey a person (woman) can take" which is.....an opinion, for sure.
I did find the chapter about vetting your friends' opinions about new relationships mildly interesting because it seems like the default advice is usually "always trust your friends no matter what" when this book takes the stance of "actually your friends' opinions might suck sometimes" which was refreshing. The last chapter was also good, but it negates the majority of the book so I'm conflicted about how much I want to enjoy it.
At least it reads like one long Cosmo article so it's an easy enough read to breeze through if you need a shallow perspective on love and dating with basic relationship advice that can be found for free on any given "Top 8 reasons why you can't find love" blog post/Instagram reel.
I did find the chapter about vetting your friends' opinions about new relationships mildly interesting because it seems like the default advice is usually "always trust your friends no matter what" when this book takes the stance of "actually your friends' opinions might suck sometimes" which was refreshing. The last chapter was also good, but it negates the majority of the book so I'm conflicted about how much I want to enjoy it.
At least it reads like one long Cosmo article so it's an easy enough read to breeze through if you need a shallow perspective on love and dating with basic relationship advice that can be found for free on any given "Top 8 reasons why you can't find love" blog post/Instagram reel.