A review by marlisenicole
The Mystery of Marriage: Meditations on the Miracle by Mike Mason

3.0

This book is not what I expected. The theology is questionable. I'm not a marriage expert but I'm sure that some of his ideas are very exaggerated and overly dramatic. It reads more like someone's journal - someone who never intended to marry but has found himself married and afraid of what he's done. Apparently, this is close to the truth of it. The author planned to become a monk and got married instead.

Personally, I have not struggled with so many of the intense feelings of loss he seems to accompany with marriage. I've been married over 17 years and have never encountered most of what he writes about. It almost feels like he's writing a poetic tragedy rather than a book on marriage.

It's interesting, in its own unique way.