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A review by grantj00
The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts by Gary Chapman
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I hear about the 5 Love Languages all the time, so I figured I would read the source material. I quickly found out why this isn’t common for the 5 Love Languages. It’s pretty simple: there are 5 love languages, and each person has a primary language. If you want to make that person feel loved, speak that language to them! In other words, what makes one person feel loved, won’t mean anything for another. See? That’s it. I wish I was joking. While very helpful advice, and something which is always good to reflect on, I did not need a whole book on it.
The part which was the most difficult to read were the examples. The book is chock full of them. The issue? In every one, the author plays “love doctor”. Some “young person” comes to the author with some relationship issue, and the author always has the perfect idea to help. A couple months later the young person returns to the author, and poof the issue is fixed. In short, the author always places themselves in the best light. It comes off as braggy, and self-centered. I give the author the benefit of the doubt, but perhaps selling so many copies can go to one’s head
The part which was the most difficult to read were the examples. The book is chock full of them. The issue? In every one, the author plays “love doctor”. Some “young person” comes to the author with some relationship issue, and the author always has the perfect idea to help. A couple months later the young person returns to the author, and poof the issue is fixed. In short, the author always places themselves in the best light. It comes off as braggy, and self-centered. I give the author the benefit of the doubt, but perhaps selling so many copies can go to one’s head