A review by kitkat962
Anatomy of Love: A Natural History of Mating, Marriage, and Why We Stray by Helen Fisher

4.0

I appreciate how much data and information Fisher has accumulated over her years of researches, and her ability to put into simple words everyone understands. It is, indeed, a history book, as she mainly dove into our past history of mating and marriage. A great deal of this book is spent on the mating behavior of other primates, our homo ancestors and native tribe worldwide. The evolutionary explanation and resemblance between human and other species seemed plausible as it served her points, but most of the references are quite dated. Nevertheless, her data consisting of thousands of responses over the year, including all types of sexuality, are truly impressive.
I don't think I would re-read this book soon, but overall, I felt the author did a great job of translating science work to public literature.