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Love the story, love the reader!

Revisado: 07-28-23

One I will read again and again for its wisdom and lightness, and recommend to friends

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Impactful. Gloriously written, and like I’ve just lived a lifetime with these beautiful characters

Revisado: 06-30-23

The book that made the biggest impact on me as a 12yo. And now, 25 years later, hits me just as hard. 🥲

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All of her works are priceless

Revisado: 05-04-23

Best book for transforming your relationship EVER! I recommend it ALL my friends, and all of them recommend it theirs

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Brilliant, often

Revisado: 04-11-21

Yalom lovingly weaves his incredibly deep, wise perspective throughout this book. I'm not sure I've ever used the word genius to describe anyone, but the way he communicated and placed together certain elements are astounding. I hope a great many are lucky enough to tune into this brilliant piece of art. Bravo! I will be reading more from him. Sincerely, thank you <3

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Why it all comes down to love

Revisado: 04-03-21

If you are looking for ANY guidance at all, for anything, start and/or end your search here. My deepest thanks to Robert for finally unearthing the meaning of life.

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Great content but repetitive

Revisado: 02-16-21

This is really valuable knowledge, and totally worth the time. But I found it to be often frustratingly repetitive, like a string of blog posts, so it often seems generally very poorly structured. That said it's all incredibly useful and worth the repetition.

Something I find worth questioning is that while I agree the addicted person should take full responsibility for healing, the author also affirms with unblinking force that there's no such thing as a slip, providing no grey area or forgiveness for a misstep while healing. Objectification during sex with your spouse, and fantasizing while masturbating are both dopamenergic, and though they may be useful in creating some steps towards healing, they clukd be considered kind of as tiny slip. The author imposes zero tolerance, stating that there is no slip... if you "slip", you have completely failed, and you have to start all over again, as though you've made no progress in reprogramming your brain up until then. He imposes this force with conviction that the addict must take his healing seriously and that they could use continual slips as excuses to never heal. I find the idea as one truly has "fallen off the bandwagon" as wholly neglectful of how the brain really grows and evolves, and not everyone will continually slip as an excuse. Telling someone he's lost years of progress after a harmless slip like a sip of beer after a couple years of bring sober is not only not true, but it could be devastating. And to pair with this excessive force, the author also holds the addicted totally responsible for the emotions of the spouse, which are in some way certainly true, but the spouse brings her own baggage to the table just like the rest of us, and I think holding her harmless for choosing an addict isn't carefully acknowledging her own baggage.

This book is also feels like a long advertisement for the TINSA program the author also created. I found the narration perfect. At the end of the day, beside all of the details, I find this incredibly valuable knowledge and perspective. If you are still reading this review, you shouldn't hesitate. It's totally valuable and worth the time and money.

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I'll never know if this is a great book...

Revisado: 02-12-21

...because the narrator says almost EVERY sentence with the exact same inflection. Every sentence sounds exactly like the last, and I feel like I'm just listening to someone say something on loop the whole time. The inflection in every sentence is a semi-monotonous "If only I knew that sooner", and it really makes it like listening to an annoying siren. I hope the narrator doesn't take this personally, it's just HOW she did it that's really a poor experience for me. It's really hard for me to hear through this to the actual book content. While listening I was trying to visualize what the words would look like in the book so that I could at LEAST mentally "read" it. But I still want to go through this book so I will have to look for a kindle version I guess, which is far less likely and accessible for me. PLEASE pay to have this re-narrated with normal, human inflection, like I'm listening to someone really engage me. Refunded.

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Incredibly useful and important

Revisado: 01-28-21

In our dopamine-addicted society, this well narrated, deep but consise knowledge is more relevant than ever. Vital for relationships, drug-users and anyone who wants to understand humans on a broad, simple and dumbfoundingly insightful level. I promise you will thank yourself for going through this book. Brilliant work, and deep thanks to the author!

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Not what I expected...

Revisado: 09-19-20

This entire book is a story, which is not what I wanted. It is fine and well made, good narration, but not at all what I am looking for, so I am hoping for a refund.

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Best book for every person, in a couple or not

Revisado: 02-25-20

I recommend this book to everyone. One of the best in the market for a person - coupled or not, at the beginning of a relationship or already in trouble, doesn’t matter. I have read it already 2x and will read it again and again until I’m able to implement its teachings. ❤️

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