This was pretty similar to The Five Love Languages but I did like the co-worker/friend examples. I'd consider this a nice refresher with less focus on romantic relationships.

Quick Read.
Provided useful information about how people relate regarding love. Love is a powerful tool and the book suggests ways how to be more effective in wielding the power of love.
Stories from real life are simple yet compelling.

I read to see how it compares to the main Five Love Languages book and found this is virtually the same. Someone who hasn't read that may find it interesting, but the examples were mostly about dating issues, which were covered in the other version. I was hoping this would be more about friends, family, coworkers, etc. but no luck.

3.5 stars. I really enjoyed the book overall, but it felt like the title should’ve been “The Five Love Languages for People in Dating Relationships.”

It was very informative and enlightening about all sorts of relationships, which I appreciated, but he seemed to take singleness as another word for “people who want to be in dating/marital relationships.” In reality, singleness is a valid time in every person’s life that is vital to our development, and not everyone wants to marry or feels called to marry.

But that aside, very good book. I’d recommend it to most people looking to learn how to love others well.

Holy Moses (literally) I came to this book just seeking tips on how to help communication and recognize and empathize how others around me behave and see the world. There are indeed some nuggets of wisdom throughout, and I like the concept of the love languages, but I did not expect a sermon from the pulpit. You'd think a writer would want to keep their work as non denominational as possible to be inclusive for all readers but this came off as old fashioned, Biblical, obviously only for hetero couples with some weird points of view that almost forgive abuse because we all have to act congenial towards people who behave in ways we don't like. It was also pretty pushy about sex only belonging in a marriage between husband and wife, but there are a few hypocritical passages as well. I'll take a few ideas away from this, but I wish it had just left the Bible out of it.

Acel moment când ești atât de entuziasmat că apare la chioșc cartea asta de care ai auzit atâtea, dar după ce o cumperi, îți dai seama că e o ediție pentru cei singuri și tu ești într-o relație serioasă. Cu speranța că Universul nu îmi arată un semn rău prevestitor și că voi avea de învățat ceva chiar și din această abordare a cărții, here I go reading it. ^^

I really love the break down of the five languages and think the author's perspective provides a lot of really great insight for all kinds of relationships (romantic, friends, family, co-workers). Although I haven't read the original, I like this singles edition because of the breadth of examples it gives, versus being geared simply toward marriage. It started to get repetitive as the book went on, so I stopped reading as closely, but I really liked the overarching ideas and the survey it provides for determining your own primary love language.

Every human being needs to read this book. Easy to read and made relatable in various scenarios...didn't like how the author referenced God so much (as I'm not religious) but it didn't pose too big of an issue throughout the read.

A worthy read for any kind of relationship - marriage, parent, sibling, friend. Very applicable to every day life and a good reminder to show love to those who mean the most in your life.

Simple and easy to follow it makes you understand those finer points in relationships. Even if you are happily married reading this book will help you strengthen your relationship more. Surely after reading the book you will think "why dint I think of it before? It was so clear in my face!"

Si bien muchas personas pueden decir que estos temas son demasiado obvios como para necesitar ser explicados, yo puedo asegurales que no lo son. Como estudiante de ingeniería, mi carrera me ha obligado a desvincularse de mis emociones para trabajar de manera efectiva en momentos cruciales, y es probable que por eso me cueste tanto entenderlos con la facilidad que tienen otros.

El libro presenta el concepto de los cinco lenguajes del amor de una manera clara y precisa, además que se acompaña de ejemplos puntuales que facilitan dicho entendimiento aún más. Algo que también me gustó, es que en esta versión se olvida el amor de pareja y se concentra en las relaciones con las demás personas. Me ayudó a reconocer mis propias necesidades emocionales y detectar las de los demás para poder hacerlos sentir valiosos de la forma más efectiva.

¡Lo recomiendo!

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Đọc cuốn sách này, tự dưng mới có liên tưởng thêm về cái gọi sự khác biệt trong một mối quan hệ thân thân lâu lâu intimate kiểu như thế. Một mqh ( không chỉ riêng tình yêu) luôn có 2 giai đoạn: giai đoạn ảo tưởng và thỏa hiệp. Hóa ra khi đã qua giai đoạn đầu rồi mà không tới được thỏa hiệp thì sẽ trở thành những người xa lạ...