Jennifer Thomas

phenomenal

Reviewed: 12-09-24

this should be required reading for all adult Americans, including and especially young people. This pithy book is rich with knowledge, and will have you playing the short chapters again and again. The author seeks to raise awareness about the context in which tyranny has arisen historically and how we are in danger of it happening today in America.
Very engaging, well-written and digestible yet powerful. It will leave you feeling empowered to stand up for freedom.

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Antiquated but valuable.

Reviewed: 10-14-24

nothing I can say and diminish the fact that this book has helped thousands of people and it's very famous and just talking about a love language is a meme these days. It was interesting to read the actual book. this book I find to be antiquated it is written by an older conservative Christian man, and it is written for conservative religious older couples that are in unhappy marriages and who have a low level of self-awareness and psychological awareness. I understand why he did this in terms of making it basic language, he would like it to be accessible to many people and especially people that don't think that they are into psychological or emotional growth. However is accessible in his world is not accessible in my world. I come from a liberal and progressive area I am a woman in her mid 40s dating a man who is 50, and neither of us have been married, and neither of us are conservative Christians. My peers are highly educated , professionally successful , and they do not get married until they're late 30s or 40s or 50s . I think that this book would benefit from an accompanying text written for younger people and people who did not get married straight out of high school and are now in a bad relationship. How could this be crafted to help people who are in a new relationship? The core teachings of the book are essential and could easily be repackaged. Unfortunately the way it is presented as very offputting to me and probably to a lot of other people. Jesus is not a recurrent guiding light in my life. I have my spiritual beliefs. How about a book about building this type of awareness into relationships from the beginning? lastly I noticed that his lens to see the world assumes that women should be in the house doing domestic labor and men should be out in the world working, and furthermore a woman who is 36 with no children is very late to the game. ("never did have children"). That is not old to have children anymore. Play the teachings of this book will be limited by this dated perspective.
lastly , it goes without saying that this book is written only for cis het man and wife couples. and that is only written for people practicing love in the sanctity of marriage. you are a 50-year-old attorney that's never been married and you've just met the woman in your dreams who is a banker, this book is not written for you.

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Awful

Reviewed: 05-22-24

this book is horrendous. First of all she says fibromyalgia incorrectly the entire time - every other sentence she's saying FIBERmyalgia (or FIBERfog) into your ear. he even goes through the entomology and still says it incorrectly . Just this alone is increasing the pain all over my body. secondly the book is absurdly repetitive. It novice, only presenting extremely simple basic information, it does not delve into depth on any solutions. if you have any education whatsoever about stress management or scheduling your day or if you've ever heard of therapy then you will find nothing of value in this book. Furthermore she makes a lot of incorrect statements, for instance, the impacts of Fibro "aren't dire". WHAT? In another moment she states that full body pain from fibromyalgia results from not doing your daily chores. If only we were to move around and "sweep the porch" the pain would just go away. WHAT? I am in a competitive running group, and do 16 miles minimum each week on rocky terrain at altitude, and I can assure you that I still wake up every morning with excruciating pain in all of the major muscle groups of my legs. This book makes me want to scream at my phone and throw it through a window. it reads like a pamphlet on safe sex for 12--year-olds. The writing and the tone is so patronizing it sounds like it should be targeted at either five-year-olds or 80-year-olds that are feeble minded . if you love reading medical diagrams from the 1960s you will probably enjoy the writing style. This book is an insult to the depth of pain that we endure each day. Do better.
Edit: the information is outdated. Recent research shows that fibromyalgia may indeed be an autoimmune related condition.

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pretty good

Reviewed: 04-15-24

A straightforward retelling of his interesting but also very charmed, priviledged life of easy success and accomplishment. The unspoken filter and perspective is of a well to do aloha male, who has been invited into positions of doninance his whole life. just another successful man sharing his tips for success but completely blind to the pre-conditions that made it possible. He talks a lot about sports so that is interesting to you you will probably like it.

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Absolutely fantastic

Reviewed: 04-10-24

this book was so unbelievably interesting even as a person that has studied evolutionary psychology their entire life this book is chalk full of biologic insights and underpinnings and helpful information to understand the state of women today she wins today and the male female relationship today. Not to mention just a ton of weird fascinating science. the author is clear, compelling, interesting and writes with a beautiful prose that almost sounds like poetry at times. This is one of those books that you become slightly obsessed with and start sending to all of your women friends. I think I took four pages of notes. It's a candidate for my favorite book of the year.

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fascinating and promising

Reviewed: 11-19-23

his bold new theory is indeed for reaching, and he makes a convincing argument of the importance of metabolism for wide range of disease. it is certainly penalizing to imagine that all of them could be improved with this new approach

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Wonderfully written and fanciful

Reviewed: 12-19-22

this tales should delight readers, both young and old. It completely whisks you away into the lives of several want young people that become intertwined in a fantastical journey. Highly imaginative and thoughtful, the text explores the human condition on earth.

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a brisk dive

Reviewed: 12-11-22

this new author has the ability to add fascinating levels of detail due to being an autopsy technician. The book jumps right in and has you gripped the entire time. A quick and scintillating read. This is a fun distraction the prose is good. A happy addition to the male-dominated genre, we look to see much more from her.

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THIS IS MISCATEGORIZED

Reviewed: 12-13-21

Erotica? This should be in psych or self improvement. Wrong category keeps it from being read.

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super dense

Reviewed: 07-18-21

incomprehensible unless you were already a scientist. normal smart ppl wont follow. i studied psych... had to shut off.

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