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Summary: It's my "handbook"
Review: Mars and Venus on a Date is the first John Gray book I've read. Having been widowed a year and a half and being back in the world of dating, I found that this book was very helpful to find the kind of relationship I'm looking for. There were so many parts of the book that I wanted to refer to, I got out my yellow highlighter, and now view this book as a sort of 'handbook' of dating. I have a better understanding of how men think, and how women think, and the mistakes many women (myself included) seem to make in an effort to find their "soul mate." I highly recommend this book to anyone who just don't seem to be getting anywhere in the world of love.
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Summary: Men: don't bother
Review: Another installment in the continuing saga of Kiss Her Butt Enough and You Might Get Lucky. It would be nice if these authors who write "you're right--he's wrong" books for women would not represent them as being beneficial for both sexes. A better title for this one might be "Women Should Always Get Their Way"
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Summary: Dr. Gray Makes Dating a Game - Count Me Out
Review: New to dating after years in a marriage made me uncomfortable so I bought this book. There's a few enlightening segments that make sense but most of the book relegates dating to being a game that is played between man and woman. I would like to think that someone is attracted to who I am from the start. I consider myself an educated woman and frankly, some of what Dr. Gray suggests I say or do to get a positive response from men is downright degrading. I would hope that men are attracted my intelligence and would like the fact that I can solve some problems and give some good advice. I guess I just don't like the fact that Dr. Gray wants men to stay the way they were before the women's movement and wants women to bat their eyelashes and ooh/aah a man to her web. That's what this seemed like to me. Count me out of it. I am doing pretty well in the dating scene without this type of stuff.
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Summary: mars and venus on a date
Review: This book is excellent. It clearly outlines the difference between the way men and women approach relationships. It helped me to understand men in a totally new way.
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Summary: A textbook to Dating
Review: This book really opened my eyes, and made me understand many concepts. After reading over the book, and even going back and reviewing it I realized that I could use many of John Gray's tips in my everyday life with my relationship. There have been many times that I don't know what to do, and I read this book and it pointed me in the right direction. This is a must buy book.
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Summary: A Dater's Bible
Review: I bought this book over a year ago and I still pull it out every now and again when I need reassurance about a relationship. It really makes you focus on what you're looking for while breaking down dating into stages. Very important stages if you want to have a lasting relationship. The book covers everything from where and how to meet people to navigating the relationship through engagement. Its a great book to have by your side when you're wondering why didn't he call? or is he mr. right?...
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Summary: A Real Eye-Opener
Review: I had dismissed John Gray in the past thinking that he was just one of those "warm, fuzzy" self help gurus. So many self help books lack real content or real concepts and instead read like a monotonous pep talk. I was pleasantly surprized to find it was not the case with this book. It may sound warm and fuzzy in some places, but his concepts are sound. Almost everything he had to say about how the opposite sex thinks and interprets things was a big eye opener for me. Many of the concepts resonated with me as I began to think over past relationships. My own mistakes jumped out at me, and I was able to see exactly how I'd unknowingly contributed to the failure of the relationship. Good book for men as well as women if they can choose not to be turned off by warm fuzzy speech.
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Summary: If only...
Review: I think this another one of those "if I only knew when I was younger, what I know now" books. So many of the things that Dr. Gray put in this book were so right on the money, it is scarey. As they say, it is too bad that youth is wasted on the young. It is not too late, read this book now and improved relationships are pretty much a sure thing.
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Summary: If you want marriage but keep getting stuck on the way there
Review: Some of us have known for some time that we want to find our soul mate and make a committment, but the path isn't so clear cut. For me, and for several friends in that situation, this book has been very helpful. John Gray has gotten through my internal block, allowing me a perspective shift. Learning dating rituals and taking them on had seemed false to me; afterall, why shouldn't I open my date's door for him, or pick up the tab on every other date or so? If he doesn't call me when I expect it, why shouldn't I either call him or dump him? If we feel close to each other and want to share some new level of intimacy, what's the harm in two consenting adults doing so? Shouldn't my approach to all relationships of equality in life carry through here as well? By coming at the problem through an understanding of gender differences, Gray shows why behaviors that work in other parts of life might not be applicable here. I'm not exaggerating in saying that I saw an overnight change in my dating style and success based on what I gleaned from this book. My only issue with the book is that it is written to such a general audience that I found I had to really sift through it to find the kernels of wisdom. It can be very repetative. Sometimes I did find his advice clashed with my own values and life experience. Still, it was worth reading it with a grain of salt. Anyway, shouldn't we be critical of anything we read?
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Summary: too long and boreing
Review: good examples of differences between men and women, but book could have been written on half the paper used to make the book! It seemed like it took forever to read this boreing book.
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