Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus: A Practical Guide for Improving Communication and Getting What You Want in Your Relationships

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Summary: It's not perfect, but boy did it hit home for me.
Review: I am from Mars. There is no doubt about it. My Martion ways made me get this book to use as a tool to solve a very difficult problem of mine. That's why I gave a copy to my wife, who has been out of the house for over a week, she has left me, why- NO COMMUNICATION! Plain and simple, which caused resentment toward each other. Which harvested more bad feelings, which led to hurt that I never thought I could feel. I wish someone would have given us this book when it first came out. I know that our marriage of seven years (together 13)would have been better, and would not be in the present state. The down to earth content in the book is a real eye opener. I only pray that she will also see how we both use the same words to talk, but we talk a different language and can't understand each other. Once I opened the cover and started to read, I could not believe my eyes. The real deal right there in front of me. I saw how we both were'nt doing anything wrong, we just did not know how to do it right and not build resentment. But we did. After reading it, I now know how to at least try to understand the language of the Venusian I have lost. I know I can't make her interpit the content of this book the same way I have and excpect her to come rushing back, but now I know how too help keep this from happening again in my life. Reading this book has given me the power to change my Martion ways so that we both can be fulfilled. Of course she has to want to be able to understant the language that I speak, which is indeed Martion. If not, I know the next Venusian I meet will have a better me. I say new couples as well as old read this book, who knows, you might find something out about not only your partner but YOURSELF.

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Summary: DISCOVER YOURSELF AND YOUR SWEET HALF
Review: An interesting book that accurately specifies the differences between men and women. I found myself described in a lot of what is written in the book. I beleive that by understanding these differences between men and women you can improve your relationships with the opposite sex especially with your mate. It helps you understanding what are these reactions appearing from your sweet half and how to deal with them to obtain the WIN / WIN solution.

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Summary: A disappointment!
Review: I bought the book because a lot of my friends had been raving about it for a very long time and I was curious of what I might contain. They said that this book answered their questions about love and that this was their "manual" for relationships. They raved about it so much that I wanted to have a copy on my own. It was pretty hard getting a copy since at that time, it was constantly out of stock. But imagine my disappointment when I read the first few chapters of the book! It was totally disappointing. The author talked as if he really knew about these stuff but all I read was a lot of words that kept on repeating over and over! I don't think it would relate to any relationships I've ever seen. The author John Grey, addressed the readers as if he is giving step by step instructions! Impossible. Every relationship is different of it's own. Man or woman is not a mechanical beast where they say the exact things everytime. Each relationship ahs its own story and we can't assume that what the contents of Grey's book would really happen to us. It is really a disappointment and a waste of my time. I've read better books on relationships and at least, they relate to me in some way. In addition, it is quite expensive. I should've saved my money and invested it on a better book...

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Summary: Traditional gender stuff
Review: This, like all Gray's books revert back to the desired time when "men were men and women were glad of it". However some readin about these issues is bter than none. A better book would be THE PHALLIC IMPERATIVE: Why Men Are Hard To Get Along With!? by Dr. Jim Sellner. It explains why men get into so much "doodoo" in their intimate realtionships and life in general.

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Summary: Something missing for me
Review: As far as sci-fi goes, we can all do better. I mean, the characters, the plot, the subplots -- what the heck happened? I'm sure that Gray was trying to mimic the slice of life aspect, but he rode that starcruiser too many darn light years for my liking. There was no ambiguous moral message like you find in Clarke's work, just a lot of obvious ones like you'd find in Bradbury's weaker work. I do feel a little more comfortable with my sexuality though, but at what price? I could have been re-reading my Piers Anthony books instead.

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Summary: This book reveals the secret thoughts men and women.
Review: This book includes men and women's most intimate thoughts about love, life, and sex. I feel that this book shows men's true colors. Being a woman myself, this book helped me to understand what men are really thinking. Not only has this book helped my relationship, it has inspired me to take more control of my life.

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Summary: There's really something to his interpretation of the sexes
Review: I believe the man is very acurate. Most things interpreted about the female are right on the money and certainly he is correct about the male. This is not a sexist book, an open minded person will see that. If you are unable to realize there are other views about every and anything, its not for you. I appreciate that finally after seventeen years of marriage, my husbands viewpoints are clear to me. Men and women do indeed think differently. It is clear that it was not me he was unhappy with but himself. I knew this but now its clear why he would get so irritated when I felt there weren't any problems. I only wish this book had existed when he first began to show signs of something being wrong. Perhaps we could have enjoyed each other longer instead of divorcing in 1989. I still loved him and could not understand what was wrong. Unfortunately I obtained the book the same week he passed. I still love him. Communication is so important. I would reccomend it as required in grade school and college.

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Summary: -00000009 Very Poorly Written and Sexist
Review: According to John Gray,women are sexless,that women have to be brought into desire by romance. Also it implies that women need a men to sort their feelings out ...and without this women supposedly "crash" like waves...just more of the 90's rot about how women are this way or that.. ...

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Summary: Don't waste your money - if you must read it, borrow it
Review: The "Men are from Mars", "Women are from Venus" thing got a little old after the first five or six sentences. It got really annoying by the middle of the book. And nauseating by the end. Would it have been so hard to include at least an occassional sentence that didn't refer to that assimilation please?? John Grey thinks himself an expert, so much so he wrote 286 pages of the same thing - repetition after repetition that men should at least act interested and women should stop nagging - as though his every word was so profound he assumed the commoners wouldn't be able to understand them the first time. Get over yourself, John Grey!! Write a book that actually helps people, maybe go out on a limb and include actual research findings, instead of creating a pathetic display of how smart you think you are. What scares me more is the amount of people on his band-wagon. Yikes! This book might be good for teens, or newly weds, but people married for years have already gone through these immature stages and are, or should be, way beyond any situation this book references.

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Summary: A must for all ages involved in a relationship.
Review: This book should be required reading for high school students