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Summary: Taking Sides
Review: I had started reading MMWV, but found that chapter after chapter was a merely a rephrasing of the same thoughts.Do you believe Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus? Or do you believe the Rebuttal from Uranus? Both Gray's and Hamson's opposing positions are neatly (and concisely) summed up in this book, "Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Human Sexuality," by Francoeur and Taverner.
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Summary: All marketing, no substance
Review: Please! Gray has been repeating the obvious over and over for the past 6 or 7 years - men and women are different - and Americans keep lapping it up. I'm sure Gray's banker and publisher's accounting department take him seriously, but I can't fathom why anyone else should.
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Summary: Ok for some basic general insights,
Review: It was helpful in giving some general insights, but forgets that not ALL men are the same and react the same and not ALL women are the same are react the same. They dont take into account that as individuals we have different temperments and characters that are not gender related. It was like they are trying to offer a quick fix band-aid.
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Summary: repititious
Review: The basic ideas are interesting and ought to be taught to all young people especially those about to be married. However the book needs a strong editor to cut down on the repititious examples and redundancy.
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Summary: Great Communication Guide
Review: John Gray's book, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus: A Practical Guide for Improving Communication and Getting What You Want in You Relationships is a great self-help book. Gray's purpose in writing the book was to help out both men and women to understand the opposite sex and help break down the communication barriers that occur occasionally between the two sexes. The author not only writes from both the typical male point of view, but also writes as an enlightened professional. Gray tends to believe and put forward what most writers feel. This particular work has greatly impacted society and has helped many couples in trouble. It is original in style and will definitely have lasting value because relationships between men and women will never be perfect. The main sources of the author's data come from his own life, marriage and personal experiences. The author simply questions human nature and how men and women behave and will react to each other and each other's decisions. This book is very well-written and does not contain a lot of argument because it is a self-help book. This book can be read by not only all intelligence levels, but all age levels as well. As long as you are in a relationship with someone of the opposite sex, this book can help you. I agree with the author's point of view because he is not biased towards one sex and helps point out not only faults but also the strengths of the decisions of both sexes. The greatest strength of the work would be that Gray has finally broken down the communication barrier with his own wife and shares it with us all. The only weakness that I have found in this book is that Gray tends to be repetitive in what he says. This book has greatly contributed to my knowledge of communication and thought process of both sexes.
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Summary: Men Are from Mars and Women Are from Venus is a great book.
Review: Men Are from Mars and Women Are from Venus: A Practical Guide for Improving Communication and Getting What You Want in Your Relationships by John Gray has proven to be a wonderful book. Gray gives great advice while adding some humor into almost every analogy that he uses. Every chapter has been helpful and quite true. Gray seems to have developed quite a good understanding of both sexes over his years of experience. In this book he does not tend to favor one sex over another. The only bad side of this book is that Gray tends to repeat almost everything he says over and over again. Overall, however, Men Are from Mars and Women Are from Venus proves itself to be a helpful and well-written novel.
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Summary: Entertaining, but does little to HEAL your marriage.
Review: Go ahead and read this book. You'll probably enjoy it and discover amusing and entertaining things about the opposite sex. Then, when you are ready to resolve conflicts and work as a team, read FIGHTING FOR YOUR MARRIAGE by Markman, Stanley and Blumberg. I guarantee if you follow their techniques you will see improvements IMMEDIATELY!
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Summary: popular mall book teaches how to overcome marriage pitfalls
Review: May better have been called "John Gray is from Mars, and his wife is from Venus. Maybe it's the same with you", since it appears more based on personal experience than on exhaustive research. Obviously Dr. Gray was once himself a self-centered, success-oriented, and sometimes obsessive individual and wrongly attributes some of it to being a man. His wife appears to have been the one who broke the barrier and provided him with a revelation that inspired the book. The book is by and large slim on content; each chapter expresses a single thought in as many different ways as he can to fill it out. Perhaps a good book for people who don't have any real problems, but simply get on each others nerves. It seems best suited for educated professionals who have little time for each other, misplaced priorities, and are sometimes confused or resentful. It should not, however, be used as a guide for understanding differences between men and women. On the whole it is a tiresome, over-written book to have to plod through, unless of course it is helpful to you. Some useful and positive, but heavily diluted and sometimes oversimplified information gives this book the rating it gets.
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Summary: EXCELLENT
Review: Man, Woman, Young, Old, it doesn't matter. If you approach this book with an open mind and an open heart and you truly wish to have life long relationships with your lover, then you will love this book !! MMWV has helped my lover and I tremendously and it has brought us through the best times and the worst times together...hand in hand. Get this book !!
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Summary: helps understand different way simple things are interpreted
Review: Gray shows how information is processed by a man and a woman differntly (some of the things I learnt a hard way in life). I wish I read this book earlier in life...it would have helped me save a few years of toil for me. Gray's practical suggestions are helpful. I wish he avoided the repetition. It would ahve made that much better reading. Prior to reading this I had the benefit of reading 'what love asks of us' by Denver and Nathaniel Branden, a book in the form of questions and answers addressing the various problems of communication between a man and a woman. I cherish this and do not hesitate to recommend to all those with an eye on improving spousal relation. Ram Kidambi
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