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Summary: An easy to understand guide to you and your mate.
Review: As a student of Marriage and Family Psychology, I have found the material contained in "Men Are From Mars..." to be extremely thourough and exact in the methods that John Gray offers to help troubled couples. I have quoted more tips out of his book as a resource for my writings than most of the standards of Marriage and Family Psychology. It is also practical for people who struggle to find out the workings of the opposite sex. This book demonstrates the communication breakdowns that happen between men and women in a very simple format having to do with easy to understand charts and cause and effect situations. This book will seem like it makes generalizations, but one should understand that this book was not aimed at a specific population, but rather one in which everyone can understand. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has ever wondered what the other side is thinking. This may be the answers that you are looking for.
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Summary: Excellent handbook -- park it by the toilet!
Review: Very good characterization of the subtle differences in the communication modes and thought processes of males and females. Wife & I found author's analogies to be right on target in many cases. It helps us identify "hard spots" we get in, which is the first step in getting through to a solution. Now, for example, both my wife and I can understand that/when I'm in my cave. Our next step: get Wife to stop climbing into my cave to see what's wrong and to help with whatever I might be doing in there!! I like to review portions of the book periodically to help keep things in perspective. That's why I keep it in the bathroom. I look forward to a sequel about "Mars and Venus in the Workplace."
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Summary: Helped me out of a rut
Review: This book gives one practical ways to solve often painful problems. My feeling while reading it was: i wish i had read this sooner..
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Summary: yes, I'm afraid it is garbage
Review: Just another biologically determinist argument for the status quo. Force yourself to read it if you must, but, be warned, it is painful
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Summary: Is this book written by a human?
Review: I could not force myself to finish this book.
It is garbage. The fact that it is on the bestseller list makes me fear for our society. "Doctor" Gray delivers justifications and generalizations that would do well as comedy or in a high school locker room. Unfortunately, it is being taken seriously.
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Summary: I laughed and learned all the way through it
Review: This book clarifies the complications and
differences in "sytles" between men and women.
I laughted all the way through this book. And I
can't tell you the number of times I said
"Honey, listen to this..." as I read to him stories
which we had also been through. The book stresses
the importance of TALKING to each other and HOW
to communicate. Ever wonder why men won't ask for
directions? Read the book, it's in there!
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Summary: Overdoing a single idea?
Review: The opening chapters of this book are riveting.
This is good - men and women do not speak the same language. I have always known this but was unable to articulate it as well as John Gray.
We read pieces of it to each other, laughing and giggling we say "yes, that is how you behave" and "now I know why you act that way".
I continue to read, the chapters take on a certain sameness, this is really overdoing a great concept, a single idea. I nearly finish the book, but ennui overtakes me. The book is sitting unopened by my bedside, will I pick it up again?
I like the idea, it is the book for new age guys and gals, we need to understand one another, we are different, both in body and mind. I buy it for my son who has just become engaged - to ensure his relationship continues to grow.
Final comments:
Destined to gather dust on the shelf.
Kenneth J. Hunt
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Summary: very intriguing explanations on relationships.
Review: A guide which helps simplify the complications between men and women. Explains with great details about the importance of communication and how to communicate with eachother. Very intriguing for frustarated couples
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Summary: Two or three really good points padded out for 300 pages
Review: Gray makes some fundamental and valuable observations on the relationshipps between men and women, ideas that we can all benefit from.I just couldn't understand how he could extend these for 300 pages.It must be tempting for some readers to memorise and even "parrott" his conversational openers in a way that their partner will quickly recognise and discount.How can this book have survived for two years on a best seller list? It certainly beats me
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Summary: Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus: Strange Reading
Review: Although John Gray may have a theory on how different men and women are, there's one fact that he can't deny-- that NOBODY really knows EXACTLY what the differences are between the sexes besides the obvious. There is another thing that he doesn't acknowledge, either, and that is there's things that make people in general different, like personality, personal preferences, and stuff like that.... John Gray also needs to acknowledge that there's way TOO MANY differences between everybody that there's no real way to peg it down, and by a person's gender does not always work, because there's people that have different thoughts on what they can do because of their gender. Piece of advise for Mister Gray: next time that you choose to write a book, don't try to act like the genders are THAT different!!! I happen to know that there's women that can do LOTS of things outside of childbirth & rearing a family that we can do just as good, if not better than a man!!!
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