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John Mordechai Gottman, Nan Silver: The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work (1999, Three Rivers Press)

Review of 'The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work' on 'Goodreads'

I didn't want to be a marriage illiterate and this one was from the list of best books on this topic.

The book has great advice. Sometimes advice is counterintuitive, I like stuff like that. It could be a treasure trove for people who think that productive criticism exists.

It has great questionnaires to find and fix weak spots in relationships. Would I use them? I don't think so. But some raised questions were interesting, I didn't even think of asking them to my partner before.

The book could be much shorter, maybe 150 pages or so. But it's an easy read and it didn't feel boring.