How to Avoid Falling in Love with a Jerk: The Foolproof Way to Follow Your Heart Without Losing Your Mind by John Van EppMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
There are two things to talk about here: the writing and the content.
The writing is by and large engaging. It drags on at bits, but usually brisk and to the point. The advice is clear, though not too directly actionable. The stories are the most informative, because they illustrate principles that are hard to imagine sometimes otherwise. All-in-all, a decently written book. I did wish the research was quoted a little better, maybe footnotes, for easier delving deep. Which brings me to content.
For the most part, I felt like the book was generally giving good advice. It seemed logical, the research supporting it seemed relatively believable. Then, towards the end, it quoted some data that didn’t seem quite right. The interpretation seemed to confuse correlation for causation. The problem is, I have prior opinions about parts of this book and so I can’t judge it without bias. It does quote research and is written by a practising expert, so I’ll give it the benefit of the doubt. I’ll follow the footnotes at some point and decide what I feel about the content.
Worth reading with an eye open. Don’t fall asleep at the wheel and take it for gospel. Do your own research.
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