Love at First Sight examines the relationships of 50 celebrity couples to explain a ground-breaking theory of attraction that will revolutionize the way you look at everyone in your life. Author Suzi Malin helps you to unveil why you're in the relationship you're in-and whether your partner is really the right one for you. Through exploring astonishing celebrity case studies, you will discover why Bill Clinton was so strongly attracted to Monica Lewinsky; if marriage to Diana could ever have worked for Charles; and the sensational secrets of many other famous couples, including Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt, Liz Hurley and Hugh Grant, and Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi. Love at First Sight will give you all the tools you need to track down the true love you deserve-and recognize it when you see it!
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Suzi Malin is one of Britain's leading portraitists. Her work is represented in many museums, including the National Portrait Gallery.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fascinating book... just wish it was thicker,
By Candace Elizabeth "Elky" (Halifax, NS CAN) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Love At First Sight: WHY YOU LOVE WHO YOU LOVE (Paperback)
Years ago I walked in on my brother watching "Titanic" on television, and he was incredibly embarrassed... he'd always talked about how much he hated it. But there he was, and while he left the room within seconds of my entering, mumbling something about nothing else being on, he came right back in soon after, and sat down to watch it with me. I was wondering why he'd do that---my brother had a lot of pride---but then I looked from him to the screen and there was Kate Winslet, and it struck me that she was my brother in female form. Exact same eye shape, eyebrow shape, nose and mouth shape... even their jawlines were the same. He couldn't help himself... he was drawn to her like a magnet. Fast forward another few years and I was in a local bookstore, glanced down and saw the book "Love at First Sight" by Suzi Malin. I just HAD to get it. And I'm not sorry I did. A lot of people think these theories of her's are a crock, but I couldn't disagree more. I've tried her photo matching technique with myself and many of the guys I've been instantly attracted to (at least the ones I had photos of... mostly actors), and they either lined up perfectly, shared similar eye/eyebrow and mouth shapes, or they were clones of my dad when he was younger... or all three (my dad and I are harmonists... meaning we share the same facial proportions). And without an exception, I've been most attracted to the ones who resemble me/my father the most strongly. Like Malin I'm a portrait artist, and so maybe that has something to do with my fascination with this subject... I find myself comparing couples all the time to see how much alike they look. Of course sometimes they don't, which she also points out in a small section of the book entitled "Slow Love"... The three categories of visual attraction ("Harmonism," "Echoism" and "Prima Copulism") are only meant to describe the initial spark you get when you think you like someone just by looking at them, not yet knowing anything about their personality, interests or background... it's purely visual. That doesn't mean it's going to be the start of a lasting relationship (or even any relationship at all), which depends on many other factors besides whether two people find each other visually appealing... but then I suppose that should really go without saying.
I highly recommend this book. The only complaint about it I have is that it's not long enough.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Shocked at first sight,
This review is from: Love At First Sight: WHY YOU LOVE WHO YOU LOVE (Paperback)
I just came across this title in a bookstore and thought it's just another popular book about relationships that I read and forget. So I thumbed in and stuck with it for 20 minutes. I was shocked; here comes someone telling me that I was attracted to my partners, not because of love at first sight, but because of physical attraction of first sight. It was like downgrading my feelings. I thought I've fallen in love because of the personality, of the energy, and now someone tells, that at the first level I was looking for faces of similar shapes to mine... then I went back and bought the book!
I still find the topic funny. Compare the eyes, mouth, and nose, of my friends. However, the more couples I see, the more I find truth in her theory. Of course, I compared the pictures of all my ex-partners in Photoshop, and I was really surprised! Just looking at the pictures I didn't see the resemblances, but fitting half-half images revealed astonishing echoes and proportions. Once I was abroad, I fell so deeply in love that I couldn't eat and sleep for weeks after I've first seen that person. Our personalities were light-years apart; therefore, I didn't understand why that face comes into my mind without pause, even if I don't want it. It was very hard to overcome this strong attraction. Then, reading the book, I feel much better. She was like a copy of my mother, but not just the face, but all the body shape and hairstyle. Still, I like to remember her, because I feel good to see that face, but it's much easier to let it go. Then, when friends send me their wedding pictures, it's so nice to see how their smile is similar, their look, and their ambiance. It's like seeing the harmony in small details. Also, when I meet someone, I remember his/her face much easier. I examine the details now, the eyebrows, mouth, shape of nose, shape of the head, proportions, etc. I particularly like how S. Malin develops her idea on relationship characteristics. How men and women develop their attraction, what are the typical easy things and obstacles of each type of resemblance. A friend of mine, who also read the bought, commented that Jenifer Aniston and Brad Pitt are no longer together. Well, this book is not about why people separate, but why people get attracted. And I'm sure, Jenifer and Brad still feel the attraction, like I feel when I look at the photos of my partners of the past. Another great book on the topic "Falling in Love: Why We Choose the Lovers We Choose" from Ayala Pines, developing the psychological side. These two books fit super well together. All I can suggest is to free your mind and jump into this funny ocean of attractions. Then when you see a love couple on the subway, you might find yourself checking their eyelids. :-)
3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
fun for a party, dumb otherwise,
By The Rocketman (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Love At First Sight: WHY YOU LOVE WHO YOU LOVE (Paperback)
This is the type of book that is fun to thumb through in a bookstore (where I saw it), but don't waste your money on it.
The premise of the book is that we are attracted to people that either remind us visually of ourselves or a key figure (mother/father/nanny) when we were young. There are 3 categories of matches: a) couples whose faces are of the same proportion b) couples whose faces are of similar looking features (eye shape, mouth shape, etc.) c) couples where someone has features that remind them of their mother/father/nanny, etc. The first group are the "most attractive" as symmetry and proportion are quantitative measures of attractiveness. The theory is that this is why attractive people (like actors in Hollywood) date each other: their faces are both "proportioned". This is just silly. Everyone likes to go out with attractive people! So it's not surprising that attractive people like to go out with other attractive people. The third group is silly too. It claims that people are attracted to people who remind them of people from their youth. But what about the other side of the relationship? For example, it is claimed that Prince Charles likes Camilla Bowles over Diana because Camilla looked like his nanny. But this doesn't explain why Camilla likes Charles! The second group (of similar features) sometimes works in the pictures, but sometimes doesn't. Also, there are a lot of royalty represented which aren't as fun to look at because they aren't as familiar as, say, people in Hollywood. Photoshop has made it easy to paste pictures over other pictures for comparisons and it is fun to see the quality job done here. (Pasting Monica Lewinsky's picture on Bill Clinton's mom is a hoot as is to see the similarities of Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt pasted on each other.) But while this is a fun party gimmick, it doesn't explain a whole lot. Save your money.
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