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The Seven Stories of Love: And How to Choose Your Happy Ending

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I had a few expectations when I picked up this book:
1) Stories (or stories within stories).
2) Entertaining yet solid reading about human nature and
psychology.
3) That I would enjoy this book since like many people I want to learn
more about love and my own way of handling relationships.
4) I was intrigued by the idea that there might have been happier
endings for some of the stories in my live (both teenage loves
as well as adult relationships).
All 4 expectations were not met, and I barely finished the book.
1) I found the book dry, expository, with way too few examples
for each "story".
2) The author's idea for the "stories" is based on her
experiences and research (this is interesting). However, her
conclusions are all from a Freudian/Jungian "it's all the
curse of your childhood" perspective which I found too
limiting and ultimately not helpful.
3) I did not enjoy this book. And while I have acted out several
of these stories in my life, recognizing them did not bring
any new insights.
4) And, last: I did not find any useful insights into how to
choose a happier ending next time. And, thus the book did not
fulfill the promise made in the title, and reading it did not
make a bit of a difference in my own life.

The Seven Stories of Love helped me recognize my own story and see it in a constructive way. Now I can really enjoy being in love instead of letting my fears ruin my happiness. Also, this book gave me a framework to understand my friends' stories as well as my own.