Unabridged Audiobook
The first chapter was great and the sarcasm and humor had me excited for the rest of the story, however, I quickly started to change my opinion. I finished the book because it was recommended by a friend, but found it to be super depressing. The author is so much like my narcissistic unkind brother-in-law and his tone in approaching everything in life with a smart ass negativity began to get on my nerves. He briefly addresses what his faults are, but it’s very brief. I also didn’t love the irreverent way he talks about the Lord. I didn’t love the F words throughout. I don’t love the way he and his wife talk of hoping the other dies from cancer or various other means. I would even say it feels real. It just feels negative and mean-spirited… like how can I say these sentences in the most dramatic and rude way possible. Did it make me feel hopeful about marriage? Nope. Did I learn something that I’ll take away from this? No. At the end, he shares that you should expect your partner to cheat on you. I don’t think that’s healthy. I do think you need to be on guard for things like that. I don’t think it’s healthy to think it couldn’t happen. I think you should guard your heart and mind, not be alone with members of the opposite sex, communicate, work things out…knowing that if you don’t, you can leave the door open for this kind of thing, but expecting it to happen is a different thing entirely. I wanted to like this book, but I wish I wouldn’t have read it.
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