There's a lot of good information here, and I found myself highlighting passages left and right as bell hooks gave very insightful takes on the nature and preservation of love. The first half spoke a little more true to me, as I found it to be more relevant to my own experiences, though by the end it felt like the points were starting to exhaust themselves. That and the content starts getting a little too spiritual for my liking. Totally fine with bell hooks finding love and security with the divine, but that's not exactly an experience we share. It also ends rather abruptly with the whole "look for the angels" chapter, making it just such an odd place to leave the book. Add this onto the out of place shaming of two women when this is supposed to be a book detailing love and you have something that feels off balance tonally at parts.