I think this is a very interesting book that definitely makes me question some of my assumptions about love.
However, I did not really like the writing style. The many personal stories of the author felt intrusive into the privacy and image of these people, not because it is bad to talk about the challenges other people face in love (to some extent I think it is mean to expose people like that, but at the same time this might be one of the reasons many people have problems talking about the "taboo" topic love), but because she seems to overgeneralize their behaviour. Blaming it on the fact that they are men in a sexist world, grew up in a capitalistic society.

I wish bell hooks could have been more specific in many of the claims she made. But maybe I am just reading too many natural sciences books, and I am used to hard facts. I guess love does not work like that.

(I would actually almost give 2 stars only, but I will think about this book for some more time before I do any low rating. Maybe this is one of the books that needs more time to sink in)