I loved parts of this book and despised others. For me personally, the explanation of the love languages was great, lots of details and potential ways to identify or act on that love language at the end of the section. However, I took major issue with quite a few of the real life couples and their examples or rather the advised approach. I think that some of them supported very misogynistic views, gave advice that could leave partners open to dv and allowed for terrible behavior such as weaponized incompetence or outright selfishness to continue. I will note that I did do some research and saw that this book was published in 1992 and that may speak to some of the , in my opinion ,poor advice or handling of situations based on the social norm of that era. I also think that some of the book suggests focusing energy onto one love language entirely and that seems odd. If your spouse was truly only filling one part of your marriage I think it would get old quickly as other areas would feel massively neglected. I will also say that I think that it's also highly unlikely that everyone in the world fit into one of these categories as I think that the universe was created with so many different types of people that simplifying humankind with only 5 options seems limited. Overall I can appreciate the opportunity this book provides to start working and exploring ways to fulfill needs and love your spouse in new and even more satisfying ways.