Book Reviews of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus: A Practical Guide for Improving Communication and Getting What You Want in Your Relationships

I know many here have given this book excellent reviews, but I found it to be like it was making excuses for the behavior of men, that they just can't control it. I just don't but that.

The greatest book on earth to understand the differences between men and women. You will finally understand why people act certain way.

When the men in your life are worried, do they hunker down like bears in a cave? Do they act like they don't want to talk to you at all, while you keep wondering why they are mad at you?

If this sounds familiar, read this book. Dr. Gray does an excellent job of explaining how men and women respond to life's challenges and problems and why their responses are so different. This book enabled me not to get upset when my husband disappeared behind his computer for long periods, especially when I knew he was under pressure at work. It was a revelation, to say the least.

It is written in deceptively simple language. Don't judge it harshly for that. It has some very basic truths to offer you.

non-fiction
a practical guide for improving communication and getting what you want in your relationships
great self-help reading

Are you and your mate having troubles understanding one another? Do you feel like you've made something perfectly clear, but your mate isn't comprehending what you're saying?

This wonderful book may help you better communicate with each other. Men and women are raised differently, despite the best efforts of others to raise them equally. As children, boys create a different social community and a way of communication from girls. This gap tends to become larger the older we get. Gray provides translations of "Venusian"(woman) to "Martian"(man) and "Martian" to "Venusian". Some of the most common phrasing for both sexes is found here and will take the guessing game out of these ambigious statements for both sides.

Men and women think differently. It's something one must learn. While some people may think that this book provides "excuses" for behaviors, I simply found that it explained them. Once one understands them, one is better prepared to handle them.

I recommend this for all couples alongside "The Five Languages of Love" by Gary Chapman and "The Color Code" by Taylor Hartman.

I liked this one. I would read a few pages and then ask my huband if what I read is really how men feel, and I was surprised and learned alot from his answers.

Very good if you want to further your relationship with the opposite gender. It helps understand male/females in general, too.

I loved this book and my husband and I read it together and use a lot of the communication skills that John Gray teaches in our marriage. Must be working 22 years and we are still happily married!

Great guide to romantic relationships, and the complexities that exist between men and women.

Great practical advice on the differences between the sexes and how to deal with them.

This is the original version.

Dustjacket has 1 1/2 inch terar along spine.

Good book.

This stuff seems stunningly obvious, but then again, I guess it is not given how many copies of this book were sold!

A great book for learning the communication differences b/w men and women

A classic self-help book on communications

On back cover...."A valuable, much needed book. A contribution to the understanding of the communication styles of men and women." --Harville Hendrix, PH.D., author of Getting the Love You Want

crazy world we all live in . good relationship book for man or woman

It was very insightful and I really learned alot by reading it.

THIS HARDCOVER BOOK LACKS A DUST JACKET.

Entertaining. A valuable, much needed book. A contribution to the understanding of the communication styles of men and women.

I think that by now everyone knows this book, but if you haven't read it yet, it is certainly worthwhile.

memorize this book.

I really like this book. It helped me understand how my husband thinks.

Described as a rare non fiction page turner!

Written well. Has good info but reader must be willing to put it into practice to see the true benefit of Dr. Gray's approach to mending relationships.

Book outlining the difference..and the reason for the differences between men and women.

A contribution to the understanding of the communication styles of men and women.

This book is wonderful for learning why your mate does, acts, and says the things he/she does.

This book heped me to understand my husband's behaviors and how to better communicate with him back when I was in my 20's. It also reassured me of some of my own feelings, I'm not alone. Other women are feeling as I do sometimes.

"A valuable, much needed book. A contribution to the understanding of the communication styles of men and women."

The national bestseller in its complete form.
Once upon a time, Martians and Venusians met, fell in love, and had happy relationships together because they respected and accepted their differences. Then they came to Earth and amnesia set in: they forgot they were from different planets.

Using this metaphor to illustrate the commonly occurring conflicts between men and women, Dr. John Gray explains how these differences can come between the sexes and prohibit mutually fulfilling, loving relationships. Based on years of successful counseling of couples and individuals, he gives advice on how to counteract these differences in communication styles, emotional needs and modes of behavior to promote a greater understanding between individual partners.

helps you understand your mate - has some good observations and insights into why we do what we do.

A practical guide for Improving Communication and Getting what you want in your relationships. A valuable, much needed book. A contribution to the understanding of the communication styles of men and women.

didnt read; seems ok

It's hardcover and very new!!!!

A contribution to the understanding of the communication styles of men and women.

A great insight into the differences between men and women: what we want and how we communicate.

a great book to understand your man... and yourself!

very good lots of info

"A valuable, much needed book. A contribution to the understanding of the communication styles of men and women" -Harville Hendrix, Ph.D. author of Getting the Love You Wantoye

Bestseller.

Psychotherapist Gray ( What You Feel You Can Heal ) adds to the growing number of self-help books that assess marital and relationship problems in terms of distinct and pervasive gender differences. Unfortunately, his overuse of gimmicky, often silly analogies and metaphors makes his otherwise down-to-earth guide hard to take seriously. Here Martians (men) play Mr. Fix-It while Venusians (women) run the Home-Improvement Committee; when upset, Martians "go to their caves" (to sort things out alone) while Venusians "go to the well" (for emotional cleansing). While graphically illustrative, the hyperbolic, overextended comparisons, particularly in the chapters that refer to men as rubber bands and women as waves, significantly detract from Gray's realistic insights.

Good insight for things we take for granted as silly, but that really have a meaning for them.

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