I guess a book on sex is always going to highlight just how diverse we are. Sex is perhaps the most basic of all our needs and yet it creates the most controversy and difference of opinion. All praise to authors who make an attempt. I read the book one and a half times before reading anyone else'...
It has some interesting food for thought, but I wouldn't agree with everything the author proposes. Had quite a few interesting insights but overall raised more questions than it offered answers to.
Really interesting food for thought. This bookis not exactly what it sounds like. Highly reccommended for anyone contemplating marriage
I have listened to as much of this book as I am going to listen too.....9:52 mins My least favorite of his books. I feel like he's grasping for topics to discuss now.
de Botton opening is forceful and dynamic. He makes some seriously interesting observations and asks some hard-hitting questions which strike the reader directly. That is all wonderful.When he begins to analyse different aspects of news, e.g. writing style and photography, for me the book became ...
I'm not often moved to write reviews, but given the near-universal praise that Essays in Love is receiving here, I felt obliged to warn people of how terrible it is.I've been unfortunate enough to read two of de Botton's books this year (the other being How to Think More About Sex, somehow even w...
They search in vain for the bones of Jean de Brunhoff and end up sharing a croque-monsieur on top of Édith Piaf. Back in their room, they pull off what Kirsten calls the “spermy bedcover,” spread a towel out, and—on paper plates and with the help of plastic forks—eat a dressed lobster from Britta...
I have rarely shared this aspiration with other people, but in private I have hoped for a hydraulic leak from the undercarriage or a tempest off the Bay of Biscay, a bank of fog in Malpensa or a wildcat strike in the control tower in Málaga (famed in the industry as much for its hot-headed labour...