Gary Chapman's "The 5 Love Languages: A Guide to Lasting Intimacy for Singles"

Rosaria: It opens your mind to understand why people act the way they do

United Kingdom on Nov 26, 2023

Kate: Classic at this point

United States on Sep 26, 2023

Mercedes Webb: I found this book through Mike Todd's book, Relationship Goals, and I have to say it is amazing!!!!! Get it, you will not be let down!

United States on Sep 20, 2023

tjhassman: I read the original "The 5 Love Languages" several years ago when I was in a relationship that ultimately didn't work. I needed the reminder of the ways to express love as I work to heal, improve relationships within my family, build a stronger community, and eventually dip my toe back into dating. Gary Chapman's thought that we all experience one particular language that fills our love tank is very easy to overlook in the hustle of everyday life, but I've seen how effective it is when someone intentionally speaks mine (quality time - with no phones, please). I loved the Singles Edition because while a large focus was on dating relationships, there were also sections on children, co-workers, parents, and more. It is so important for us to improve all of our relationships, and this book gave a lot of great ideas on how to do that practically. It is definitely one worth picking up.

United States on Jul 28, 2023

Melissa Denvir: Absolutely love this book. And would recommend it to anyone.

Makes you look at things different and how relationships could work out better and last a life time if we all knew how to speak eachothers love language and understanding eachothers love language.

I will learn alot from this book to having more lasting meaningful relationships deffinately.

This book will help you grow emotionally as a person.

United Kingdom on Sep 18, 2022

Amazon Customer: Although I am not a single person, this book was recommended to me as the best introduction to the five love languages for all relationships. There were parts that did not apply, naturally, but I do feel I gained a lot of valuable information. What are the love languages? Service, touch, gifts, words of affirmation and quality time.
It was interesting to find out my own, learn how to determine others, and how to speak so that others feel loved.
Now to put those ideas into practice!

Canada on Jun 16, 2020

Jordyn Theriault: Five years ago, in the context of a volunteer team, I was introduced to "the five love languages." It's the concept that every expression of love falls into one of five basic categories. Now, for the first time, I read one of Gary Chapman's books on the subject, The 5 Love Languages: Singles Edition. It explores this concept from the viewpoint of various singles (never married, widowed, divorced). According to the Goodreads rating system, "it was amazing"—that's 5/5 stars from me.

As an avid story-lover, I thoroughly enjoyed Gary Chapman's use of true stories to illustrate how an awareness of the five love languages has helped people cultivate, mend, or excel in their various relationships. Romantic, familial, platonic—the nature of the relationship doesn't matter. Of course, he's promoting his idea, so it's not in his interest to share instances of failure. Nonetheless, the book's versatile selection of success testimonies inspires confidence that there is great insight to be found in this philosophy. It's evident that the author really believes what he teaches.

There are some nuances or side points of The 5 Love Languages: Singles Edition that I question, but...

United States on Sep 27, 2019

Kindle Customer: This is a wonderful and inspirational book on the subject of love and relationship and Christian teaching. Content of the first half of the book is a repeat of original book, 5 Love languages.

United Kingdom on Jan 03, 2019

Amazon Customer: I really wish I had read this book a year and a half ago. My (former) counselor suggested this easy read - and it really is life changing. I'm halfway through and there were times that it hit home really hard. A friend and I got this one (for me) and  5 Love Languages - Updated: The Secret to Love that Lasts ) and we're going to compare notes to see if there's a difference and our own thoughts. Definitely looking forward to finishing it and discussing it with her!

Canada on Jun 20, 2017

Aidyl: Why I Choose this Book:

I was first introduced to the 5 Love Languages about six or seven years ago when I was in my late teens, and my world was literally changed. Around that time I read one of the 5 Love Languages books, but I’m not sure what edition. I figured it was time to do a refresher course, hence the reason for requesting this book.

What I Thought about this Book:

If I hadn’t already known about the 5 Love Languages and a lot of the material in this book, I think I would have had millions of light bulb moments going off. This book is a treasury of so much helpful information and explanations and logic that it’s crazy.

For those of you who don’t know, the 5 Love Languages are 1) Words of Affirmation 2) Physical Touch 3) Quality Time 4) Acts of Service and 5) Gifts. These are the five primary way that people give and receive love. It’s amazing how much sense this makes after you’ve studied it for a bit. Then pieces start falling into place, and the relationships you have can be greatly enhanced just by learning how to speak other people’s primary love languages.

I was a bit surprised how much of the book focused on the...

United States on Apr 07, 2017