Review: The Course of Love

The Course of Love by Alain de Botton
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

A story about falling in love and also about falling out of love. The story of Kirsten and Rabih: how they meet, fall in love, marry, have children, have problems, get bored with each other and try to make something out of their marriage.

Inserted through the book, in between the story of the marriage, are the author's reflections on love, life, marriage. Though we are urged to identify deeply with these characters, and to reflect on his and her own experiences in love (as the book description reads), I found Kirsten and Rabih quite boring, so it was not the easiest of tasks.

I know love has many stages, and boredom can certainly be one of them, but I just couldn't relate to this couple. I did find the authors' reflections on love and marriage very interesting, and this is what makes it a good book, in my opinion. Who hasn't been in a great-good-bad-mediocre relationship?


I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

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