I found this a bit dense and hard to read. I skimmed the first few chapters but gave up at around 30%. Sorry.

This book was extremely thorough about many different types of relationships, though focused more on romantic/sexual relationships. I appreciated the depth of inclusivity and the stress that everyone will approach relationships differently. Despite this, there was a lot here that could apply to a large number of people and that I myself found helpful as well. I enjoyed the formatting of the book once I got used to it, with the little stops for reflection and the activities spread throughout. Additionally, I found the testimonials from people other than the authors to add some perspectives to the text. My only qualm was that it did seem quite long and quite dense and I did struggle to get through some of the sections. But overall, a useful and informative entry into the relationship self-help genre especially because it centers "non-normative" relationships unlike many other titles out there.

Although the authors write with a lot of empathy, kindness, and inclusivity in mind, it was hard to get into this book because the writing has a reoccurring issue of too much fluff and takes awhile to get into the substance of the book. Much of the content were long-winded and could be stated more succinctly. The constant cross-references (read more in chapter 3, chapter 5 talks about this…) as well as the constant reminder that everyone’s situation is different and will glean something different from the book (this is generally implicit from self-help genre) were distracting.

All in all, there is good content buried here but not the book for me.