Unveiling 11 Relationship Styles: Secrets Nobody Told You
Reinventing Dating and Friendship Apps: Insights from Evolution, Science, and Psychology
The revealing self-help guide Unveiling 11 Relationship Styles integrates historical and scientific principles with aplomb, establishing a sense of authority on the subject of romantic and platonic relationships.
Ahmad Aljazeeri’s supportive interpersonal relationship guide, Unveiling 11 Relationship Styles, takes aim at the contemporary relationship-building market.
Rooted in its PICCK A SPICE philosophy, the book seeks to offer a comprehensive exploration of each of the eleven relationship styles—Playful, Intellectual, Creative, Culinary, Kind, Adventurous, Spiritual, Physical, Inspirational, Caring, and Empathetic—to act as a reference for identifying styles based on behaviors, desires, and common interests. The division of each style chapter into parallel sections is reliable but repetitive.
The “Moments You’ll Recognize” sections are sentimental illustrations of particular romantic styles—ones that are brief and dependent upon fictional narratives to the point of becoming inauthentic, if effective in conveying particular elements of each style. The book makes note of traveling as a method of Adventurous Bonding, touch as one for Physical Presence, and gift-giving as a sign of Caring Companionship, for example.
More distinctive are the sections devoted to “Defining the Style” and “Unveiling Historical and Scientific Treasures.” Here, clear, detailed, and digestible definitions are given for each style, followed by rich explanations of theories, studies, and observations stemming from a variety of sources. From the role of hormones to the altruistic concepts of philanthropia, tzedakah, and zakat, the heavy integration of general historical and scientific principles help to establish a sense of authority on the subject of romantic and platonic relationships. Most refreshing is the accessibility of activities and ideas offered in the “Relationship Revival” and “Places to Pick” sections; going beyond romance, they are rooted in the logic of sustaining excitement—and more importantly, love—through bonding and the breaking of habituation.
Supported by the plethora of information introduced in the first thirteen chapters, the book’s intentions come to fruition with its promotion of a forthcoming dating application built upon the framework of PICCK A SPICE. Once again, like the descriptions of each style, the details of this venture are thoughtful, emphasizing understanding and complemented by colorful visuals of the application’s design and functionality. Further, on the topic of dating and forging new friendships in the digital age, the book examines the benefits and drawbacks of extant applications and trends—inquiries whose objectivity is marred by the book’s disclosed stake in the dating application market. Still, its overarching deep dive into the “languages” of love, which is driven by the intention of not only initiating new connections but maintaining the spark of ongoing ones as well, is convincing.
Unveiling 11 Relationship Styles is an illustrative relationship guide that takes a proactive approach to love, friendship, and compromise.
Reviewed by
Cierra Taylor
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