Love and War is a collaborative effort by John Eldredge and his wife Staci to write a book for couples looking to strengthen their marriage and commitment to one another. I have read some of John's other writings and have enjoyed and was blessed to have learned a little about myself, specifically from his book Wild at Heart, but I just could not get into this book.
I am a 29 year old man who has been married for almost 3 years and have a three month old son, this book was pointed to me and people like me and yet it just did not hit its target with me. The chapters tackled great issues, and contained some great insights to the importance of marriage and the spiritual battles that ensue because of marriage's most important symbolism, but the writing seemed choppy and with the switch back and forth between the husband and wife perspective just seemed to break it up even further.
All of my criticism is stylistic, substantively this is a very good book that deals with one of the most prevalent issues in western society, marriage. I would recommend it for all married people and even for those thinking about getting married in the near future so that they might know just a little better what is in store for them.
I received this book from WaterbrookMultnomah for free in exchange for this review.
