Modern Romance

If you watched Aziz Ansari's recent Netflix show, Master of None, then the content of this book might sound appealing. Unfortunately it is more of a clinical depiction of some of the great comedy from the series. The book itself focuses on the different ways people connect today, and how that's different than it was 50 years ago. What was the most interesting to me was how people connect around the world – in France, Japan and South America.

I found this incredibly interesting (as well as terrifying if I were to ever become single again). So much research went into the book and yet it was written in a way that was easily digestible and at times funny.

I really enjoyed it. If you are a statistics geek and love reading social science studies (I totally do), then you will get the most out of it. It also contains plenty of his humor which is great and adds breaks between the hard data.

I enjoyed this more than I was expecting to! I'm often disappointed by standup comedian books (although I keep reading them) because I'm like, this is just your standup written down, and I already saw your standup act. This was something different–it did overlap a bit with his bits where he reads audience member standup comedy but in this case I felt like it built off of and enhanced the standup act, rather than just replicating it.

The pop-sociology about choice and dating wasn't totally new to me, but was presented in an entertaining and useful way, and one that mostly reinforced my own experiences with online dating.

Also there is a whole page of photoshopping Dwayne The Rock Johnson into someone's vacation photos, which is an excellent feature for a book to have.

I think this is a book that everyone who is interested in romance should read. Is it the best written book? No. It has a few issues like repetitions and some imbalances. However, it was a book that truly taught me more about my relationship and even myself. It had a lot of interesting ideas and facts. I can easily say that it changed the way I see a few things in my life and not every book can accomplish that.

After a lot of press and a lot of hype, this book ended up being pretty good. I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys social science and/or Aziz Ansari's comedy. The book seems to weigh just the slightest bit more on the humor/comedy side, and that's why I think I would recommend the audiobook, which is read by the author. Biggest takeaways: 1 out of every 3 American couples that got married within the last 10 years met online, half of France thinks cheating is just fine, and Japan is just all sorts of weird.

Especially good for those looking for love. Less applicable to the marrieds.

Better than most comedians' books. Actually part humor, part sociology, and part advice column. Mainly about how technology and online dating have modified social norms. Feels a little like the jokes and the serious advice step on each other's toes sometimes. But I enjoyed it and found it surprisingly insightful.

This book brings laughter with an equal dose of understanding what it means to chase the most essential human pursuit, true love, in today's world. The great lessons here are not about how to find love faster, or how to become a Tinder master, but how to keep in touch with empathy when so much of our talking is through screens.