Reviews for It's Not You, It's Biology.: The Science of Love, Sex, and Relationships

The average rating for It's Not You, It's Biology.: The Science of Love, Sex, and Relationships based on 2 reviews is 2 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-09-12 00:00:00 Brittany Brinkman There is some interesting information in here for those otherwise unexposed to evolutionary psychology ... or, for that matter, stray issues of Scientific American or even Psychology Today. To his credit, Quirk has produced a quickly readable and occasionally amusing book here, but I am not sure that anything really sticks in the memory in terms of cogent support of the title's pithy thesis. In essence, this is a dilettante's paean to science, which in itself is admirable. However, Mr. Quirk occasionally blurs the lines defining his level of involvement in this enterprise, and there are moments in which it seems as though he feels that producing this book has made him a practicing biologist. This will likely not be a major issue for many readers, but to me it speaks to the end product's general impression of being a book not completely sure of what it wants to be.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-06-04 00:00:00 Raul Maximus What a terrible book. As he says, he's a fiction writer exploring biology without credentials. Some parts are good but just as you're beginning to see where he's coming from, he throws in his own wild ideas. If this is intended to be humorous, bravo. Otherwise, avoid.