Title: Bad, Better, Best: Women and Men in Relationship
Author: Margaret Josephson Rinck
Publisher: PageTurner Press and Media, LLC
ISBN: 978-1649082985
Pages: 218
Genre: Food Counters/Psychology & Counseling / Parenting & Relationships
Reviewed by: Anthony Avina

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One common issue that many people deal with are the intricacies and problems that arise within relationships. While issues exist in all sorts of relationships, from parental and sibling, to co-worker and business relationships, the most common relationship that people focus on is that of the romantic relationship. However, the relationship presents itself, the couple in question will typically find that past the initial passion and emotions of a whirlwind romance, differences and cohesiveness will present themselves. As Franklin D. Roosevelt once said, “If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships – the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.”

In author Margaret Josephson Rinck’s Bad, Better, Best: Women and Men in Relationship, the author uses her expertise as a psychologist with a specialty in marital relations to bring readers a glimpse at how they can improve their relationships. Utilizing faith and religion as the backbone of her studies, the author brings a unique worldview to couples and shows the patterns that exist to showcase how dysfunctional relationships develop. Using humor and real-life experiences, the author offers an honest, interesting, yet impactful look at marriage as a whole. Through hope, healing, and inspiration, the author utilizes an easy-to-read style of writing to provide help to couples in need of saving their marriages.

This is a truly unique and thoughtful read. The author presented a healthy balance of both the negative and the positives of marriage, both highlighting the negative ways in which relationships can develop and practices in which marriages can fail, while also showcasing the steps couples can take to rebuild their marriages and create a more balanced and heartfelt relationship overall. The technicality and precision with which the author delved into these areas of relationships, all while bringing a heart and humor into the writing style itself to deliver these studies, made this such a fascinating read. Readers learn early on that this book is based upon a series of lectures, and the delivery of the book’s writing definitely comes across as a conversation being had, making this feel more honest and heartfelt in its delivery.

The author definitely crafted a fantastic book which would be perfect for anyone seeking help in their marriage, especially those who are seeking a more faith-based approach to relationships and those who enjoy non-fiction reads on marriages and relationships as a whole. A lot of readers like myself will find with ease many lessons the author presented still apply to everyday marriages as well, and the heart-to-heart that the author’s research presented was inspiring to read about.

Emotional, heartening, and captivating, author Margaret Josephson Rinck’s Bad, Better, Best: Women and Men in Relationship is a must-read nonfiction read on relationships. The attention to detail and the very personable way in which the author wrote will attract readers immediately to this book, and the author’s ability to relate faith and religion into the development of relationships and marriage will definitely hit a resonating chord with readers with a desire for more faith-based relationships.