Audiobook: If My Husband Would Change, I would be Happy (& Other Myths Wives Believe) by Rhonda Stoppe

 

I listened to the audiobook version of If My Husband Would Change, I would be Happy (& Other Myths Wives Believe) by Rhonda Stoppe. 

The audiobook is read by the author and she has a casual tone to her reading style. I had mixed feelings about this book.This author is a pastor's wife. She said she and her husband often do marriage counseling. He chimes in with his views at the end of the chapters--except she reads that part too. I wish that he read that part instead of her as it would be more meaningful to me to hear the shift in voice from female to male on the part written by the male. 

If My Husband Would Change offers advice that I think would be most helpful to young married people. However, it may also be helpful to those who have been married for awhile. She does share a couple stories that I found rather cringe--like the story of their honeymoon trip to Old Faithful where she takes a laxative after being constipated on the trip and then goes for a hike. Yikes. I know she is just trying to keep it real but for me that was TMI. She shares personal stories from their marriage throughout the book. There are also a few stories about other couples shared.

Throughout the book, I do think they tried to keep the advice true to what they believe the Bible says. I have been married nearly 25 years to the same man, and our struggles were pretty different than the ones in the book. I could relate to some parts of her story and other parts not as much.

Also, in If My Husband Would Change, the author refers readers to their website to watch video clips. I am not a real fan of that, which maybe shows my age, but I can see where others would like that aspect of the book. There are questions at the end of each chapter. As a visual learner, I would rather read this book to see the questions than to listen. Otherwise, the audio book was fine.

I received an audio copy of this book from the publisher and the author through JustRead Tours. All opinions within this review are my own.