Summary, Analysis, and Review of Gary Chapman's The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts PLEASE NOTE: This is a key takeaways and analysis of the book and NOT the original book. Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review of Gary Chapman's The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts includes a summary of the book, review, analysis & key takeaways, and a detailed About the Author section. PREVIEW: The core thesis of pastor/marriage counselor Gary Chapman's most popular book, The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts, is that most people have not yet learned the difference between in love and real love. Chapman begins by outlining these two loves as they apply to a marriage. Romantic love, which is akin to obsession, is an irrational, temporary, powerful, quasi-biological state that lasts roughly two years. This contrasts with emotional love, which is complicated, disciplined, rational, intentional, and ultimately enduring. People fall into patterns, and, as polemica