Helpful information, annoying writing style

If I hear the term "shark music" one more time, I think I'm going to lose it!

The model of attachment in this book is simple yet very helpful, presented in a way that is easy to understand and accompanied with many concrete examples of application. Based on classes given to parents, you can see that the authors' approach is rather practical in helping parents establish a secure attachment, or repair an insecure one with many examples and quotes from parents. The authors help you understand where and how you may be struggling as a parent to respond adequately to the child's cues without laying blame, and helps identify what a child's needs truly are as well as how to address them.

Unfortunately, the content is extremely repetitive, in the sense that the authors say the same things over and over and over again in slightly different ways. The definition of "circle of security" is hashed and rehashed and rephrased continually to the point of excess. Certain terminology becomes mind-numbingly annoying with repetition, such as "the and" (which the narrator pronounces as "the end"?) to refer to the parent-child connection, or calling the feeling of parents being triggered by certain situations seemingly without cause as "hearing shark music" over and over, multiple times in the same paragraph, maybe 100 times or more in a few short chapters.

Book could've been half the length or less if more concise, perhaps in the form of a workbook or online interactive learning course. In an audio book format, it's impossible to know how far to skip ahead in order to pass the redundant parts.

The performance of the narrator is ok to listen to, but she had strange pronunciation at times which blocked comprehension.

Overall, the usefulness of the content of the book outweighs the nuisance of the heavy-handed over explanation and repetition.

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