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hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
It took me a while to get into it but by the end this book really packed a punch! It’s humble, enlightening and vulnerable. I loved how 90% of it focused on platonic love of friendship rather than romantic love.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cancer, Eating disorder, Mental illness
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
Listening to her read the book was much more rewarding than reading it myself. Her inflection gave more to the stories and conversations.
Sometimes it dragged and I was ready to move on from stages, Dolly was very unlikable for a while there. But I appreciate the growth that became apparent as it went along.
My favorite list was 28 Lessons Learned in 28 years. As a 28yo, it was more realistic than anticipated.
It’s nice to read about a woman going through life and messing up along the way like we all do. No one’s got it together.
Sometimes it dragged and I was ready to move on from stages, Dolly was very unlikable for a while there. But I appreciate the growth that became apparent as it went along.
My favorite list was 28 Lessons Learned in 28 years. As a 28yo, it was more realistic than anticipated.
It’s nice to read about a woman going through life and messing up along the way like we all do. No one’s got it together.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Dysphoria
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Moderate: Eating disorder
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Content Warnings
Moderate: Eating disorder
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
I don't read a lot of memoirs, but when I do, they will touch me in some sort of way. Dolly writes a really personal life story about love. I could not stop myself to highlight a few sentences here and there.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Grief, Alcohol
adventurous
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
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Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
Nice. A good over holidays read with a few nuggets of gold.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Eating disorder
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
i really thought i was going to love this book but after a while i just wanted it to be over.
although i enjoyed some of it - like her analysis of love and living with friends, and the everything i know about love at 28 chapter - i generally found it so unrelatable and the author to be insufferable.
at the end of the day it's a privileged private schooled white woman complaining about the stupid decisions she makes. i thought she was lowkey narcissistic and a bad friend at many points.
although i enjoyed some of it - like her analysis of love and living with friends, and the everything i know about love at 28 chapter - i generally found it so unrelatable and the author to be insufferable.
at the end of the day it's a privileged private schooled white woman complaining about the stupid decisions she makes. i thought she was lowkey narcissistic and a bad friend at many points.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Eating disorder
I can’t stop thinking about the fact she compared someone who did absolutely nothing to deserve it except exist to the size of a car. And it’s not like she doesn’t express remorse for other things she once thought, the whole book is her commenting on her old ways. She could have easily just added a line to say that it was something she thought then but would never think now. But she only showed growth around her own body image, not other innocent people in her path.
I don’t think Dolly is as grown up as she portrays herself to be or wants to be. Like someone else said, it feels a little bit like someone who just wants to tell all about their exploits as a teen and young adult but framed in a ‘look how much I’ve grown’ way to sell books.
I don’t think Dolly is as grown up as she portrays herself to be or wants to be. Like someone else said, it feels a little bit like someone who just wants to tell all about their exploits as a teen and young adult but framed in a ‘look how much I’ve grown’ way to sell books.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Alcohol
Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Eating disorder, Terminal illness