Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Sve što znam o ljubavi by Dolly Alderton

94 reviews

laurataylor's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Grief, and Alcohol

jessicohen15's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

3.25

Read this on my period and it had me reflecting on my romantic and platonic relationships hard. Just called my therapist to make an appointment after ghosting her for a full college semester. I took a lot of good from Alderton’s wisdom, many perfect anecdotes for my notes app, but can’t help but feel sad after finishing because it’s a memoir. Real life, not a fantasy and a reminder that life is flawed and not wrapped up all nicely with a bow on top. Go after life. That’s my takeaway.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

savvylit's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

3.0

There were several portions of EIKAL that were written in list form. In that spirit, this review will be a list too.

The good:
+ The female friendships! The most entertaining, heartwarming, and insightful portions of the memoir were about Dolly's friendships.
+ The "everything I knew about love at age ____" sections. Genuinely funny and relatable. I loved seeing how her views on dating and life changed from her teens to age 30.

The bad:
+ The humor, which trended towards clichés.The strongest parts of this book were when Alderton wasn't trying so hard to be funny.
+ The recipes. I know food is an important part of Dolly's life but the inclusion of an occasional recipe felt unnecessary and uninspired.
+ The fake party invitation emails. Again, clichéd humor that felt a little forced.
+ The length. This memoir was simply too long.

After feeling very underwhelmed by both this memoir and Samantha Irby's Meaty, I think I have officially decided / realized that confessional blog-style memoirs are not for me!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Eating disorder, and Grief

Moderate: Drug use and Toxic relationship

anouks_books's review against another edition

adventurous funny reflective fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Eating disorder, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction

mince's review against another edition

adventurous funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Mental illness, and Sexual content

gracesullentrup's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Death and Drug use

Minor: Body shaming and Grief

waybeyondblue's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Drug use

spaghettireads's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Mental illness and Sexual content

laure_d's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Eating disorder, Grief, and Alcohol

nialiversuch's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Cursing, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy