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Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton

142 reviews

arthurjentges04's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

4.0

this book is incredibly well written and the audiobook well narrated. dolly alderton knows her shit and how to articulate herself. i found this book to be incredibly relatable for the most part (not so much the turning 30/existential crisis part, because i’m 19 and barely and adult lol, but the rest). this book speaks about societal pressures, romance, eating disorders, unhealthy coping through drug and alcohol abuse, growing into adulthood and out of your childhood, the importance of platonic love(!!!), loss and grief, letting go and accepting and sooo much more. no matter your age, this book has something important to say to you and you have something valuable to learn from it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Grief, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Addiction, Mental illness, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Death

beanie_bob's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.25

I’m thoroughly impressed with how organically the narrative grew with Dolly as she took us through her journey of teenager to twenty-something to thirty. It feels like we spend so long in the drunken, risky, exciting, enviable, sad era of her twenties but before I knew it she was growing up.

Sometimes when I hear myself talk I think ‘wow, I sound so much older than I feel’. I feel 15 all the time. I feel unreal and babyish and shrunk down. And then I’ll have something to say about relationships or expectations or communication, and I’ll be a little bewildered that I have anything ‘grown up’ to say at all.

Last year I must have picked up on the ripple effect of this book; girls online everywhere were talking about girlhood, about the vitality and richness of their female friendships. This book had been making the rounds. I cannot argue with Dolly; the greatest love I’ve ever had has been with my friends.

I can understand how someone could get tired of this book and DNF around 25%. It’s all very white, middle-class, and British. I don’t know how well her party girl bit would have been received otherwise. But I think there is an audience for this.

I’m reminded a lot of Fleabag, but less sad. And Bridget Jone’s Diary. Give this a go if you like either of those.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Eating disorder, and Cancer

Minor: Drug use

rachelann88's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

2.0

Didn't change my life, wouldn't recommend to most people. Memoir of a women in her teens and twenties. Conversation around relationships, alcohol, and self-identity. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Death and Cancer

wytherwytch's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

4.0

This book was slow to start for me. I just think I wasn't in the right mood for it but it got better as it progressed. It made me laugh, and it made it cry! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use, Death, Grief, Child death, Cancer, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Alcohol

hi_im_annie_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.5

A really lovely book in portraying your 20s, it felt reassuring to me to hear someone else talk about the importance of friendships instead of other relationships. I did find the narrative a little difficult to follow timeline wise sometimes but that is probably more due to me listening to it instead of reading it. I loved the portrayal of platonic love and did sometimes wish there was less about romantic relationships and more about friendships but that's quite subjective.
Would definitely recommend reading this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Alcohol, and Drug use

Moderate: Terminal illness, Cancer, Child death, Grief, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Fatphobia

teaganodders's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.5

I have little to no complaints about this book except for the fact that i, a chronically single person, read it the week of valentine’s day and was on the verge of tears (both happy and sad) for a majority of the book! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Death, Alcoholism, and Drug use

clariast7's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Death, Cancer, Mental illness, Alcohol, and Grief

sxndaze's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

Be the person you wish you could be, not the person you feel you are doomed to be. Let yourself run away with your feelings. You were made so that someone could love you. Let them love you.

a wonderful account on love and friendship throughout life. alderton writes about life in such an accessible way and hones in on the ugly and beautiful parts of growing up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Death, Cancer, Alcohol, and Grief

Moderate: Drug use

jessalicemorris's review against another edition

challenging funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

I absolutely loved this book! It went from happy to sad to hopeful every few chapters and it’s message is one of acceptance, love and realising you are enough. Cannot wait to read more from Dolly Alderton! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Death, and Cancer

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Drug use, and Sexual content

Minor: Addiction and Alcoholism

anaidszm's review against another edition

Okay, so maybe I had to many expectations of this book or maybe I should’ve know better, but it feel to self-indulgence for me and kinda boring at times. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder and Drug use