Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton

46 reviews

mangofraiche's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Drug use, Grief, Alcoholism, and Cancer

yunuepub's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Grief, Mental illness, Alcohol, Death, Dysphoria, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Sexual content, Drug abuse, and Drug use

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

seasonofreads's review against another edition

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

5.0

As someone on the cusp of turning 30, this book reached deep inside me and pulled out some much needed nostalgia and epiphanies about the last decade. Dolly is funny and smart, daring and brave, full of good advice and searing insights, and honest about her flaws in a way that is inspiring. You don’t have to be a fabulous blond party girl to get where she is coming from. You only need to be a woman who is living through their 20s and 30s to feel seen by this book. I’d venture to say women of all ages would feel seen, but I’m not in my further decades yet. Dolly’s story telling is vivid and romantic and so personal that you will hear her voice in your head even after you close the book. I loved it every minute of this memoir of sorts. I will be inhaling her next book asap! I highly recommend this book to one and all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Death

Minor: Mental illness, Body shaming, Cursing, Grief, and Sexual content

aleilvandrea's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring relaxing sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Death, Child death, Body shaming, and Cancer

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Grief, Mental illness, and Fatphobia

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

catandherbooks's review against another edition

inspiring reflective medium-paced

It's hard to rate or comment on such an intimate and individual account of another person's experiences. I think I'll "get it" when I've lived/loved a little more.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, Death, and Mental illness

Minor: Drug use

libellumartinae's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.0

Alright, let's start with what I didn't like about this book; I felt like a good part of it was definitely a bit too romanticized and fictionalized, which isn't very good on a piece about real life, especially with the many details furnished by the author. I also feel like some stuff was a bit troublesome, especially about ED and such.

Still, I think it was a wonderful read, if not about the general romantic love, especially about the platonic kind; some parts hit me deep, and although I don't agree wholly on a few, it still helped me through be reflecting and search my own purpose in an age very similar with the author; she also does it in a very calm and chill way that is shown in her brilliant writing. Overall, it's probably one of the first tik tok famous books that didn't get on my nerves and neither disappoint me, so I applaud you Dolly Alderton! (and curse you for all the tears).

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Mental illness, and Eating disorder

yilliun's review against another edition

funny reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Cancer, Toxic relationship, and Fatphobia

catching5tars's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Cancer, Alcohol, Drug use, and Eating disorder