Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton

39 reviews

books_withblooms's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

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

abicaro17's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

I laughed. I cried. I learned. I was worried with the first part of the book and the talks of eating disorders (which usually trigger me to dnf books) but, Dolly just got more interesting with each chapter. It definitely felt like either a podcast or a gossip sesh with a friend but the way it made me self reflect, cry, and fall in love with Dolly was incredibly meaningful. I normally take much longer to read nonfiction as I get bored but this took me a fraction of the time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Dysphoria, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Cursing, Medical trauma, Eating disorder, Acephobia/Arophobia, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Classism, Death, Medical content, Abandonment, Vomit, Sexism, Sexual content, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, and Terminal illness

laurajordensharris's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cancer, Child death, Drug use, Grief, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, and Sexual content

alisonfaith426's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Classism, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Death, Drug use, and Eating disorder

bookwormlily's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

I loved loved loved this book! For anyone feeling alone and lost in their twenties or in any life phase, also I recommend this book to ALL the women I know! Essential book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Death, Alcohol, Cancer, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Drug use

m4rtt4's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

3.5

"It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me."
Emotional, raw and tangible with some real good examples of how to do and not do your relationships, though it would have been better if I had related more to Alderton's life experiences (but do I wish to relate to alcoholism though?...)

All the parts where the story of her life went on were interesting and nice to listen to, but the more life guide -like parts that tried to be funny weren't really funny at all and made me cringe and wish they had been cut out. Still worth reading/listening to, especially if your sense of humour is different from mine lol

The part about getting older in the very end was my favourite one, as I have been experiencing a continuous aging crisis since I was effing 13 and it's still going strong now at 20, I'm absolutely horrified about turning 30 and yes I keep rambling on and on but yeah read this book especially if you are in your 20s or 30s thank you and bye

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cancer, Death, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, and Drug use

lifeonasofa's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Death, Gaslighting, Child death, Misogyny, Fatphobia, Grief, Sexual content, Eating disorder, Alcohol, Body shaming, Cancer, and Drug use

lindasoderlundd's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Alcohol, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Grief

Minor: Cursing, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

roseadelia's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

5.0

amazing, completely changed my perception on love. a love letter to female friendships.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Sexual content

amorgue9's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Minor: Toxic relationship