Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Everything I Know about Love: A Memoir by Dolly Alderton

230 reviews

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

jaanareads's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Lessons on life, love, and relationships of all kinds through a witty but sincere lens. 

Without knowing it, this book is exactly what I needed at this point in my life. Though I don't relate to all of Alderton's experiences, I resonated with her worries about love in the modern world and feelings of comparison throughout your 20s. Her vulnerability, honesty, and growth really touched me and I cried a few times towards the end of the book. I'm coming out of this book feeling immensely grateful for my female friendships and relieved that my twenty-something experience is a shared one.

I didn't understand the satirical emails and random recipes throughout the book. Not positive what exactly these bits added besides additional humor? Or just a way to break up the structure?

Overall, I'm really grateful I got to this book when I did. I think it would be a good read to revisit in a few years. I am holding this one close to my heart.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Alcoholism

Minor: Cancer

francescabooks's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Drug use, and Addiction

nailartklaudia's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Alcohol, and Cancer

patedm's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

3.75

Platonic love between women is the most special kind of love there is, and this book is proof of that 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Cancer, and Death

isaarusilor's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Eating disorder, Cancer, and Death

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

pullingthorns's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Drug use

elegpope's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

it def has moments that are better than others but i think for a memoir it’s very relatable and she has great development throughout it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Death, and Cancer

gabbynasty's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cursing, Cancer, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Alcoholism, Drug use, Addiction, and Eating disorder