Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Everything I Know about Love: A Memoir by Dolly Alderton

42 reviews

prism_'s review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Sexual content, Cancer, and Child death

hannahbailey's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted sad fast-paced

3.0

Whilst an easy and enjoyable read, I did come away from the book frustrated. Alderton was on the edge of something great here -- she's a natural born storyteller both in her writing and the speeches she recounts throughout the book -- but instead this memoir fell into the self-indulgent trap. From what I gathered through this text, the author has led quite a privileged life so far and I felt that she didn't do enough to acknowledge this. At no point does she recognise that growing up in/near London, attending private school, her whiteness and financial stability are at least part of the reason as to why she's successful now. Whilst this wasn't the theme of the memoir, which was love and relationships, I felt that ignoring these privileges made the book seem shallow. A quick google reveals she has since acknowledged her privilege in interviews. A quick google also reveals her real name is Hannah 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body shaming, Child death, Cancer, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Eating disorder, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

cecewho's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Eating disorder

antoniaodernein's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Body shaming, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Child death, Terminal illness, and Grief

lexipassno's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring lighthearted reflective slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

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

laurataylor's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

aliasbooklover's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, and Alcohol

simtrewhitt's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

kaitlynb06's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Eating disorder

laure_d's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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