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lacanadienneinreads's review against another edition
4.25
But Dolly's style, reflective, emotionally vulnerable but humorous, nostalgic and dreamy... It felt very intimate and familiar. Even situations outside my lived experience spoke to my understanding. And those that were reflective of my own life felt frighteningly accurate.
I'd recommend it to any woman, but especially those in their mid to late twenties, on that knifes edge between the girl you were and the woman you'll be.
Fair warning, I laughed, I cried, and I was triggered by some of the content.
Graphic: Addiction, Eating disorder, Cancer, Drug use, Alcoholism, and Death
katjayorke's review against another edition
3.0
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Pregnancy, and Sexual content
orchidd's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Eating disorder and Addiction
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Sexual content
miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition
3.0
Like i get that youre kinda saying this isnt life advice cause idk what im doing and no one really does, but also- seems an awful lot like it read as a book of life advice
I didnt like how it was put together: the email(?) letter(?) chapters added nothing for me, neither dod the recipes, and the lists felt annoyingly like she was trying to impart her opinion as factual advice.
The lack of chronology meant the chapters felt anecdotal and meant i didnt really have a connection to any of her friends. There were things that she obviously didnt mean as advice but because of the ordering of chapters got left open.
It didnt feel like she really opened and closed any of the same doors tbh
I feel like what was meant to be informal just became a bit cringey at times.
Not devoid of interesting bits but I definitely dont think it is something that is everyone needs to read in their 20s or whatever
Also i feel like she was like- all of these random stories from when i was black out drunk or obsessed with someone arent what i loved or arent what i am, what i love is what ive learnt from my friends- but then didnt really give us much (especially in detail) of any of the friends apart from Farley,like ok so tell me about that and about how they taight you what you know about love instead of just giving me a cursory page of lists at the end.
‘I do love these stories… but there are quite a lot of them Doll’- yeah… one might say that i actually didnt need to read them all
Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Grief, and Addiction
abicaro17's review against another edition
5.0
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
francescabooks's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Cancer, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Drug use, and Addiction
gabbynasty's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Cursing, Cancer, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Alcoholism, Drug use, Addiction, and Eating disorder
alisonfaith426's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Classism, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Death, Drug use, and Eating disorder
hannah_the_bookworm's review
3.0
Moderate: Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Addiction, and Mental illness
evasophias's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Alcohol