Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton

70 reviews

samcanuel's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.5

I’m not usually someone who picks up a memoir, but this came strongly recommended to me and I do not regret reading it! Dolly is funny and insightful and real. She really understands womanhood, growing up, friendship, and the intricacies of relationships with other people. I would recommend this book to people who are struggling with being in their 20s, people who love their best friends, and anyone who enjoys a good memoir.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Sexual content

malustedile's review against another edition

medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Death, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Cursing, and Drug abuse

emilymhb's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

5.0

I think I chose to read this book at the perfect intersection of my life, at nineteen years old after the start of a New Year. Nothing felt more right that to have the first words I read in my year to be such open, raw, and personal anecdotes from a woman who knows about love in all of its forms. I am so excited to revisit this book at 21, at 25, at 28, and at the dreaded age of 30 to see what else I can mine from this lovely author’s words. Thanks Doll. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer

Moderate: Sexual content, Drug use, and Alcoholism

tenderrebellions's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

2.5

• very much was a love letter to her best friend - I appreciated that this book didn't center romantic love
• at times felt like the alcohol and hook ups were a bit glorified. It was described as self-destructive inone sentence - and then like a great adventure and loads of fun in the following paragraph.
• While reading I got all the details about the spiral into anxiety and a dark mental place. But the journey into a healthy life didn't receive as much attention in the story. I was left feeling like the dark times were the best ones, they were the adventure - everything that follows just a footnote. As someone who sometimes struggles with not glorifying their own turbulent past this wasn't a great read.
• the book does a beautiful job at capturing the "is this all there is"-feelings when nearing your 30s. And the feelings of jealousy / being left behind by all your couple friends and the loneliness that can sometimes come with being single.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Addiction, Eating disorder, Cancer, Alcohol, Death, Mental illness, and Sexual content

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.0

overall, i really enjoyed this. it was witty, relatable, and just fun. i would recommend to anyone who is feeling lost in life

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body shaming, Drug use, Child death, Cursing, Eating disorder, Death, Grief, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

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

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Cursing, Fatphobia, and Grief

Minor: Sexual content

artemisvlassi's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Alcoholism, and Cancer

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

miriameckl's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Alcohol, Cancer, Eating disorder, and Sexual content