Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton

88 reviews

aleilvandrea's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring relaxing sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Death, Child death, Body shaming, and Cancer

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Grief, Mental illness, and Fatphobia

wytherwytch's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

4.0

This book was slow to start for me. I just think I wasn't in the right mood for it but it got better as it progressed. It made me laugh, and it made it cry! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use, Death, Grief, Child death, Cancer, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Alcohol

hi_im_annie_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.5

A really lovely book in portraying your 20s, it felt reassuring to me to hear someone else talk about the importance of friendships instead of other relationships. I did find the narrative a little difficult to follow timeline wise sometimes but that is probably more due to me listening to it instead of reading it. I loved the portrayal of platonic love and did sometimes wish there was less about romantic relationships and more about friendships but that's quite subjective.
Would definitely recommend reading this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Alcohol, and Drug use

Moderate: Terminal illness, Cancer, Child death, Grief, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Fatphobia

clariast7's review

hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Death, Cancer, Mental illness, Alcohol, and Grief

my_a's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief, and Eating disorder

sxndaze's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

Be the person you wish you could be, not the person you feel you are doomed to be. Let yourself run away with your feelings. You were made so that someone could love you. Let them love you.

a wonderful account on love and friendship throughout life. alderton writes about life in such an accessible way and hones in on the ugly and beautiful parts of growing up.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Drug use

jessalicemorris's review against another edition

challenging funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

I absolutely loved this book! It went from happy to sad to hopeful every few chapters and it’s message is one of acceptance, love and realising you are enough. Cannot wait to read more from Dolly Alderton! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Death, and Cancer

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Drug use, and Sexual content

Minor: Addiction and Alcoholism

kimseokjinschild's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring lighthearted reflective tense medium-paced

3.5

This book really shows you the events of growing up and issues you encounter on the journey. I like that some of the chapters weren't really actual chapters, it added personality into the book.

Some parts of the book were great, but it also lost me a couple of times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Minor: Child death, Death, and Grief

christyn412's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

for my own taste, it had a slow start but great for women in their 20s (or approaching that age), particularly if you're lost and unsure about yourself. as a self-proclaimed "goody two shoes," though, the beginning was not as relatable as i might have expected. but i came to love it in the end! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Grief

death of a family member of a close friend

kaylahcc's review against another edition

emotional funny slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Cancer and Alcohol

Minor: Grief and Drug use