Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton

6 reviews

laneyreadz's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

5.0

I really enjoyed this book. Perfect way to begin my 30th year on this planet. I highly recommend if you’re in your 20s or 30s and need a little insight about how to live and how to love. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Cancer

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, and Grief

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

hannah_the_bookworm's review

challenging inspiring reflective

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Addiction, and Mental illness

bookworm247's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

sophjones95's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment and Addiction

killeenm's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

3.25

The first third of this book felt shallow and I wasn’t sure why I kept listening (maybe just for the British accent). The second third got much better, and I particularly resonated with Dolly’s experience of watching her friends find their life partners. Her insight was really helpful. The final third was a 5 star read, and I felt that’s when it really got into what she knows about love. I think the first parts were necessary to build the third, but I think they could be better (and spend a little less time talking about cocaine.) I found myself recommending this to my twenty-something year old sisters by the end. It’s a quick read and a nice exploration of dating in the age on dating apps. would recommend to most twenty something year old women. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Cancer, and Death

Moderate: Eating disorder and Sexual violence