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booksforv's review against another edition
2.0
I’ll start by saying that I didn’t know anything about the author before reading her memoir, so I had no frame of reference other than the hype surrounding it. Because of the hype, I feel like I should have liked it a lot more but, sadly, I didn’t.
This memoir is about the very self-indulgent and self-absorbed life of a privately educated, middle-class, white woman navigating her way around her teens and twenties with her friends, pretty much just partying, drinking and taking drugs whilst going on some questionable dates.
Her female friends play a big part in this memoir, one way or another, but I’m not fully convinced by the conclusion the author draws at the end.
There were some good bits that made me smile (we all loved MSN!) and one that made me cry. My favourite part is the chapter about Florence and my favourite person in the book is Farly. I enjoyed when they went on holiday in my native Sardinia. I didn’t enjoy the fictional emails and the recipes dotted around the book, as I don’t think they added anything to it.
Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t terrible. Perhaps listening to it made me absorb it differently than I would have done by just reading it. Perhaps it didn’t fully resonate with me because I’ve never been a party girl and didn’t choose to be constantly surrounded by drugs and alcohol growing up. Perhaps it just wasn’t for me.
Sorry, Dolly! I’ll still read Ghosts.
This memoir is about the very self-indulgent and self-absorbed life of a privately educated, middle-class, white woman navigating her way around her teens and twenties with her friends, pretty much just partying, drinking and taking drugs whilst going on some questionable dates.
Her female friends play a big part in this memoir, one way or another, but I’m not fully convinced by the conclusion the author draws at the end.
There were some good bits that made me smile (we all loved MSN!) and one that made me cry. My favourite part is the chapter about Florence and my favourite person in the book is Farly. I enjoyed when they went on holiday in my native Sardinia. I didn’t enjoy the fictional emails and the recipes dotted around the book, as I don’t think they added anything to it.
Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t terrible. Perhaps listening to it made me absorb it differently than I would have done by just reading it. Perhaps it didn’t fully resonate with me because I’ve never been a party girl and didn’t choose to be constantly surrounded by drugs and alcohol growing up. Perhaps it just wasn’t for me.
Sorry, Dolly! I’ll still read Ghosts.
sichloeng's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
3.75
jlbutler's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Eating disorder
ivyninareads's review against another edition
5.0
RAAAAAAHHHHHH.
I. LOVE. THIS. BOOK.
My two best friends are coming over tomorrow, and even though neither of them are readers, this is one of those novels that I am just going to have to get them on to.
Dolly Alderton somehow cut right to the middle of my brain, took a look at my mess of thoughts and described each of them back to me in perfect anatomical detail. This book is a walk in the park. It's a breath of fresh, validating air. It's adventure and growing up and learning. It's FEMALE FRIENDSHIPS. This book is one of the best that I've read that focuses on female friendships and I loved it for that.
There were entire pages of Alderton's memoir that I underlined and circled and drew all over. It felt like every sentence needed a tick next to it. A little checkmark to agree or to commend the author for how much I related to her sentiments and words.
This book just feels like such an ode to the girls, even though that's not entirely what it is about.
I just loved this book so very much. A very motivating read to start the year off with.
<3
I. LOVE. THIS. BOOK.
My two best friends are coming over tomorrow, and even though neither of them are readers, this is one of those novels that I am just going to have to get them on to.
Dolly Alderton somehow cut right to the middle of my brain, took a look at my mess of thoughts and described each of them back to me in perfect anatomical detail. This book is a walk in the park. It's a breath of fresh, validating air. It's adventure and growing up and learning. It's FEMALE FRIENDSHIPS. This book is one of the best that I've read that focuses on female friendships and I loved it for that.
There were entire pages of Alderton's memoir that I underlined and circled and drew all over. It felt like every sentence needed a tick next to it. A little checkmark to agree or to commend the author for how much I related to her sentiments and words.
This book just feels like such an ode to the girls, even though that's not entirely what it is about.
I just loved this book so very much. A very motivating read to start the year off with.
<3