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abigaildey's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 ⭐️
1. I love Dolly Alderton
2. This felt like reading a diary in the most perfect way
3. I love that there was so much focus on her friendships throughout her life, it really makes me ponder more on the connection of friendship and love.
1. I love Dolly Alderton
2. This felt like reading a diary in the most perfect way
3. I love that there was so much focus on her friendships throughout her life, it really makes me ponder more on the connection of friendship and love.
chiara_dose's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Sexual content, and Death
melissafelicia's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
I really like it when memoirs contain a lot of honesty and vulnerability and this book about looking back on her 20s, really was all that. Some parts were very relatable, others were not, since I haven't been that much of a party-goer most of my 20s, but in general I loved reading Dolly's reflections and thoughts and finished this book super fast.
oliviadbourne's review against another edition
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
i was happy in the haze of a drunken hour, and heaven knows i’m miserable know
aannaascott's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
to start, i think that you do have to read this book at the right time to love it, and that for a lot of people, it might just not work with them. a good portion of this book is dolly alderton describing the unseen intricacies (strange, regretful, ludicrous, luminous) of being a messy young woman who makes bad decisions, struggles to understand herself, drinks too much, has no money, and loves her friends. if you're not interested in that, this book will likely grow tired for you very easily. however, as a messy young woman who checks all the above boxes, reading this felt like a time capsule, a nostalgia for the right now, a hug from a version of my older self saying "yes, i was there too. it's beautiful, isn't it?" while some of her interjections (while funny) got a little longwinded, it was never enough to bore me. the audiobook feels like talking to a friend, and who hasn't listened patiently through a friend's overly long side notes during a story? i have never read dolly's writing before, but this absolutely left an imprint on me, and i'd love to revisit it in 3 years, 5 years, 9 years, to see how it affects me then. she'll never read this, but dolly alderton, i truly and earnestly wish you all the best, and hope that i can grow into your level of grace and understanding for the world around you<3
marisa_jarrett's review against another edition
3.25
A mediocre read. Some parts were entertaining and nostalgic. Everyone can relate in some way to the clumsy ways young adults navigate friendship, relationships, and self discovery, and then the inevitable move toward your thirties. For me, the book lacked self awareness and substance.