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sugasclementine's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Addiction and Drug abuse
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Fatphobia
orezevida's review against another edition
4.0
I found the drug talk in the earlier chapters quite annoying as it felt glamorised and really highlighted the author’s privilege, which isn’t her fault or a bad thing necessarily but it took me out of the story a bit nonetheless. Having said that, I did appreciate her candidness.
I enjoyed the familiar and colloquial tone of the book, and found myself chuckling and even laughing at a lot of things, which I don’t do very often with books. However, she can also write deeply and insightfully, such as in her chapters about
Overall, I really enjoyed this book and related heavily to the earlier bits, and could see my future self in the later stuff. If you’re not a heterosexual woman, didn’t grow up in suburbia or go to public (or private but she calls it public) school, I think you would find it difficult to enjoy this book as it might be hard to relate to the author. However, it does get more universal and reflective/ introspective in the second half so it may be worthwhile powering through to get to those bits. And if you just like the sound of reading about a woman’s personal experiences with love, friendships and self discovery, you’ll enjoy this too.
Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Eating disorder
malustedile's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Toxic friendship
lk_2109's review against another edition
2.25
I gave the books 2,25 stars cause of the last third, were dolly finally becomes a little bit more likeable. I also like the part about the eating disorder, because it felt real and vulnerable.
In my opinion, the book was definitely too long and should have been kept shorter to make it more enjoyable. As I said, a lot of unnecessary stuff like the recipes.
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, and Alcohol
claudiamacpherson's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Alcoholism and Alcohol
Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Grief
Minor: Sexual content
clarice_flora's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism
Minor: Drug abuse
laurataylor's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Grief, and Alcohol
jessicohen15's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Alcohol, and Dysphoria
dbrhplcd's review against another edition
1.75
What I hoped would be beautifully reflective book to help me navigate my 20s was a jumbled mix of bad anecdotes about binge drinking and cocaine and bad sex. I enjoyed the reflections at the end of each "phase" of her life but they were short and cliched, and I felt like we didn't have to stumble through her endless mentions of prosecco and chain smoking to get there.
It was disappointing because I expected reflections on the different types of love we experience in life, including family and friendships, but we only came to the startling realisation that we love our friends because of bad breakups. There was so much potential for that considering all the shenanigans the author and her mates got up to.
I am also feeling lost in my 20s but I'm not coping with benders and a bank overdraft. Am I... better than everyone?
Moderate: Drug abuse, Eating disorder, and Alcohol