Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir by Dolly Alderton

92 reviews

daryn's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Cancer, and Alcohol

Moderate: Grief and Medical content

lifeonasofa's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Death, Gaslighting, Child death, Misogyny, Fatphobia, Grief, Sexual content, Eating disorder, Alcohol, Body shaming, Cancer, and Drug use

lara_r's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Terminal illness, Eating disorder, Medical content, Alcohol, Death, Chronic illness, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Pregnancy

linnybear's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

I was dreading it for the first 35% of the book, picking it up was like making your way through the torment mostly because I found it utterly unrelatable. Not that everything I read has to be relatable but I didn't find it funny nor interesting to read about an abandoned sheltered child turned out alcoholic who somehow found a great pack of friends and a job despite their problems with various substances. 

I stuck through it mainly for the writing, but then I cried as I read the chapter about Florence, and I thought how important the ending chapters would be to the younger me. Just proving the author's point that you don't need constant validation from anyone (especially a man), that you are enough, and showing it through her own experiences. 

It's not something groundbreaking that wasn't said before, quite frankly it has been said many many times but in this book it doesn't sound cheesy or condescending. And I actually quite liked how it wasn't really about love as much as it was about friendships, loss and making peace with yourself. I'd be happy human being if fiction authors write friendships exactly like in this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Eating disorder, and Grief

phiagrace97's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.5

Really really raw. While Dolly’s insights abs epiphanies did get rather redundant at points, I loved this memoir. Her friends and life experiences were so rich and familiar even in the bits I’ve never personally experienced. If you struggle with love and relationship, are in your twenties, or experiencing a period of growing pains, I highly recommend this read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Eating disorder, and Grief

lindasoderlundd's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Alcohol, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Grief

Minor: Cursing, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

tatjanasbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Terminal illness, Grief, Addiction, and Cancer

Moderate: Death, Body shaming, and Eating disorder

Minor: Fatphobia

brysonchristina1's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

Of all the books I've read this year, this was the most well written. Dolly's story isn't unique (not to say her life isn't interesting) but that's what makes this book so great. So many millennial women can relate to what she has to say. And sometimes the most empowering and affirming thing is to know that other people, other women, are going through, will go through, and have gone through what you're experiencing. And in a time when you're questioning a lot about your life and it's purpose (beyond ordering things off Amazon), it's relieving to realize you're not alone. I loved this book. It's what I needed, and I'm recommending it to all my friends immediately.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Drug use, and Grief

saarahkaatharina's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Alcohol, Cancer, Death, Drug use, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Grief

hypocrisis's review against another edition

lighthearted relaxing

2.0

I didn't hate it. some of the topics touched on were relatable and important to me but they were explored on such a surface level that it didn't bring me any particular enjoyment or insight. the writing style was too forced and stacked with bad metaphors. this is a book written from the worst of white feminist perspectives, privileged, naive and boring while aiming to offer somewhat political takes lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Death, Cancer, Body shaming, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Drug use, Body shaming, Grief, and Terminal illness