Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir by Dolly Alderton

36 reviews

cutepatzie's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

3.75

It's a good book but many elements maybe will not fit the life of people. It's still a good book, it's very reflective about life. Its have good advice but as I mention not everything is for everyone. But still is a good book to read at least once.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Grief, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

luananki's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

3.25

i really really wanted to love this book and there were definitely parts i loved and enjoyed but it also contained a lot of aspects and decisions i didn’t understand

the first third of the book felt very slow and i found the drug and alcohol abuse in that part very frustrating but i enjoyed reading about her twenties a lot, which might be due to the fact that i’m in my twenties

not sure who i would recommend this to

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Eating disorder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug use, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Minor: Misogyny and Medical content

emilydinhtea's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Death, and Grief

Minor: Body shaming

ryanbada's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, and Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Drug use and Suicidal thoughts

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.0

overall, i really enjoyed this. it was witty, relatable, and just fun. i would recommend to anyone who is feeling lost in life

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Alcohol

laurabenitez's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Terminal illness, and Alcohol

hannahbailey's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted sad fast-paced

3.0

Whilst an easy and enjoyable read, I did come away from the book frustrated. Alderton was on the edge of something great here -- she's a natural born storyteller both in her writing and the speeches she recounts throughout the book -- but instead this memoir fell into the self-indulgent trap. From what I gathered through this text, the author has led quite a privileged life so far and I felt that she didn't do enough to acknowledge this. At no point does she recognise that growing up in/near London, attending private school, her whiteness and financial stability are at least part of the reason as to why she's successful now. Whilst this wasn't the theme of the memoir, which was love and relationships, I felt that ignoring these privileges made the book seem shallow. A quick google reveals she has since acknowledged her privilege in interviews. A quick google also reveals her real name is Hannah 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Alcohol

antoniaodernein's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child death, Terminal illness, and Grief

laurataylor's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Grief, and Alcohol

afion's review against another edition

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, and Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug use, and Terminal illness

Minor: Homophobia and Transphobia