Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

Tudo o Que Sei Sobre o Amor by Dolly Alderton

408 reviews

lgiery's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.0

The book I needed when I was in my early twenties, trying to be an adult and navigating love and dating. Reading Dolly's writing feels like talking to a close friend, and I love her satiric pieces on materialism, adult friendship, and all the silly rituals we do. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Eating disorder

sophiebee23's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.5

I think I came to this book with too high expectations. Maybe if I had read it a few years ago I might have found it more profound - as it was, I didn't feel like there was anything particularly revelatory in it. I still enjoyed it and so much of it mirrored my experiences of being in my twenties, and the sections that focus more on friendships and other people were definitely my favourites. I also loved the structure with the little interludes for a bad date story or a recipe. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death, and Eating disorder

libellumartinae's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.0

Alright, let's start with what I didn't like about this book; I felt like a good part of it was definitely a bit too romanticized and fictionalized, which isn't very good on a piece about real life, especially with the many details furnished by the author. I also feel like some stuff was a bit troublesome, especially about ED and such.

Still, I think it was a wonderful read, if not about the general romantic love, especially about the platonic kind; some parts hit me deep, and although I don't agree wholly on a few, it still helped me through be reflecting and search my own purpose in an age very similar with the author; she also does it in a very calm and chill way that is shown in her brilliant writing. Overall, it's probably one of the first tik tok famous books that didn't get on my nerves and neither disappoint me, so I applaud you Dolly Alderton! (and curse you for all the tears).

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

yilliun's review against another edition

funny reflective medium-paced

2.75

Edit: the more I let this book marinate the lower the rating drops

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Cancer, Fatphobia, and Toxic relationship

jennykre's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Alcohol

niamhcasey's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

Made me feel like it’s all going to be okay!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Eating disorder

allisonwatkins's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Cancer

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.0

Funny and endearing yet somewhat unrelatable. Having never been the party girl, Dolly’s life full of antics didn’t resonate with me. Even still, her viewpoints on love were consistently spot on. Dolly also uses a lot of English pop culture references and refers to places in England that I’m unfamiliar with, so, it was hard to determine what she was talking about in several places. The bond that she has with her girlfriends is admirable and makes me pine for those types of female friendships myself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Alcohol, and Classism

izzy_v's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

3.75

The Bridget Jones diary style of the majority of the book isn’t really for me, but I enjoyed the last chapters of reflection in particular. I think this book would be most relevant for a woman in their late 20s or 30s to read, so I might read it again in a few years. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, and Fatphobia

Minor: Death and Drug use

lotteee11's review against another edition

emotional inspiring fast-paced

3.0

The author is VERY millenial. The book is easy to read, but probably funnier with a bottle of wine

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Addiction