Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Tudo o Que Sei Sobre o Amor by Dolly Alderton

98 reviews

alisonfaith426's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Classism

katiejohns's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death

Moderate: Mental illness, Grief, and Alcohol

violethazel's review against another edition

challenging inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

this book lowkey feels like barbie
there were moments of immense wisdom and truly fantastic parts to read, but they were scattered between lots of stories and stuff that didn't seem to have much point. hold on through those, and you will find gems, but do bear that in mind. heavy trigger warning for eating disorders and alcoholism.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, and Grief

isabellaliedtke's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

4.5

when i first picked this book up, i was going through it a little (very very lonely) and reading it made me feel even lonelier because it felt like dolly was having fun while i was sitting at home doing nothing. however, as i read more and more of her story, the more i understood the points she was making. like no shade, but at first i was like this girl needs to calm down. but then i was like ohhh i get why she did that. watching her spiritual journey unfold in the span of almost 400 pages was fun and i recommend every woman 18 and older to read it. i definitely will re-read this when i'm in my 20s, and maybe i'll be able to do this in a week or so.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death, and Eating disorder

Minor: Cursing, Drug use, Grief, and Alcohol

radfordmanor's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Grief, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

allydoessomereading's review against another edition

funny reflective medium-paced

3.75

Dolly Alderton reflect on her twenties and the love she felt and experienced in her twenties with such richness and passion. I feel envious of the depth to all the relationships she reflects on, and I feel comforted in learning about the existentialism surrounding love and ageing is experienced by almost all.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Terminal illness, Grief, and Alcohol

daryn's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Moderate: Medical content and Grief

lifeonasofa's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

lara_r's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

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