Reviews tagging 'Dementia'

Ghosts by Dolly Alderton

119 reviews

katiejohns's review

emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia

laurennicole98's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia and Abandonment

Moderate: Sexual content and Toxic relationship

chris_reads's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Dementia

Moderate: Alcohol, Medical content, and Sexual content

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Vomit

sydresnik's review against another edition

emotional sad

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Dementia, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment

codecat's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Dementia

Minor: Blood

lisainbookland's review

challenging dark emotional funny informative sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This book lived up to the hype — such a brilliant portrayal of an otherwise successful woman who finds herself in her early 30s and not in a relationship. Often painfully accurate portrait of being single, and I imagine, online dating, at this age.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dementia

sakaloar's review

emotional funny hopeful slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Dementia, Cursing, Grief, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Pregnancy

katjayorke's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

Do not read if you’ve just been through a breakup! Very triggering

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Dementia, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Vomit, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, and Medical content

emmagalt's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

Just a frustratingly horrible character. Odious about other women and the joys of girl hood, especially horrible to her mum.

puts all the energy in the world to "understanding" her dad and patronising her mum about it, but never taking any energy to understand her mum in the same way.

Such a smug analysis thinking she is right on a million topics, when she would likely be dreadful at dealing with them. Horrible friend all round.
The writing annoyed me even more. This is just a rip off of "Everything I know about love" but without the self-awareness that the main character could seem privileged and shitty. 
Basically, if you like Dolly Alderton writing about how great Dolly Alderton is, whilst simultaneously slagging off women and creating 2D, dull men, then you'll be grand. Otherwise, I'd skip this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia

madelynowil's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Dementia