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emilymhb's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cancer
Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Sexual content
tenderrebellions's review against another edition
2.5
- very much was a love letter to her best friend - I appreciated that this book didn't center romantic love
- at times felt like the alcohol and hook ups were a bit glorified. It was described as self-destructive inone sentence - and then like a great adventure and loads of fun in the following paragraph.
- While reading I got all the details about the spiral into anxiety and a dark mental place. But the journey into a healthy life didn't receive as much attention in the story. I was left feeling like the dark times were the best ones, they were the adventure - everything that follows just a footnote. As someone who sometimes struggles with not glorifying their own turbulent past this wasn't a great read.
- the book does a beautiful job at capturing the "is this all there is"-feelings when nearing your 30s. And the feelings of jealousy / being left behind by all your couple friends and the loneliness that can sometimes come with being single.
Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Alcohol
kajasversion's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Eating disorder
herjournalofbooks's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Cancer, Drug use, and Eating disorder
carizwerg's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Alcohol
madelinedalton's review against another edition
4.25
This isn’t a five star book because: 1) I felt it didn’t hit its stride till around ~80 pages in and 2) there’s a teensy bit of casual fatphobia in here that I didn’t particularly like (such as her friend Farly loving reality TV programs like My 600 Lb. Life, except it was the UK equivalent which I can’t remember the name of). Also, I found myself deeply relating to the “Being a Bit Thin, Being a Bit Fat” chapter quite a bit, but I wonder if there was some fatphobic stuff in there that I couldn’t clock because I’m not a fat person. I’d be curious to hear how fat readers feel about this book.
I think this book has a really specific target demographic. All the negative reviews I’ve seen have been from folks outside that demographic. I am squarely within the target demographic for this book, so I loved it. Cannot recommend this enough if you’re a 20-something or 30-something woman!!
Graphic: Drug use and Alcohol
Moderate: Cancer and Death
Minor: Fatphobia
k_sara's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Eating disorder
Moderate: Alcoholism and Drug use
eralbesu's review against another edition
4.0
The chapter titled Thirty hit the nail on the head about the feeling of entering your 30s and missing the compassion and grace offered to you in your 20s.
Loved reading about her relationship with her friends.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, and Grief
Moderate: Drug use
katielou22's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Eating disorder
ryanbada's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Death, and Alcohol
Moderate: Alcoholism, Grief, and Gaslighting
Minor: Drug use and Suicidal thoughts