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accidiosav's review against another edition
4.25
Moderate: Alcohol
katesant's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Death, Drug use, and Alcohol
joensign's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Drug use, Eating disorder, and Alcohol
Moderate: Cancer, Death, and Toxic relationship
mary_do_12's review against another edition
3.0
yet after all, there were a lot of important topics discussed in her book and especially knowing that it was all true and hers made her story so incredibly authentic and real.
and who knows, maybe i’ll think back on this in my twenties.
Moderate: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Sexual content, and Alcohol
arthurjentges04's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual content, Grief, and Alcohol
jeimy's review against another edition
4.0
- raw, witty, funny writing
- loving on your girlfriends
- chapters interspersed with recipes, lists, short stories
- a good cry
💭 my fave quotes:
“There isn’t a pebble on the beach of my history that she has left unturned. She knows where to find everything in me and I know where all her stuff is too. She is, in short, my best friend.”
“You were made so that someone could love you. Let them love you.”
“I thought about how we’d known each other for twenty years and how, in all that time, I’d never got bored of her. I thought of how I’d only fallen more and more in love with her the older we grew and the more experiences we shared.”
“Life is a wonderful, mesmerizing, magical, fun, silly thing. And humans are astounding. We all know we’re going to die, and yet we still live. We shout and curse and care when the full bin bag breaks, yet with every minute that passes we edge closer to the end. We marvel at a nectarine sunset over the M25 or the smell of a baby’s head or the efficiency of flat-pack furniture, even though we know that everyone we love will cease to exist one day. I don’t know how we do it.”
from the acknowledgements:
“And, finally, thank you to Farly, without whose unwavering cheering and championing I would not have written this book. You are—you always will be—my favorite love story.”
gah, i’m in my feels all over again.
Graphic: Eating disorder and Alcohol
Moderate: Body shaming and Death
valegbecerra's review against another edition
4.25
Added a parasocial relationship with Dolly Alderton to my cart.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Sexual content, and Alcohol
grace33's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Cancer, Eating disorder, and Alcohol
Moderate: Alcoholism and Toxic relationship
cassidy_rain's review against another edition
5.0
Yep, I absolutely loved it. This will make you laugh, cry, and feel nostalgic in the best possible way. Dolly has a way of writing that makes you feel like her best friend; like you were involved in her memories and stories she’s telling. It almost feels like reading a diary. I love the lists and recipes added in between chapters. It’s witty and fun and raw. Being in my late twenties I could definitely relate to this and it really got me in my feels honestly.
This is a memoir about love, yes. But also about friendship, growing up, finding yourself, and really just life in general. It touches on all kinds of love: romantic, familial, platonic, and self-love. I love that she puts so much emphasis on platonic love throughout the story. She always finds a way to tie everything back into the love she has for her friends. And what a fun group of women she has surrounded herself with. I loved reading about her personal growth and realizations as the book went on as well.
I’ve heard good things about the audiobook so decided to give it a try on a recent roadtrip (I don’t typically listen to audiobooks). It is narrated by the author. If you like audiobooks I think you’d like this! I would have personally enjoyed it more if I read a physical copy. There’s lots of characters and the switching ages/timelines between stories/chapters was a little confusing to me while listening. I also found the beginning a bit slow, but I think this was mainly due to me not reading it in my preferred format. It definitely picked up a lot as it progressed.
I think this book is gonna stick with me for a long time.
Graphic: Eating disorder and Alcohol
Moderate: Cancer and Death
saretta02's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Grief, and Alcohol