A review by madelinedalton
Everything I Know about Love: A Memoir by Dolly Alderton

emotional funny hopeful reflective slow-paced

4.25

Dolly Alderton’s writing has absolutely knocked my socks off once again. What an incredible talent. It’s like she crawled inside my brain and put some of my deepest, gnawing feelings into words. Some of those feelings I didn’t even know I had—she just laid them out on the page and revealed them to me. I feel so seen by this woman and will definitely be re-reading both this book and Ghosts sometime next year.

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!! 
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