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A review by paulawind
Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
I’m not a fan of biographies/memoirs etc but this one somehow captivated me. It could have been for me also being a lost sheep in her mid 20s, having no idea what to do with my life. Or it could have been the heartfelt journey of a teenager towards her fully fledged adulthood. Or both.
What I love most about this book is that it treats love as it should be treated - in all its variety. She talks about family, sexual and romantic parters, but most importantly - friends who are your most important support network in those years. Reading the story of love between those girls and how they constantly had each other’s back had me bawling my eyes out.
Seeing Dolly’s character development was extremely satisfying - going from insecure girl using boys as a self-validation system, to a self-confident woman who bloomed before our eyes. I know the author is older than me but I felt like a proud parent by the end.
What I love most about this book is that it treats love as it should be treated - in all its variety. She talks about family, sexual and romantic parters, but most importantly - friends who are your most important support network in those years. Reading the story of love between those girls and how they constantly had each other’s back had me bawling my eyes out.
Seeing Dolly’s character development was extremely satisfying - going from insecure girl using boys as a self-validation system, to a self-confident woman who bloomed before our eyes. I know the author is older than me but I felt like a proud parent by the end.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Death and Child death