A review by sabrinamgrimaldi
Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir by Dolly Alderton

4.0

I’m only 23 so I have yet to learn many of the lessons presented in this novel. However, my female friendships are one of the most important parts of my life. I’m actually married (yes, I got married young and no, it wasn’t because of religious reasons) and I related to Farly a lot. I’m also a freelance journalist so I also related to Dolly a ton. I love the over arching lesson learning in this memoir - that through every up and down, your friends will stick by you. That platonic love is just as fulfilling and wonderful as romantic love, in fact, it can be even more. Because no matter what happens in your love life, as long as you have your girls, you’ll be good. Tidbits of this novel will stick with me for a while longer and I can’t wait to see how I feel when I turn 30. I loved the recipes, lists and emails scattered through the memoir, they added a lot of fun! A bit slow in some parts and Dolly gets a little irritating/entitled through it but hey, at least she didn’t sugarcoat the truth in attempts to make the readers love her. She finds peace in the end and it shows.