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my_a's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Cancer, Eating disorder, and Grief
sxndaze's review against another edition
4.25
Be the person you wish you could be, not the person you feel you are doomed to be. Let yourself run away with your feelings. You were made so that someone could love you. Let them love you.
a wonderful account on love and friendship throughout life. alderton writes about life in such an accessible way and hones in on the ugly and beautiful parts of growing up.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Eating disorder, Grief, and Alcohol
Moderate: Drug use
jessalicemorris's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Eating disorder
Moderate: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Grief
Minor: Addiction and Alcoholism
sweetlikesadia's review against another edition
3.5
Some parts of the book were great, but it also lost me a couple of times.
Graphic: Alcohol
Minor: Child death, Death, and Grief
christynr412's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Alcohol
Moderate: Grief
kaylahcc's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Eating disorder
Moderate: Cancer and Alcohol
Minor: Drug use and Grief
laneyreadz's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cancer and Eating disorder
Moderate: Grief, Abandonment, and Alcohol
orchidd's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Addiction and Eating disorder
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Grief
Minor: Sexual content
books_withblooms's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Eating disorder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Grief
miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition
3.0
Like i get that youre kinda saying this isnt life advice cause idk what im doing and no one really does, but also- seems an awful lot like it read as a book of life advice
I didnt like how it was put together: the email(?) letter(?) chapters added nothing for me, neither dod the recipes, and the lists felt annoyingly like she was trying to impart her opinion as factual advice.
The lack of chronology meant the chapters felt anecdotal and meant i didnt really have a connection to any of her friends. There were things that she obviously didnt mean as advice but because of the ordering of chapters got left open.
It didnt feel like she really opened and closed any of the same doors tbh
I feel like what was meant to be informal just became a bit cringey at times.
Not devoid of interesting bits but I definitely dont think it is something that is everyone needs to read in their 20s or whatever
Also i feel like she was like- all of these random stories from when i was black out drunk or obsessed with someone arent what i loved or arent what i am, what i love is what ive learnt from my friends- but then didnt really give us much (especially in detail) of any of the friends apart from Farley,like ok so tell me about that and about how they taight you what you know about love instead of just giving me a cursory page of lists at the end.
‘I do love these stories… but there are quite a lot of them Doll’- yeah… one might say that i actually didnt need to read them all
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Eating disorder, and Grief