52 pages • 1 hour read
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Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton is a memoir chronicling her teens and twenties, exploring romantic love, female friendship, self-discovery, and self-actualization. As she navigates adolescence and adulthood, Alderton delves into her experiences at school, university, and as a burgeoning writer, ultimately realizing the profound significance of her friendships. The book discusses alcohol and drug use, body dysmorphia, and disordered eating.
Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton is praised for its candid exploration of friendship, love, and growing up. Readers appreciate Alderton's witty and relatable prose, though some feel its focus is too narrow, primarily appealing to millennials. The memoir's humor and authenticity stand out, despite occasional indulgence in familiar tropes.
Readers who relish memoirs about the trials and triumphs of young adulthood and friendships will enjoy Dolly Alderton’s Everything I Know About Love. Comparable to Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat, Pray, Love and Nora Ephron's I Feel Bad About My Neck, this book resonates with those navigating love, life, and self-discovery.
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Humor
Gender / Feminism
Relationships: Friendship
Emotions/Behavior: Love
Identity: Femininity