Everything I know about Love is a memoir of Dolly Alderton's experiences as a young adult exploring love, friendship, bereavement, house shares, first jobs and careers. Refreshingly honest, funny and perceptive, it is a love letter to female friendship and a very enjoyable read.

This book is sassy, intelligent, relatable and absolutely fascinating. I loved it, thanks so much for the opportunity to read it!

I enjoyed this, but probably a bit old and male to really truly relate to it. Amusing though. Some funny anecdotes about navigating life and love in present day Britain.

I enjoyed this, but probably a bit old and male to really truly relate to it. Amusing though. Some funny anecdotes about navigating life and love in present day Britain.

I really enjoyed this book. As the teacher in charge of stocking the senior school library, I like to ensure that the books are diverse and the students are exposed to both excellent fiction and excellent modern non-fiction. I think that this is both a fascinating and well-written book that has much to recommend it and will keep the students interests. It is good to stretch their reading interests by providing them with books about subjects they might never have considered before and this definitely does the job well. Dolly is a natural writer and her experiences are presented honestly and with no holds barred - it is also good to find books that I know the teaching staff might enjoy as well as the students and I definitely think that this applies in both cases. Absolutely recommend wholeheartedly; a fantastic read.

Deary me, no. I am not the target audience for this book. Millennial angst is not my scene. Thought the book very repetitive too - could have done with a better editor.

This is the funniest book I’ve read in a long time, it made me nod in agreement, smile with nostalgia, well up and actually laugh out loud!!!
I want to re-read it again right now, I was lost amongst the pages and I was happy there. I want Dolly to be in my gang,
This is so on point, everyone needs to read this book. I will be highly recommending it to my friends and booklcub peeps. I’m envious or anyone who hasn’t read it yet as hey are in for such a giggle however I’m also pleased I’ve discovered this book and even better the amazing Dolly who is just lovely :)

Unfortunately I was left disappointed with this novel and didn't finish reading.

I was drawn to this novel because of the high rating it had received and the great reviews, however I found it very difficult to relate to the protagonist and could not commit myself to the book.

That being said, I don't believe there is anything wrong with Dolly's writing I think this was more that I did not feel a personal connection to the book. I've never understood the whole 'party' lifestyle and was not keen on the casual drug use and one night stands. (i'm just old before my time I think?)

So, all in all not a terribly written book but not one I could personally relate to or enjoy,

'Everything I Know About Love', is a memoir written by a woman in her late twenties, while the writing quality is excellent, am I showing my age? (definitely a 20th-century woman). Aren't memoirs usually written by people in the autumn of their years?
This book encompasses the central themes of the 21st-century: a fascination with all things celebrity and reality. Parties, drugs, sex, friendship are its mainstays, retold in a charmingly entertaining way. What I didn't like is the casual reference to 'Class A' drugs as if they are nothing out of the ordinary, something everyone does. Drugs were a feature of life when I was in my teens and twenties, but they weren't socially acceptable as they are now. 
The fast pacing holds the reader's interest, and the life events recounted, read like a novel. If you are looking for a snapshot of life for young women of a particular social class in the 21st-century, this is a great example.
I received a copy of this book from Fig Tree Penguin Books UK via NetGalley in return for an honest review.

This is a witty and tender read that makes it easy to inhale in a sitting or two. I usually nod off with a book every night after 20 minutes but I was sitting up to all hours, chortling with awkward amusement at how familiar some of these stories felt to me. As I’ve never been a Sunday Times reader, I hadn’t heard of the author before (apparently she used to be their dating columnist) but seeing as Alderton worked on the E4 TV series Fresh Meat for a bit, she’s alright in my books. Taking a wander through her life, the Alderton recounts all the hilarious mistakes she’s made (and some of the not-so-funny problems she’s struggled with) in order to impart her charming bits of wisdom upon us. It sounds pretty condescending to call her a younger/posher version of Caitlin Moran, but I ADORE Moran so to be even placed in the same sentence as her is pretty impressive by my standards. It’s one of those books you want to buy for all your friends as soon as you’ve read it; hence why it is selling like HOTCAKES! They can’t print new copies of it fast enough for bookstores in Central London right now. Get your hands on a copy too as this is a fabulous travel read for this spring.

This is not a story, but a bunch of anecdotes leading to a womans awareness of herself and her attitudes to alcohol, food, growing up and relationships.

A tale of love and life and growth. I could relate to a lot of this book and found it endearing and charming and funny.

I loved reading about dolly’s escapades and friendships. Her writing is so funny, and light, you bound through this book, laughing your head off at times. Brilliant witty stories of love and sex, and friendships.

I was torn with this - on one hand, I get it and have often been there. On the other, I found it difficult to relate to Dolly and her life, and because of that the message slightly missed the mark at times. I want to read the follow up in another 30 years, when there's a bigger body of evidence to inform the argument. Definitely one of fans of Bryony Gordon.

I loved loved LOVED this book. I am about the same age as Dolly so the whole thing resonated with me. There were bits that made me laugh and those that made me sob From signing in and out of msn messenger to remind the boy you fancied you were there, to the really moving chapter on losing someone very dear to her and helping her friend through it. Really well written and an enjoyable read.

Another book that I was disappointed by. This I have decided is because I'm obviously not the right age and by that, I mean that I'm too old and cannot relate with - the casual drug taking, the one-night stands or the desperation to have to be at a party.
And what was with the random lists and recipes that were peppered through the book? Was there a point to this?
Personally, I felt that this kind of memoir has been done a million times before and much better.

I have given this book 1 star on Goodreads.

Many thanks to Netgalley for providing me with a free copy of this in exchange for an honest review.

The beginning of the book is a bit slow, not really how I like books. On the other hand, it was funny and free, which made me feel I am listening to a friend, and we have a light chat. Nothing harsh, or complicated. While I was reading I get back memories, when I was a teenager I had similar issues.
I didn't know who is Dolly Alderton before, but I am looking forward to any other books from her.

Everything I Know About Love charts Dolly Alderton's journey from her suburban London childhood right through her wild 20s of living in Camden Town, partying, going to work in last night's clothes and navigating the ups and downs of romantic and platonic love. Never is love more intense, more confusing and all-consuming than in this decade of your life and Dolly writes about it with candour and wit. I enjoyed taking a trip down memory lane of my own early years in London...anyone who has lived in this crazy city will have had a dodgy landlord, lived in a flat that's barely habitable and probably been to the kind of parties Dolly went to. Her antics are genuinely hilarious - and made me realise how tame my own party girl days were in comparison!

As Dolly tires of being a party girl and starts to think more about the future, her quest to find "the One" doesn't really go to plan, but she instead watches her close female friends, who she also desperately loves and sees as soulmates, find their "One" and deals with how her friendships change as a result. This was the most interesting part of the book for me. I identified more with Dolly's friend Farly, who gets a serious boyfriend, moves in with him, gets engaged, etc., but it was interesting to read about that from Dolly's perspective, who ultimately feels that she has been 'dumped' by her friend for a man. She tries very hard to be happy for Farly but ultimately is heartbroken that things are changing and a bit resentful that her friend is moving into a new phase of adulthood without her. Reading this helped me to understand why some female friends of mine acted the way they did when I met and fell in love with my now husband. As Oscar Wilde said (I paraphrase), it takes a fine character to be happy for a friend and I admired Dolly's willingness for self-examination here. It turns out, after a lot of tragedy in the family, Farly doesn't go ahead with her wedding and the way Dolly supports her through this is really heartwarming.

Everything I Know About Love is also peppered with rather hilarious fictional emails - based on emails Dolly has received, I'm sure - that tend to clutter up our inboxes at certain phases of life, when friends are getting engaged, married or having babies, containing expensive, detailed and passive-aggressive instructions for a hen party/baby shower/wedding party, disguised as an invitation! The one about the hen party was particularly funny. A few reviews have questioned why these fictional vignettes were included but I think they serve as funny reminders that these 'big life events' are what society tells us we are meant to aim for, that this is what 'finding love' is, but the material side of it (planning a wedding, etc) doesn't always bring out the best in people!

Dolly's struggles with anxiety eventually lead her to therapy, and this was another part of the book I identified with and enjoyed reading. She doesn't let herself off the hook in any part of the story, and really confronts her self-sabotaging behaviour so that she can move forward.

Ultimately, Everything I Know About Love is about the many different kinds of love we encounter in our lives. It is heartfelt, honest and insightful and I think it would be a great read for any young woman in her early to mid 20s who isn't entirely sure how this whole 'adulting' thing is going to pan out. The last chapter is particularly inspiring and a powerful reminder that self love is the most important love of all.

With thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for an ARC.

I'm afraid I did not finish as I'm afraid the age difference between myself and the author meant I just couldn't connect with the teenage diary aspects of the memoir.

I think this book is one to dip in and out off rather than read in one go. I read a large chunk of it and started feeling some of it was a bit samey but think this was the case as it is a collection of essays more or less.

Plan to dip back into the rest of the book after a short break.

The hype surrounding this book on social media, particularly on Instagram has been huge; it would appear that everyone everywhere has either read or is reading the debut book by Dolly Alderton and having read it myself, with good reason. Dolly takes us on a journey of her life, of her doomed love affairs with a variety of men and boys and of her relationships with her friends. She is brutally honest and this makes the book enjoyable in that it doesn't seem like she is trying to hard to make you like her, you just do. There are recipes inside to help when you might be in need of them, tips on how to conduct the best hen night ever (no actually that's a joke, don't do it like that please!) and lots of things not to do in your twenties - like riding around in taxi cabs solo for hundreds of miles!

I feel like I know Dolly now and am having to stop myself messaging her over on Instagram in a casual 'hi' manner when in reality she hasn't a clue who I am, and I feel like stalking Farly and asking her to be my bestie too. This book sucks you in because at the end of the day, love is all you need.