Reviews tagging 'Death'

Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere by Maria Bamford

9 reviews

kirstieanya's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Terminal illness, Suicide, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Eating disorder, Self harm, Medical trauma, Death, Mental illness, and Cancer

Minor: Fatphobia and Homophobia

abicaro17's review

dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

4.0

This is one of the better memoirs i've listened too. I think Maria is hilarious and I'd totally go to her show. Again the book ends a little abruptly but I think the formatting is fun. The chapters are divided up into separate "cults" and chunks of her life. I appreciate that she keeps the timeline pretty easy to follow and describes what's happening year wise as well. I think I would have appreciated more of a conclusion other than her own twelve step program creation. The PDF of pictures and all the recipes were such a cute addition! I'd definitely recommend this as a good starter memoir. Very easy to listen to and funny while being serious. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pandemic/Epidemic, Self harm, Death of parent, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Body shaming, Death, Dysphoria, Blood, Cancer, Cursing, Child abuse, Confinement, Fatphobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Misogyny

sertzo19's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

If you love Maria Bamford, you will no doubt love this book! It’s as fun, twisted, sad and (potentially) relatable as you’d expect. Oftentimes I found myself pivoting from tears to laughs (within the same paragraph). My main problem with Sure, I’ll Join Your Cult is that it takes a few chapters to get into the rhythm of Maria’s writing style but once you’re tuned in, it’s a breeze! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Death of parent, and Mental illness

madamenovelist's review

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Medical content, Ableism, Medical trauma, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Animal death, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic

jsteighn's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Addiction, and Animal death

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Infidelity, Child abuse, Suicide, Police brutality, Death, and Drug abuse

torturedreadersdept's review

funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Pandemic/Epidemic, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Dysphoria, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Alcohol, Body horror, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, and Terminal illness

spec_tacles's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, Medical content, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Grief, Cancer, Animal death, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia

Minor: Abortion

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

2.0

This was a difficult one to read.  I think if there is an audiobook version it might work better that way since it is written very much in the style that the author does comedy, so it can be very jarring with regular changes in font and abrupt asides.

Overall, it was interesting to read someone’s experience with mental health treatment, but it was made very obvious that it was from a privileged perspective.  Some of the advice given was offensive at best and dangerous at worst (joining a cult, while on brand for the book is not a good idea for the majority).

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Content Warnings

Minor: Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, Sexism, Abandonment, Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Classism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

devynreadsnovels's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Chronic illness, and Cursing

Moderate: Fatphobia, Medical content, Self harm, Drug use, Animal death, Body shaming, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Eating disorder, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Abortion, Cancer, Child abuse, Classism, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship