Reviews tagging 'Grief'

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

14 reviews

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

rsksmith's review

emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

I cheated and gave this 5.75 stars and if I could give it a million I would! 
Maria Bamford is one of my all time favorite comedians, so I didn’t doubt this would be great (and I was right to…not doubt? I guess?).

The audiobook is performed so well, it’s like a long comedy set but also very earnest and relatable. The way she speaks about her intrusive thoughts and inner dialogue is so so relatable.

I immediately want to watch Lady Dynamite again although the revelation that it was so challenging/draining for her to make also makes me feel guilty. BUT it’s already been filmed so when you think about it it I DONT watch it again then it’s like she suffered for nothing. 
So.
Bye!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Death of parent, Animal death, and Grief

This is the best memoir I’ve ever read. Granted I’ve maybe read two memoirs ever, but still.

al3xa's review against another edition

dark emotional funny medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Medical content, Mental illness, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Grief, Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, and Alcohol

jessieraeyo's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Cancer, Grief, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

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

jesstaurant's review

dark emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Self harm

riotgrrrl92's review against another edition

challenging dark funny hopeful informative medium-paced

4.75

This book was phenomenal. I’ve been a Maria Bamford fan for over a decade, and her humor has always hit me in all the goofiest and darkest spots. Her experiences with OCD, ED, SI, depression, anxiety, and addiction is relatable to me in a way I’ve never seen. I’ve also spent a lot of time in 12 step halls and she had me cackling outloud in my office commenting on how ridiculous those meetings can be.  She’s bold and hilarious and brave and flawed. I felt extremely seen by this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia

honestconman's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual harassment, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Drug use, Suicide, Grief, Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, and Body shaming

sar_willow's review

dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Animal death, Cancer, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Addiction, Police brutality, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual content

kjlewis494's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Grief, and Suicide

Minor: Animal death