Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

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

33 reviews

abbie_reads_books's review

funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Mental illness, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

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

maukingbird's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

A perfect encapsulation of everything Maria. Deeply honest and laugh out loud funny.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

kristinistic's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

chronicallyplotting's review

emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Probably the funniest book I have listened to in a long time. As Maria Bamford bravely recounts her many adventures with group therapies and twelve step programs from debtors anonymous to couples therapy. Maria openly shares about her struggles with antidepressants, our healthcare system when it comes to mental health help and so much more. Although none of those topics sounds funny, trust me this book will have you laughing. 
Highly recommend, especially if you are depressed and need a laugh at the world and other situations. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Body shaming, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Addiction, Drug use, Cursing, Dysphoria, Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

usecauti0n's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

nahni's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Death of parent

alisonscott1010's review

dark funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Self harm, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

mitchleso's review

funny fast-paced

5.0

I adored her methods of storytelling. It never felt dull. 

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Content Warnings

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