Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

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

17 reviews

kirstieanya's review against another edition

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

coralcrab77's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Cancer, Death of parent, and Fatphobia

abicaro17's review against another edition

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

spl2d's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical content

lawmixitup's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Mental illness, Confinement, Sexual assault, Cancer, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Animal death, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Police brutality

A majority of the content warnings are due to intrusive thoughts from OCD

jessieraeyo's review

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

jesselopod's review against another edition

funny hopeful fast-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Death of parent, Body shaming, Mental illness, Cancer, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Body shaming, and Suicide

emily_stimmel's review

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Mental illness

Moderate: Terminal illness, Death of parent, Cancer, and Animal death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

sar_willow's review against another edition

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

rhiannon814r's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Animal death, and Cancer

Minor: Suicide attempt and Confinement