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Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere by Maria Bamford
85 reviews
jen_sometimes's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent
saintshithead's review
3.75
Lots of reused material from her stand up shows but if you enjoy her act, you'll find the book fun. I like her a lot so I'm glad to support her financially with book sales but I also kinda wish I woulda just got this from the library lol. I doubt I'll ever read it again but I'll probably share it with some friends since it's good for some laughs and goes down easy. My favorite bits were her reflections on working for Target but I felt like that bit never went anywhere or culminated in a solid understanding/reflection of her time doing that work.
My one real complaint is that she has trigger warnings for all mentions of violence thoughts and suicide but then includes explicit weight numbers and descriptions of her (current) struggles with body dysmorphia and (past) struggles with restrictive eating with no warning. Makes sense for someone that would find Overeaters Anonymous (basically a weight watches type group but with STEPS!) helpful in terms of inching towards ED recovery but I do wish her editors would have said something since it's certainly trigger material.
Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
kjlewis494's review
5.0
Moderate: Cursing, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Grief
Minor: Animal death
bullockae's review
3.5
Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Suicide and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
booksandcoffeewithlexi's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Eating disorder and Death of parent
spec_tacles's review
4.5
Graphic: Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Abortion
wickedgrumpy's review
2.0
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).
Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
ciaomara's review
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Death of parent
readalongwithnat's review against another edition
Graphic: Eating disorder
paigicus's review
5.0
Graphic: Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Animal death, Cancer, and Pandemic/Epidemic