Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

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

10 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

chronicallyplotting's review against another edition

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

happinessie's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, and Chronic illness

Minor: Addiction

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

carolineberry12's review

dark funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

Maria Bamford is a special type of genius. She walked so that Bo Burnham could run. Her awareness of human fallibility and her lens of critical acceptance makes this book a wild ride. She created something truly good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Animal death, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Classism, Suicide, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Sexual violence

riotgrrrl92's review

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

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

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

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

wickedgrumpy's review

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

kelleywithanextrae's review

funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Cancer, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, and Eating disorder