Reviews tagging 'Grief'

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

19 reviews

jesstaurant's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

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

honestconman's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

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

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

kjlewis494's review

dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Animal death

spec_tacles's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

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: 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

harpoonholly's review

funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

Audiobook. Maria Bamford is one of my favorite comedians and she's an excellent reader. Because this is a memoir read by the author does not necessarily mean an engaging narration, but Bamford is utilizing her skills to make an interactive experience.

The title is somewhat misleading, but only in that it reframes some terminology and broadens one's interpretations. 

She is relatable even as her stories are unique; she is speaks from emotions that make shared experiences. She comes from a place that nearly everyone (if not everyone) has been or still are.

I'm glad Maria Bamfor wrote this and that I found it randomly. She's sweet, funny, astute, and kind.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Death of parent

pimaz's review

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Death of parent