Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

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

34 reviews

quirkko24's review

dark emotional funny informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Self harm, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Suicide, and Panic attacks/disorders

ppgstarpants's review

dark funny informative fast-paced

4.75

I’ve loved all her specials, have seen her live, and still, this book was wildly funny, shed insights on her life, and was radically transparent about mental health, recovery and the finances of being a comic

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

aimeedanielle's review against another edition

challenging dark funny informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Police brutality, Mental illness, Self harm, Pandemic/Epidemic, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

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

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

jen_sometimes's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

5.0

Check the TWs and listen to the audiobook. It's perfection. 

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Content Warnings

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

saintshithead's review

funny reflective fast-paced

3.75

easy reader and lots of fun. good for me since i've fallen out of the habit and reading denser stuff has been challenging lately. Bamford is aware of this and mocks the reader often for it (calling us "skimmers" 😭). 

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. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Eating disorder

catriona176's review against another edition

funny lighthearted sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Lesbophobia

Minor: Ableism

spec_tacles's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, Medical content, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Grief, Cancer, Animal death, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia

Minor: Abortion