Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

7601 reviews

minicoots's review against another edition

4.5

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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Really interesting , sad and absorbing. I got very into it / couldn’t put it down and can’t stop thinking about it. It could have been fiction it was so well written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Eating disorder

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Drug use, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

alizouz's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

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I didn't know anything about ICarly and Jennette McCurdy, but this book was recommended somewhere and I surprisingly it was really easy to get into. 

The way it's written really gives the feeling that you're in her head, replaying memory episodes of her life. Her point of view feels true to her state of mind at the moment and it's not about "analysing" what she lived but it's like living the moment with her. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Vomit

Minor: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

mossyscrolls's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Death of parent

leesheer's review against another edition

4.5

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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Audiobook
Her emotional depth and being able to identify how she was feeling is very inspiring and so was her healing journey. The way she was able to allow us into her trauma in such a real way was powerful. Raw, vulnerable, and deeply human.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

annemariecunningham's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

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‘I’m Glad My Mom Died’ features the same theme all solid ones do: parental trauma. McCurdy explores how her childhood as an actor led to her years-long battles with alcoholism and eating disorders. She shares a very realistic, gradual path to recovery, complicated by jobs, shitty partners, and her mom’s actual death along the way. 

I really enjoyed this book. It was a quick read. McCurdy’s straightforward, stream-of-consciousness writing was appealing. Her candor and dry wit were appreciated during her discussion of dark topics. 

Recommend! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Vomit

tm400's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional medium-paced

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i loved this memoir so much , such an intimate insight into the author’s life, her struggles with abuse, her struggles with self-destruction, etc. i thought it was incredibly paced & i thought every detail was important to the message of her story. this was such an emotional recount of her life’s events, i found myself tearing up more than once. i listened to it as an audiobook narrated by the author and phew did it help solidify the tone of her memoir. i would highly recommend this to anyone who’s interested in memoirs. so spectacular

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Alcohol

skinfailure's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

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it’s a 4 star book but deserves to be in my 5 star list 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness

Moderate: Death of parent

gabthebookworm's review against another edition

4.75

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent

Minor: Infidelity, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

kotadkota's review against another edition

4.5

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Definitely be prepared for it to be triggering. It's a story of real abuse. But it's amazingly written. Every detail included and excluded is great. She knows just how much info to give that's relevant and moves the story forward even when writing about real events.

As someone who lost their abusive father to cancer it is also fairly relatable and helps me feel better about the complicated feelings I also had surrounding his death.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting

Moderate: Incest, Pedophilia

e1eanorgrace's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Vomit

Moderate: Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis