Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

1705 reviews

sexyvirgorising's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Alcohol

mackenzie073's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Alcohol

m0rb1d_r3ads's review against another edition

4.0

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol

Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship

Minor: Cursing

Ableist slurs include:

retard, handicapped, crazy, dumb, stupid

mdudley826's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny informative sad medium-paced

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Holy shit. I knew the life of a child actor wasn't great, but damn, this girl really went through it. Jennette's story is told in such a humorous, yet heartbreaking way that there were many points I laughed with her, and others I wanted to cry for her. I had no idea everything she went through and makes you really think about the treatment of child actors. I used to love iCarly growing up, but after this and Quite on Set came out, it really has tainted my favorite shows growing up after learning all the shit the actors were put through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Death of parent

sarahmore_books's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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I don't want to write or criticize too much as it was a very emotional memoir and the author's experiences are valid just as they are. I will, however, say that it was shockingly revelatory. Watching her TV show when I was a kid, I never thought that all that she talks about in this book might have been going on behind the scenes. It is also extremely touching and relatable how she saw her mom as a goddess (my wording) but then to, over time and with a lot of therapy, realize the profoundly negative impact her mom actually had on her life. 
I'm really proud of Jennette McCurdy for the work she has put in for herself and for sharing her story with the world because it can (and probably has) helped other people in similar situations realize and cope with their similar family dynamics and unhealthy coping mechanisms. It is certainly not for the faint-hearted though, so please check the trigger warnings before reading. (The most prominent ones that come to my mind are family abuse and eating disorders.)

Themes: family abuse, eating disorders, child acting, therapy, toxic relationships

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Content Warnings

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

jesslynn_reads's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Self harm, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Alcohol, Classism

awildenbyappeared's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Fatphobia

Minor: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment

theloudmanself's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

_polaris_'s review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

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Gripping and harrowing and funny. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness

krisbiee18's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death of parent