Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

3340 reviews

atbarbee's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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This book gives such an eye opening glance into how multi-dimensional it is to be in the spotlight. It shows how someone can fall into something and not know how to get out of it. It was really insightful to hear how you think an actor's life is versus the reality of it all. Jennette's read of this audiobook made it 10x better as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent

Minor: Blood

mossy_rock's review against another edition

4.75

challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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Including trigger warnings doesn't "enable" the behavior. Awful take

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Dysphoria

Moderate: Death of parent

Big emphasis on addiction, bulemia, and child abuse

jompyjax's review against another edition

4.75

emotional sad fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Death of parent

mamabob414's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Addiction, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

Minor: Body shaming, Cursing, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail

perfectcupoftea's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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A really good biography. It’s a real eye opener into the stressful and detrimental nature of Hollywood and especially child actors of abusive parents. I feel for Jennette and I admire how strong and brave she is for putting her story out there. I highly recommend listening to the audio book at the same time as reading, which is what I did, because it’s narrated by the author herself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Alcohol

squidbillyinvictus's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional funny fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse

chaustinanderson's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse

ellssss's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol

alex_sambucetti's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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I loved the story overall. I loved the cynicism of her outer world look. It's understandable as to why, but I also enjoyed the realistic approach to this. It's realistic as to how she's have to shove everything down and now that her mother isn't there to coach her and keep her shoving it, it ends up manifesting itself into her addictions and eating disorder. This ultimately affects her outward look on life. I enjoyed the writing very much and was deeply enthralled by it! It's very good in its foreshadow and the gaslighting that comes with abusive mothers who attempt to live vicariously through their daughters. My one issue about this book is that I wished she talked more about overcoming the false foundation she lived on. Coming to terms that her mother isn't an angel but a horrible person who abused her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria

sapphire_dreams's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Rape, Vomit, Death of parent

Minor: Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Blood