Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

1071 reviews

mface's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts

kittybee's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria

insanebookperson's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional inspiring medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol

divya_s_'s review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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This book should come with some serious content warnings for physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, eating disorders, and sexual harassment. Listening to Jeanette read this on audiobook was heartbreaking. It is so vulnerable and brave of her to write her story this way. She has been through so much in her life, her resilience is kind of astounding. Writing the book as a progression of her own thoughts and viewpoints over the course of her life was crazy to experience, especially the ways that she excuses her mother’s abusive behavior and is such deep denial of the manipulation her mother uses against her. I thought this book really shed light on the duality and difficulties of having a parent who is clearly engaging in abusive behavior but how a child will cling to the moments of connection and love to forgive or move past those behaviors. Jeanette basically did this for her mother literally until the last chapter of the memoir. Several of the experiences she describes were truly upsetting and shocking. While she did find moments to bring lightness and humor to the story, I would say this is quite a tough listen/read overall with not a lot of opportunities to be funny due to the content of her story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Sexual harassment

reynas_reads666's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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It was a very hard book to get into at first because of how open and full of life it was. Life is difficult and at times dark and you’d rather look away/hide from it. Jennette’s writing didn’t come across as fake, it was like listening to a friend over a coffee about the ups and downs of life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Self harm, Vomit, Death of parent

Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer

sfstefanie's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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Didn’t feel fully baked. Reads like a trauma dump. Feels raw and honest, but not fully processed trauma that could have benefitted from a decade of personal reflection.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting

richarawrites's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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I truly admire Ms. McCurdy for finding and sticking with the strength to heal after abuse. So much abuse. It’s not easy. This book gives me so much hope for my own future away from abusers. I love how Ms. McCurdy doesn’t shy away from her truth, even stories that don’t make her look the best. It really endeared her to me and other readers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Death of parent

lilbookwormie's review against another edition

3.75

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Self harm, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Sexual harassment

lisaapollo42's review against another edition

4.5

emotional fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

oforangeblossoms's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual assault, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Sexual harassment