Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

2370 reviews

hardcover_hazel's review against another edition

5.0

emotional fast-paced

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I’m Glad My Mom Died is such a powerful read. I listened to the audiobook, which is narrated by her and she does a fantastic job of it. The writing style is simple but brilliant and really affective - the way her emotions are described, her thinking at the time, and her age reflects as we listen to her grow up. 

I didn’t know much about this going in so there are a lot of trigger warnings. They range from her mom showering her still at age 16 to encouraging anorexia in an 11 year old to calling her daughter a s1ut, disowning her and asking for money all in the same message.

I’m so happy she’s in a good place now 🥹 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol

b3thanamy's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria

maddielle's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death of parent, Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Grief, Stalking, Gaslighting

solsticepixie's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Alcohol

clarlar's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Grief, Alcohol

rubadubindabathtub's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Excrement, Vomit, Death of parent, Alcohol

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief

Minor: Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

rfl_in_stl's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Alcohol

caitlinbaltera's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

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This was a brutally honest memoir with a lot of ups and downs. Her narration was great, and the storytelling was equal parts fascinating, sad, and inspiring. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Vomit, Alcohol

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

helhas3letters's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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Difficult at times but necessarily so. Long, but because it is thorough. Jennette does a great job at narrating events from her life matter-of-factly, showing how normalised certain extreme behaviours were for her. She's been through a lot and her account of it all puts you right in her shoes, so it can feel gruelling at times, but that's the point. Her audiobook narration can be a little fast at times and mumbly but I think that's just the way she talks! You've got to keep up with her. I'm glad she wrote this and seems in a better place now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Blood