Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

2369 reviews

hanza1234's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

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A gripping, fast-paced journey through the dark world of disordered eating, loving and acting. Very emotional as the reader knows what she tells us naeively as her child self isn't 'okay' and the excuses her Mother spouts are sick in many ways. Positive resolution, not in the 'and they all lived happily ever after' kind of way but more in a 'dragging yourself out through the mud of the trenches' via multiple tries at therapy and self-actualisation kind of way.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Alcohol

alegzac's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Gaslighting

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol

Minor: Fatphobia, Infidelity, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

freemakd's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Infidelity, Blood, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

lindseyallyce's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

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I don’t like to rate memoirs. It feels strange to put a rating on someone’s life story. This is a well written, well read telling of a child actor who has been abused by her mother and, to a degree, the entertainment industry. It’s a heartbreaking and hopeful account of recovery and healing work from  abuse and addiction. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Death of parent, Alcohol

krisbartos's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Alcohol

kaithemenway's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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Janette reading this was incredible. You can tell she’s a great actress by how she has different vocal changes for each individual she included in this memoir. She really went through a lot emotionally and physically and this book was so raw in telling her story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol

Moderate: Chronic illness

gabriellafc's review against another edition

5.0

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Alcohol

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

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