Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

149 reviews

marieke17's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol

whimsylee's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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Wow. I was blown away by this book and am so glad I had the opportunity to listen to the audiobook version read by the author. Jeanette skillfully weaves together humor, trauma, and resilience in a way that is incredibly human and powerful. What an amazing work of art. As a therapist, I must note the material has high potential for triggering those living with eating disorders. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Chronic illness, Drug use, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Blood

niliii's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional funny sad fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment

Minor: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault

jasmine_aimable's review against another edition

4.0

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death of parent

crystalvyces's review against another edition

2.0

reflective slow-paced

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I love Janette McGurdy but she has clearly not processed her trauma—this is giving book 1 Tina Turner, like she kinda wants to stay famous and relevant so she said im gonna make a book about it although the book provides no insight into her life nor her abusers. It’s just facts of her life growing up with an abusive power hungry Mormon mother and her enabling brothers… 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment

moonlovesreading's review against another edition

5.0

emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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I loved this book. I loved icarly growing up so reading about one of the main actors life really helped me learn more about her. I loved how she described anything even if it got hard to read because of how much I related to it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Vomit

Minor: Body horror, Blood

magsbord's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

lspieg's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, Dysphoria

desiderium_incarnate's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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Thank you, Jeanette, for sharing your experience and thoughts in such an earnest way. 

The writing is amazing by the way, it completely sucks you in from page one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Classism

kimveach's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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Like so many people, I couldn't resist the title.  I didn't love it on audio, as she speaks extremely fast and is somewhat monotone, especially in the book's first part, but I enjoyed finishing it on Kindle.  I had to reduce the speed of the book to 0.80 in order not to feel (more) anxious while listening.  Her story of surviving an extremely abusive childhood and Hollywood broke my heart.  At the same time, I was also entertained.  She's witty and insightful about what happened to her and the situations she encountered.  I hope she continues to recover from her childhood.

Numerous trigger warnings should be noted:  eating disorders, an abusive mother who has cancer, and a dysfunctional family, among others.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment