Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up by Selma Blair

16 reviews

internationalreads's review

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

thenovelbookshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

A beautiful, heart-breaking, heart-wrenching, emotionally compelling memoir of Selma Blair's life from the early years to now.
  
We all like to think that stardom and celebrity is easy, beautiful, graceful, healthy. This proves that you never know what people have gone through in their lives.
  
From the first drink at age 3, to daily drinking to numb the pain from unbeknownst MS, Selma Blair tells a frank & honest recollection of her memories.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Rape, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Drug use, Toxic relationship, Dementia, and Injury/Injury detail

caseythereader's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.25

 - I didn't know much about Selma Blair before starting this book, other than having seen her in a few movies and knowing about her MS diagnosis. Her memoir takes readers inside what has so far been a fairly private life, and I'll remember it forever.
- This book is a hard read. Blair has been through a lot in her life. I also read the audiobook, read by Blair herself, and she breaks into tears at many points in the story.
- However, MEAN BABY also delivers on the celebrity front. Blair name drops with abandon, and takes us with her to fancy award show parties, photo shoots, and to hang out with the likes of Carrie Fisher and Karl Lagerfeld. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

megang519's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

The memoir I didn't know I needed until I cracked it open! Beautifully written, vulnerable, and enlightening.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Drug use, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death and Death of parent

tiredtori's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

nbreezy17's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Mental illness

Moderate: Eating disorder, Rape, and Sexual assault