Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Bad Vibes Only: and Other Things I Bring to the Table by Nora McInerny

3 reviews

fkshg8465's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

1.0

I feel like the point of this book is that she’s not special, and in  that, she’s been successful. This book is not special, and I’m not sure it was a good use of my time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Cancer, Pregnancy, War, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, and Body shaming

greatexpectations77's review

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

I really enjoyed this memoir because it felt really raw. And I think that Ms. McInerny was the right choice to read it.  I think women who grew up in the late 90s and early 2000s will really connect with this. I also appreciated her dive into her disordered eating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Eating disorder

Moderate: Medical content, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Death, Chronic illness, Fatphobia, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Confinement

moodreader89's review

challenging emotional funny reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Death, Dementia, and Grief

Minor: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Addiction, and Terminal illness

My thoughts are all over after finishing this collection. I found myself laughing, grinning, frowning, pausing, agreeing, disagreeing, weirded out, invested, intrigued, and in the end identifying with a lot of what was in this book. It was interesting and I think I’d say thanks to her for sharing if I met her in person. I initially wanted to say it was like Jenny Lawson, but with much more of a heaviness…but I’m not sure that’s fair to either party because they are both clever in their own ways and both manage to laugh/mock/make light/joke through it all.