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4.5 AVERAGE
4.5 AVERAGE
best way I can describe it is “hauntingly casual.” I found myself very proud of her at the end.
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Eating disorder, Death of parent
sad
“I am ready to experience life beyond the scale.“
“Love happens. Loss happens. Change and growth happen at different paces for different people, and sometimes the paces just don’t line up.”
“Why do we romanticize the dead? Why can’t we be honest about them? Especially moms. They’re the most romanticized of anyone.“
I thought I was in a reading slump, but it turns out I wasn’t really in one. I read this book every day, and even though it wasn’t amazing, reading it felt as natural as breathing. I had forgotten what that felt like it had been so long since I truly lost myself in a book. While this particular story didn’t make me smile or laugh, reading it felt like taking baby steps back into the world of books.
“Love happens. Loss happens. Change and growth happen at different paces for different people, and sometimes the paces just don’t line up.”
“Why do we romanticize the dead? Why can’t we be honest about them? Especially moms. They’re the most romanticized of anyone.“
I thought I was in a reading slump, but it turns out I wasn’t really in one. I read this book every day, and even though it wasn’t amazing, reading it felt as natural as breathing. I had forgotten what that felt like it had been so long since I truly lost myself in a book. While this particular story didn’t make me smile or laugh, reading it felt like taking baby steps back into the world of books.
Imagine starting to read for the first time you’re unsure if you’ll like it or hate it. But as you turn the pages, you find yourself slowly drawn in, just wanting to see what happens next. That’s exactly what happened with this book. I kept reading and reading, not because it was incredible, but because I genuinely wanted to know how the story would end. It was the first time in a long while that I felt that simple pull to keep going.
For that reason, I’m giving this book three stars. It didn’t evoke strong emotions, but it reminded me of the joy of reading itself and sometimes, that’s enough to make a story worth it.
Content Warnings
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Death, Eating disorder, Blood
emotional
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
Lyttet til lydbog oplæst af forfatter, hvilket jeg tror var en fordel. Jeg er lidt ny i at lytte til lydbøger, da jeg er dårlig til at lytte uden at lave noget imens. Det gør også at koncentrationen flyder lidt, hvilket kan gøre lydbøger uoverskuelige. Men lige når det kommer til denne type bog, en biografi og ikke en roman med omfattende storyline og persongalleri, fungere en lydbog fint. Det giver kun ekstra at få den oplæst af forfatteren selv. Historien er også interessant, og et godt indblik i den komplicerede kærlighed der kan være mellem barn og forældre, især når der er usunde bindinger, og en forældre med klare mentale problemer. I dette tilfælde at den ekstreme narcissistiske slags. Noget jeg tror alle kan lære og få perspektiv af. Og at der er krydret lidt Hollywood drys ud over skader heller ikke. Det gør heller intet i forhold til historien, at man ikke er bekendt med Jenette McCurdy, hvilket jeg ikke personligt var, da historien stadig står fint for sig selv. Jeg kunne lide den men var trods alt heller ikke mere draget af den end at den var fin at lytte til mens jeg arbejdede og var beskæftiget på anden vis, så er ikke sikker på, at jeg havde været specielt vild med den hvis jeg skulle læse den i printet form. Men fin underholdning for a rainy day.
emotional
funny
inspiring
sad
fast-paced
sprinkled with raw emotion and humour, jennette is refreshingly candid in this harrowing, insightful read.
emotional
sad
tense
I find it so hard to rate and review memoirs sometimes, because how can you rate someone's life? The struggles they went through? I like having ratings through so what I'm going to put down is just because I liked Jennette's writing style and I've always been a fan of hers since I was young - I will be picking up any other book she writes.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol
Moderate: Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Stalking