Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up by Selma Blair

47 reviews

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

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

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

caseythereader's review against another edition

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

abbysbookadventure's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Eating disorder and Toxic relationship

leighannebfd3b's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Grief, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault

zarazuck's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.0

 had no idea there was so much pain, trauma, and sadness in Selma Blair’s life. She’s a lovely storyteller, but I imagine this would be *too much* for someone who saw more similarities to her own life.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Eating disorder and Death of parent

adventuresofabibliophile's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Drug use, Body shaming, Animal death, and Eating disorder

Minor: Rape, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

megang519's review

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

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

Minor: Animal death and Death of parent

ashp's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Alcoholism, and Eating disorder

I loved that Selma gave us a throughline of her life that is beautiful and reflective. She does not just write about the glamour of her life. Premising her story as a mean baby grounds the story well.

tiredtori's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

mft844jwu's review

dark emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

From watching Cruel Intentions, I had an idea of who Selma Blair is, and was interested to read her book. Found it to be an insightful look into her past, and how she has grown over the years. Often dark, she has turned her lemons into lemonade and can make you smile at the stroke of a pen.

I wish we were friends! From her account, she seems like a good apple and someone that could be "down to earth."

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Eating disorder