Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up by Selma Blair

16 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

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

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

btodd12's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

3.0

I wanted more introspection from Selma Blair. Mean Baby mostly read like an autobiography instead of a memoir because it lacked reflection. There is a LOT of trauma in this book, but it is mostly just told as a story without revealing the depth of Selma Blair’s thoughts and feelings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Sexual assault, and Alcoholism

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

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