Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

1380 reviews

nightowl__'s review

dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Child abuse, Alcoholism, and Eating disorder

cluelessdino's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Cancer

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

ashleighf's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Wow. This was incredible. The writing style, the emotion, the honesty - everything. I finished this in one week and would highly recommend the audio book to hear Jennette tell the story herself. It covers some tough themes, so definitely read the trigger warnings before reading! All-in-all, an excellent read/listen!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body shaming, Addiction, Fatphobia, Drug use, Cancer, Child abuse, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Vomit

ktmags's review against another edition

emotional inspiring fast-paced

5.0

I might've cried a couple times while reading this. A truly heartbreaking story. 

One time I saw Jennette at Six Flags and she was avoiding people coming up to her and i overheard people talking about how "rude" she was. well i hope they read this book so they can have a better understanding of her and how we should be treating celebrities in public. she's just human and my heart hurts for her. i'm glad she's doing better for herself 🤍

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Mental illness, Grief, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Cancer, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fatphobia, Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death

radtj's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Addiction, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Fatphobia

jessawilson's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.0

I would have preferred to hear more about her heading journey. The ending felt rushed to wrap things up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Death, Alcohol, Vomit, Mental illness, Abandonment, Body shaming, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Grief, and Child abuse

solarel's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Body shaming, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Medical content, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Self harm, and Terminal illness

lexig95's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Fatphobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Cancer

meghan_w's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

This book. It feels weird to sum up in words what I think of someone else’s life story and traumas. For that reason, I’m not rating it, but I’ll try to talk more about how this book made me feel rather than critique the content. 

I’m Glad my Mom Died is a memoir about the author’s experience as a child star on Nickelodeon, having a narcissistic mother, eating disorders, religious deconstruction, OCD, and other things. I highly recommend listening to this 100% on audiobook at 1.0x. It’s worth taking the time to hear the author’s voice inflections as she tells her story. 

This book isn’t light. The quip on the cover saying it’s funny is weird to me because it’s not. It’s heavy and it’s dark at times. I waited to read this until I felt I was in a place to be able to handle it. It made me feel angry, baffled, but most of all sad. Not just for the author, but for so many who struggle with similar issues as her and her mother. What I deeply appreciate the most is she takes a good amount of the book to share her experiences in therapy. It’s a raw account of how hard therapy is and that healing is not a linear process. We don’t get it right immediately and sometimes it’s gets harder before it gets better. 

I’m so grateful for her willingness to share her story with the world. I took pieces I needed out of it for my own life. It was truly a privilege to listen to her story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Medical content, Self harm, Vomit, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Grief, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

andalucia's review

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Body shaming, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent