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jhug63's review
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Eating disorder
Moderate: Domestic abuse
Minor: Homophobia and Sexual content
michellem92's review
4.0
Graphic: Eating disorder, Child abuse, Sexual content, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Cursing, and Mental illness
Moderate: Drug use, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Cancer, and Death of parent
Minor: Fatphobia, Infidelity, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Medical content
itsmemiana's review
4.0
this rating is not for the story itself, because it would be wrong to rate that, as this is a memoir about her life. so this rating is for the way it was written.
this was my first ever audiobook and I'm so glad I started with this one. it's narrated by Jeanette which only makes it more special.
I related to a few things in this book (I'm not gonna say what because at this very moment I'm not comfortable talking about them to anyone, let alone the internet) but it has nothing to do with parental abuse like hers. and it felt so refreshing knowing I'm not alone.
mind you I was not a Nickelodeon kid (I was a die hard Disney Channel girlie) and after this I'm honestly so glad I wasn't (even tho I know Disney Channel had it's problems too). so I didn't know anything about iCarly or Sam & Cat (besides the one or two episodes I probably watched while zapping through channels).
I think Jennette is an excellent writer and storyteller and I would love to read more things from her.
I loved how honest she was. I was a little taken back by the way she spoke about Ariana Grande (even tho I'm not a fan or anything like that) but then I realised she was just being completely honest and real about her very valid and human feelings.
the only thing I liked less, was the way she spoke about other women and girls (besides her mom of course), like the part she talks about female friendships, which is something her mom taught her but also she doesn't mention not feeling that way anymore so... yeah...
as a psychology student I'm so glad Jeanette is recovering from everything she went through with the help of therapy. (the part where you could notice the emotion in her voice in the audiobook broke me). I wish her all the best.
I'm also glad her mom died.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, Terminal illness, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Blood, Death, Body shaming, Alcohol, Child abuse, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Grief, Sexual content, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Homophobia, Misogyny, and Religious bigotry
peregrinwho's review against another edition
4.25
Recovery isn't a straight line! Hope anyone who comes across this is kind to themselves.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Eating disorder
Minor: Homophobia and Panic attacks/disorders
katemeadow's review
4.5
Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Medical content, Addiction, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Vomit, Eating disorder, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Grief, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Body shaming, and Chronic illness
eleek0609's review
4.25
Graphic: Grief, Body shaming, Alcohol, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Vomit, Child abuse, and Death of parent
Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Stalking
floralvinyls's review
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Homophobia
bzliz's review against another edition
5.0
Jennette McCurdy’s story is so heartbreaking. The complete lack of intervention at any stage in her life by the people who should have cared for her most is a devastating reality for far too many children. It might even be a miracle that her life didn’t take an even more tragic turn. The audiobook being read by her makes things feel so real and she does a killer Miranda Cosgrove impression. I’m glad she got the help she needed and I hope it continues to this day.
Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Vomit, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, and Cancer
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual content
sarahrosea's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Eating disorder, Death of parent, and Vomit
Minor: Homophobia
taylorlyates's review
4.5
Graphic: Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Fatphobia, Addiction, Blood, Body shaming, Cursing, Grief, Alcoholism, Terminal illness, Homophobia, Vomit, Alcohol, Bullying, Sexual content, Cancer, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Death, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship