Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

1853 reviews

hollye6's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Addiction, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Mental illness, Alcohol, Body shaming, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Sexual assault

mikaylanh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This was excellent. I started with the ebook and then saw some comments online recommending the audiobook so I switched over - so happy I did! I’ve never read a memoir before but this… wow. What a brave thing to write and publish. Super heartbreaking, especially hearing it through Jennette’s voice. Would recommend to others in a heartbeat, but would also advise reading trigger warnings ahead of time because this content is very heavy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Addiction, Grief, Vomit, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Cancer

chellyduke's review

dark funny reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual content, Vomit, and Sexual assault

peachyybooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Vomit

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Alcoholism and Sexual assault

jazjoyner91's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

A great audiobook. It's great to hear her story in her voice. I highly recommend listening to the audiobook if you get the chance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Mental illness, and Sexual assault

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

keightychandelier's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Alcohol, and Child abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual assault

kaylabsimon's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

4.5

Incredible, raw, and very sad at times. I am horrified that no adults in Jennette’s life stood up for her the way she needed them to. She’s an excellent author and I loved the way her prose changed over the length of the book. Getting more mature and complex as she ages in the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Terminal illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Grief, and Toxic relationship

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

emburs's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Death of parent, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Incest, and Sexual assault