Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

613 reviews

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

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

dewalt335's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

Wow, what a read.
Jennette’s openness, vulnerability, and honesty was on display throughout the entire book. You can tell she did the work and did it the right way. This was an inspiring read to me both professionally and personally. Though it was difficult to read at times due to the content and triggers she discusses, it’s all there. She put herself out there and deserves any and all praise she receives.

I wish you the best in life Jennette.👏🏽

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Vomit

Moderate: Terminal illness, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, and Medical content

ressicajicks's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Alcoholism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Vomit, Eating disorder, Medical content, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Cancer

kh108_'s review against another edition

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

4.25

Extremely easy to read, she really does describe abusive parents with the perfect mix of humor and seriousness. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Eating disorder, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Cancer, Death of parent, Body shaming, and Death

Minor: Drug use, Medical content, Rape, Sexual content, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual harassment

unboundbooklover's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Death, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Medical content, Terminal illness, and Cancer

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, and Addiction

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Religious bigotry, Grief, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Mental illness

smoldragon22's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.5

It made me cry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cancer, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Child abuse, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Medical content, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Drug use and Drug abuse

I can't emphasize enough how graphic the eating disorder descriptions are.

michellem92's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

stellainthegalaxy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Death, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Vomit

Moderate: Drug use, Medical content, and Panic attacks/disorders

erinoconnor's review

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

4.75

I listened to Jeanette in her audiobook and it was equal parts cathartic and heart breaking. This book is fascinating and raw and I am so grateful to her for writing it. Hearing her perspective shift throughout her life and see her gain strength and understanding was beautiful and inspiring and painful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Child abuse, Death of parent, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Medical content, Death, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Vomit