Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

1580 reviews

nikkxtine_'s review

challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Dysphoria, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Cancer, Body shaming, Alcoholism, Vomit, Rape, and Grief

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

maziemouse's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective medium-paced

4.0

a must-read for anyone wanting insight into OCD disorders. absolutely commend McCurdy for her honesty and bravery in writing this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Self harm, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Emotional abuse

itsamylynne's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Addiction, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Body shaming, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Terminal illness, Cancer, Grief, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Vomit

Minor: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, and Mental illness

beereading90's review against another edition

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

5.0

 Das Buch ist wie ein Autounfall.
Ich konnte einfach nicht aufhören zu lesen, weil das was darin steht so schrecklich ist.
Und ich wollte immer noch ein bisschen mehr lesen, musste wissen was für eine toxische, manipulative und missbräuchliche Handlung ihre Mutter auf der nächsten Seite ausgepackt hat.
Jennette schreibt schonungslos ehrlich, dabei jedoch erfrischend und mit feinsinnigem Humor. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Vomit, Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcoholism