Reviews tagging 'Grief'

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

2456 reviews

rebeccaae99's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual content, and Cancer

moonadjacent's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Engaging - brutally so. Several moments I had to pause and stare at the page in disbelief. Things just keep happening, but there is a lack of self-pity imbued in the author's voice. 

I do think she did herself some disservice in skimming over her recovery. To continuously have to fight for your wellbeing is no small feat and it would have been nice for her to get her flowers. At least she probably does outside of the book, considering its success. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Death of parent, Death, Fatphobia, Grief, Terminal illness, Blood, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Vomit

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Infidelity, Drug use, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Rape

mary_do_12's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

4.5

jennette, do you need a hug?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Cancer, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Grief, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Addiction, Drug use, Cursing, and Alcohol

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Stalking

madeline_p4's review

dark sad tense fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Vomit, Grief, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual assault, and Body shaming

ecen1's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, and Eating disorder

Minor: Grief

thebooknook180's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Cancer, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit and Terminal illness

gneumann's review

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Grief, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, and Death of parent

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Medical content, Sexual content, and Panic attacks/disorders

ktv's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Medical content, Grief, Cursing, Toxic relationship, and Misogyny

Minor: Blood, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Infidelity, and Excrement

taylordnelson's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

A very digestible book broken down into moments rather than a long reflective narrative. Listening to McCurdy read this herself was heartbreaking at times, especially as you hear what is obvious as abuse to an adult but understandably, not an adoring child manipulated since birth. I truly hope that McCurdy found mostly healing and peace in sharing her story so intimately.

My first real attempt with an audio book, really enjoyed!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cancer, Addiction, Body shaming, Death of parent, Mental illness, Vomit, Eating disorder, and Grief

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

errie's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Vomit, Grief, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Body shaming, and Mental illness