Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

723 reviews

sarahkorn's review against another edition

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

5.0

Fast, juicy read. Jennette McCurdy is a talented writer. She never minimized or hid her abuse, the way she tells it it's clear as day, yet she managed to tell her truth with humor and vivid detail, and I could picture every scene. I felt sad for Jennette but felt her resilience throughout the entire story. Overall this book deals with tough moments but is not particularly sad or dark -- still, check the trigger warnings on this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, and Vomit

nessasreadingnook24's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Death, Cursing, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Grief, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse

autumnnraynnn's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Cancer, Child abuse, and Terminal illness

emilinaballerina's review

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

First off, iCarly was probably the most formative piece of media during my tween years so I knew this book was going to be heavy on the existential vibes for me but wowza. Jennette is a beautiful writer, and she captures such small nuances in every single person in this book, it brings the readers (or listeners I guess hehe) into the journey with her. I wouldn't say this is a particularly uplifting read, but I found the messiness of it all to be very relatable and human. And despite deep dives into some pretty heavy topics like disordered eating, mental illnesses, and familial abuse, Jennette's voice is brimming with humor and irony. I also thought it was interesting to hear her mention she wrote poetry when she was younger, and I think that influence shines through in the way she structures her chapters and the book as a whole. This was also a really great book to listen to and get to hear the emotion in her voice as she tells her story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Child abuse, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, and Cancer

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Stalking

orlagal's review

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Cancer, Infidelity, Grief, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Bullying, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Self harm, and Toxic relationship

zarelaeda's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Vomit

Minor: Cancer, Physical abuse, Stalking, Terminal illness, and Chronic illness

noahpech's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

Very solid book, well-written, insightful and poignant. I would recommend it for others to read, though a few parts dragged just a little. She faced horrible abuse and in the ending you can see how she begins to overcome it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Self harm, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Vomit, Child abuse, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, and Chronic illness

sandramarinis's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Great book. A very dark life story about Jennettes terrible upbringing with an extremely controlling narcisistic mother. I couldn't stop reading it. To anyone reading this book who relates to her story, please read Dr. Ramani Durasulvas books about navigating narcissism. I highly recommend them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Cancer, Sexual violence, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Grief, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Addiction, Cursing, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

tmholsman_1994's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

I always feel weird rating non-fiction books, but after listening to what Jennette McCurdy went through from the time she was 6 until her mom died is very heartbreaking and it happens so often that it seems like no one pays attention until it's too late.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Death of parent, Alcohol, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, and Vomit

kbroshous's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Body shaming

Moderate: Death of parent, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Vomit, Alcohol, Cancer, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, and Grief