Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

3300 reviews

nova_lemon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Addiction, Death of parent, and Cursing

rainharder's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming and Child abuse

32humanteeth's review against another edition

challenging dark funny informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Cancer, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Child abuse, Death, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cursing, Medical content, Misogyny, Sexual content, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Drug use, Stalking, and Drug abuse

ekuang96's review

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Grief, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Vomit, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

ramramyum's review

challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

heathernependa's review

dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Elated this was my first-ever audiobook. It wasn't exactly a major hurdle to get over but it was a medium of reading I thought I wouldn't enjoy for some reason. Thank God for Jennette McCurdy though because this was remarkable. I listened to the whole thing in one sitting while doing lab work I'd been putting off which is two major achievements at just 12:00pm.  

This book was so candid and vulnerable and it's quite jarring to listen to at times.  I was surprised and affected by how brutally honest this and I was constantly whispering "wtf" under my breath. Jennette is a fantastic writer. Her prose is terse and she is ominously funny and I will read everything she writes. I am admittedly biased because I was an iCarly fan and I did embarrassingly model my personality after Sam Puckett when I became a teenager until I was at least 15 ...so yeah I love Jennette haha. 

I genuinely wish her all the best and like she says 'My mom didn't get better. But I will."

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Content Warnings

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

linzik's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Vomit

collarbonehigh's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Rape, Self harm, Cancer, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Mental illness, Grief, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, and Vomit

allimancz's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative sad medium-paced

4.75

This was such an eye opening listen to the challenges a young Jennette faced as a child star, and one I had on my list for a while due to its high ratings. I was a bit put off by the title, but once I began listening, I found it’s quite fitting for the story told. I was especially impressed by her ability to recount just enough detail from her childhood to inform the reader, but not overwhelm, and how she places the audience almost in direct conversation with a young child. That is so hard to do well as an adult writer contextualizing and reflecting back! This then changes as the narrator ages and her word choice intentionally mirrors this timeline shift. My only critique would be the rushed ending in the book’s final chapters as she ages much more quickly (years and years) from scene to scene as opposed to the rest of the book’s gradual progression. 

Overall, very smart and effective writing that kept me interested and rooting for Jennette to leave the industry from the start. I hope she continues writing because not only is she very talented, she wants to be putting these words on the page. It’s about time her voice, and hers alone, shines. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual harassment, Cancer, Terminal illness, Physical abuse, and Medical trauma

authorannafaundez's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

I'll be thinking about this book for a long time. There's really not too much more to say.

This book was heartbreaking. It was honest. It was real. It is 100% worth reading, for everyone. Either as a way to glimpse a life, glimpse part of someone else's experience, or understand your own.

McCurdy did an incredible job as narrator.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Eating disorder, Cancer, Terminal illness, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Addiction, Vomit, and Alcoholism

Minor: Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual content