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jani_mcgonagall's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Child abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Cancer, Body horror, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Toxic relationship, and Vomit
ejessicac's review
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
tabby09's review against another edition
5.0
The chapters were short and impactful.
I went into this memoir because I recognized Jennette from ICarly when I was younger and was intrigued by her relationship with her mother and pushing her into acting. What I ended up finding the most interesting though was her depicting the development of her eating disorder, her experiences with therapy, and her recovery.
Jennette explaining her complicated relationship with her mother, how she was everything to her and unable to separate herself, despite what the readers can see is clear abuse, was compelling and heartbreaking. The journey to her realizing what was happening and how unhealthy the relationship was, before and after the mother's death, was well done. The complicated feelings of grief, too.
This is the first memoir I've read in a long time and I enjoyed it enough that I'll be looking for others in audiobook form. There's something special about hearing someone read their memoir out loud.
If you are currently struggling with an eating disorder, I would recommend checking in with yourself and possibly your therapist before starting it. There are depictions of restriction, purging, bingeing, etc that are sometimes a bit graphic. It could also be triggering for anyone with a parent going through cancer treatments or experiencing terminal illness, have recently lost a parent, or are the child of a narcissistic parent.
Graphic: Terminal illness, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Child abuse, Grief, Medical content, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, and Body shaming
OCD, Hoarding, Stroke, hospital setting, narcissistic parent, fear of agingkgpierce's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Incest, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Cancer, Pedophilia, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Addiction, Sexual violence, Death, Self harm, Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Classism
Minor: Gaslighting, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Grief, Emotional abuse, and Dysphoria
daria_morgendorffer's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Body shaming, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, and Death of parent
eedle_cacleberry's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Child abuse, and Eating disorder
Moderate: Death of parent, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, and Alcohol
therewillbenewsuns's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Vomit, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment
half_finished's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Fatphobia, Drug use, Cancer, Grief, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Toxic relationship, and Panic attacks/disorders
butkyra's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Vomit, Cancer, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death of parent, Child abuse, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual content, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis
liv_brown31's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, and Fatphobia
just keep in mind there is a lot of talk about eating disorders that could be triggering