Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

3418 reviews

trying_ceratops's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative fast-paced

3.75

Very quick read/listen. Eye-opening to the life of being an actor in Hollywood, especially a child actor. If you watched Quiet On Set, you’ll be interested in this. Definitely a bit sad but very well told and informative. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Fatphobia, Alcohol, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Cancer, Drug use, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Excrement, and Sexual content

collsin05's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Death of parent, Vomit, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cursing, Death of parent, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Vomit, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

harning12's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad

I don't give rating to memoirs, but this was so heartbreaking and eye opening. Jeanette McCurdy narrates this herself and self-narrations are always the best. The things this child had to put up with is so upsetting. I definitely recommend this (specifically as an audiobook).

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Child abuse, Self harm, and Mental illness

midnightrubies's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

savanah_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

I really enjoyed this book. As someone who grew up watching Jennette McCurdy on iCarly, it was really interesting to read about her experiences on that show and throughout her career. I loved that she wrote as if the events are happening in real time; when she was writing about her life at age 6, she wrote it as if she is 6 years old. 
Reading about her experiences made me realise the trauma and abuse many people, especially young people, in the entertainment industry endure. I really felt for Jennette whilst reading this and I am so proud that she has and continues to recover.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Grief, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse

whatdidshedraw's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Mental illness

kristinebennett's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child abuse, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Grief, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

whisper88's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Fatphobia, Cancer, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse

queerreaderchaos's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective sad

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Grief, Gaslighting, and Fatphobia

caseyjnovak's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring tense fast-paced

5.0

Funny and sharp writing. Heartbreaking and triggering topics. An admirable, straight-forward and unflinching account.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Alcohol, Addiction, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts