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jovanh's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol
Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Sexual harassment
Minor: Infidelity, Mental illness, and Stalking
trying_ceratops's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Excrement, and Death of parent
collsin05's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Vomit, and Death of parent
Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cursing, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Alcohol
wooblatoober's review against another edition
4.75
lots of humor in suffering w/ a hopeful ending theme of overcoming adversity. amazingly written. i was hooked from the first page. mccurdy is an amazingly talented creative nonfiction writer (& doesn’t hurt that she’s had a life so crazy it seems like it should be fiction).
5⭐️ but i reserve actual 5⭐️ ratings on storygraph for my favorite books of all time
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
Moderate: Infidelity, Dementia, and Classism
Minor: Gore, Homophobia, Blood, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
mcnan's review against another edition
Graphic: Addiction, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Vomit, Grief, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Alcohol
Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis
jani_mcgonagall's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
gvstyris's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Vomit, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
music_girl93's review against another edition
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Gaslighting
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: Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent
OCD, Hoarding, Stroke, hospital setting, narcissistic parent, fear of agingchrishham's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Vomit, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders