Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

2120 reviews

mbrogs2024's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Vomit, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Dysphoria

phoebefiloramo's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

maidinnah's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

I just want to give Jennette a hug :( Her tell-all memoir strikes the balance between absurdly hilarious and horrifically sad, exploring her complicated relationship with her mother, her body, and fame. The short chapters and shocking content makes I'm Glad My Mom Died an easy page-turner (or engrossing audiobook, which is read by McCurdy herself). Moreover, Jennette’s frank and brusque voice establishes her work as an important case study of the effects of narcissistic abuse and child stardom. Her truth, her story, is so eye-opening, it will leave its mark on the reader and maybe even the entertainment industry as a whole. An important, if uncomfortable, read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Minor: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Rape

booksandgore's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Death of parent

closet_of_socks's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual harassment

linblythe_pub22's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual content, Excrement, Religious bigotry, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Stalking

carlaj1082's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Death of parent

melissa08's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.25

Listening to Jennette read her audiobook made the book more raw and heartbreaking. A life story that definitely needed to be told and it goes to show you never know what’s happening behind closed doors. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Terminal illness, Vomit, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

ljeffbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

I don't want to rate Jennette’s life in that sense, but the book itself was very well written. It gave me a big insight into harrowing child acting and codependent relationships can be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Alcohol

bethkxx's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Stalking