Reviews tagging 'Grief'

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

2478 reviews

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

wooblatoober's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

amazing book. covers her entire life pretty much up until she starts writing the book. it was incredible. VERY easy read vocab- & language-wise, but very difficult read regarding content. HEED THE CONTENT WARNINGS. if any of the CWs trigger you, especially the ones listed “graphic,” DO NOT READ THIS BOOK. otherwise, it’s an incredible read. 

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Excrement, Medical content, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Cancer, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Vomit, Medical trauma, Self harm, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Classism, Dementia, and Infidelity

Minor: Homophobia, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, and Stalking

mcnan's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

What a great exploration of a relationship. The author has put SO much work in and it shows. Her recalling of events throughout her entire life was really special - she's stayed connected 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Addiction, Vomit, Mental illness, Grief, Gaslighting, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

lotzoflolzz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Cancer, Alcoholism, Vomit, Death of parent, and Eating disorder

gvstyris's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Vomit, Child abuse, Eating disorder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Medical content, Death of parent, and Alcoholism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

music_girl93's review against another edition

Too triggering for me 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Excrement, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

tabby09's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

5.0

This was an amazing memoir. I listened to it on audiobook and Jennette narrated it wonderfully. All parts of it were interesting to me, from the deeply enmeshed relationship with her mother, her mother's narcissism and her reaction to developing breast cancer, the hoarder home she grew up in, her feelings about her acting career, her mormon faith, and her experiences suffering from anorexia and ocd. 

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. 

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Content Warnings

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 aging

kgpierce's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad slow-paced

3.25

Lovely autobiography, definitely interesting. That being said it didn’t offer me anything I have read or heard before. Nothing groundbreaking but a good read nonetheless.

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Content Warnings

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

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

I can’t ever rate anyone’s memoir as less than 5 stars!  This was such a brave narrative of the trauma Jennette McCurdy endured, and even braver were the retellings of the efforts toward healing. I’m glad the pedophiles employed by Nickelodeon have been exposed by Jennette (among others.) Kudos to Jennette-this was a great memoir! 

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Content Warnings

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

ragubo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Chronic illness, Grief, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Alcohol, Body shaming, Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Eating disorder, and Vomit

Moderate: Blood, Cancer, Death of parent, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Adult/minor relationship, and Drug use