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mo_bookshelves's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Gaslighting
caitlinemccann's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual harassment
Minor: Stalking
juliebells's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual harassment
kiwichill's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Alcohol
Moderate: Cursing, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, and Stalking
linblythe_pub22's review against another edition
5.0
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
minimisa's review
4.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Death of parent
Moderate: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment
meghan_w's review against another edition
I’m Glad my Mom Died is a memoir about the author’s experience as a child star on Nickelodeon, having a narcissistic mother, eating disorders, religious deconstruction, OCD, and other things. I highly recommend listening to this 100% on audiobook at 1.0x. It’s worth taking the time to hear the author’s voice inflections as she tells her story.
This book isn’t light. The quip on the cover saying it’s funny is weird to me because it’s not. It’s heavy and it’s dark at times. I waited to read this until I felt I was in a place to be able to handle it. It made me feel angry, baffled, but most of all sad. Not just for the author, but for so many who struggle with similar issues as her and her mother. What I deeply appreciate the most is she takes a good amount of the book to share her experiences in therapy. It’s a raw account of how hard therapy is and that healing is not a linear process. We don’t get it right immediately and sometimes it’s gets harder before it gets better.
I’m so grateful for her willingness to share her story with the world. I took pieces I needed out of it for my own life. It was truly a privilege to listen to her story.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
orlagal's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol
bella613's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
br3nda's review against another edition
3.0
Heartbreaking - YES, very! but I have no idea where the hilarious is. This is a memoir about a young girl to adult who was sexually, physically and emotionally abused by her own mother. On top of that, the effects of being a child actor and growing up in that world where emotional and sexual abuse is very prevalent. There is not a drop of hilarious in this book.
I picked this book for our book club because I thought there was going to be some light-hearted reading included. That is so far from the truth!
Kudos to Jennette for having the strength to tell your story.
Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment