Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Me Alegro de que mi madre haya muerto by Jennette McCurdy

140 reviews

maddypat's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

Just a phenomenal book. I absolutely devoured it over the course of the weekend. McCurdy's voice is so clear in it, it feels like she's directly telling you her story. The content itself is absolutely insane, it's hard to imagine that a person went through it. She did an incredible job relaying her experiences and I hope she feels more at peace now that this is out in the world. Highly recommend this book to genuinely anyone regardless of book preferences.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, and Vomit

theeoldbear's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

littleseal's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

its_kievan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

4.0

Affected me way more than I was expecting it to. McCurdy strikes an amazing balance between laying out the harrowing details of her trauma and showing how she spent so long not recognising it as trauma. I’m also very glad her Mom died.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, and Vomit

Moderate: Cancer and Sexual content

Minor: Homophobia and Sexism

crystalvyces's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

2.0

I love Janette McGurdy but she has clearly not processed her trauma—this is giving book 1 Tina Turner, like she kinda wants to stay famous and relevant so she said im gonna make a book about it although the book provides no insight into her life nor her abusers. It’s just facts of her life growing up with an abusive power hungry Mormon mother and her enabling brothers… 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

alizasminilibrary's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.75

Wow, wow, and wow! The audiobook completely blows the written book out of the water. It hits so much harder hearing Jennette McCurdy tell the story herself and what it sounded like to her in that moment.

McCurdy went through so much for two decades when she should have been trying to grow up and understand the person she would become. Not having to placate her mother’s narcissism, and abused by ‘The Creator’ as she puts it. As well as vulnerable to terrible men who know they can use and abuse her to stroke their ego.

I empathize with her, she has struggled with

eating disorders

since she was a child. She has also been made to become something that her mother could live vicariously through and it’s not ok. She was not given help when she was obviously struggling with OCD even when her grandfather recognized it. Also having the weight of supporting a household on her shoulders as a child is mentally exhausting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, Blood, Medical content, and Alcohol

Minor: Domestic abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

magsbord's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

justmys's review against another edition

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, and Stalking

rose34's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

kimveach's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

Like so many people, I couldn't resist the title.  I didn't love it on audio, as she speaks extremely fast and is somewhat monotone, especially in the book's first part, but I enjoyed finishing it on Kindle.  I had to reduce the speed of the book to 0.80 in order not to feel (more) anxious while listening.  Her story of surviving an extremely abusive childhood and Hollywood broke my heart.  At the same time, I was also entertained.  She's witty and insightful about what happened to her and the situations she encountered.  I hope she continues to recover from her childhood.

Numerous trigger warnings should be noted:  eating disorders, an abusive mother who has cancer, and a dysfunctional family, among others.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment