Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

Me Alegro de que mi madre haya muerto by Jennette McCurdy

530 reviews

chrieeees's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

juksu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

A life in vignettes, following McCurdy's experiences becoming a child actor by the will of her narcissistic mother, whose influence casts a long shadow on her life. Given how recent media such as the documentary Quiet On Set have revealed the abuse that happened behind the scenes of children's TV, I'm not surprised to read accounts of abuse in the home as well. While McCurdy's mother is the elephant in the room, there are yet others: inappropriate touching and comments from men such as the Creator, incessant intrusion by fans and paparazzi, the complex relationships within the McCurdy family, and OCD. Even knowing by the very fact of this book's existence — to say nothing of the shifts in tone and language to characterize each point in time — that she's getting better, it felt like watching a three-hour train wreck. Left me feeling frustrated to know that writing this piece, while momentous, is still not the end of McCurdy's recovery. I hope she's having a good day.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Chronic illness, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Stalking

flamesocks's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

jasmine_23's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

3.0

It's interesting to listen to, and I understand the hype about it being brutally honest, but I wouldn't listen to it again 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Medical content, Stalking, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

amerid's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Minor: Stalking

naoml's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective fast-paced

4.25

Jeanette's writer voice is incredibly strong, and the book is organized in a way that could only have been thought up by her, but she guides the reader through the timeline and I was never once confused.

I appreciated the honesty of this book, and think it's a very important read as it doesn't let you romanticize the performance industry, but rather gives a very nuanced look into what fame does to a life.

The content revolving around family dynamics and mental health is also very well portrayed but it is done in a manner that is VERY TRIGGERING. I don't think that's a problem necessarily, but you HAVE to make sure you are in a healthy spot to be consuming that sort of content

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cancer, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Medical content, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Stalking

elle_griffin's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, and Cancer

Minor: Addiction, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

samgrimes99's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Sexual assault, and Vomit

Minor: Stalking

kaylyx's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

Minor: Stalking

quotestation's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

4.5

I must start this review by saying one should not have the audiobook on display while having breakfast with their mother — there were all sorts of whining in my house.

I found quite fascinating how Jennette seems to recall so much of her childhood, of her feelings and thoughts as the events happened.

I didn’t find the book funny as many say, but perhaps that is my own coping mechanism and dry humour that makes me hyper fixate on what she was actually saying. Nonetheless, the way she wrote was clever, and the journey of going through abuse and addiction and grief and coming out victorious on the other side is undeniable. 

I do not share her experience, but I do agree on her final thoughts about romanticising certain people and titles. More even so with the juxtaposition of missing someone even though you know they are, to put it simply, shit.

Quite touching, this book will stay with me for a long time (dare I say forever). I hope she’s well and happy and that people going through similar experiences may find the healing they deserve.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Death of parent

Minor: Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Stalking