Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere by Maria Bamford

16 reviews

finnsnowbevi's review against another edition

emotional inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Bullying, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Incest, Police brutality, Dementia, Medical trauma, Abortion, Alcohol, and Classism

liesthemoontells's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.5

This was a hilarious, incredibly dark, and blisteringly honest account of living with mental illness by legendary comedian Maria Bamford.

If you're not familiar with her work, I would highly recommend watching some of her standup before committing to the full book - the utter blackness of her humour can be very confronting and may not be for everyone.

As a Maria Bamford fan, it's everything you could hope for. I listened to this with every spare moment I had over a few days and struggled to tear myself away from it.

I listened to the audiobook despite having bought a signed copy of this book at one of her shows. I will probably read the physical copy at some point to compare, but I adored the audio version (she does all the voices!)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

oddpilot97's review against another edition

challenging funny reflective medium-paced

4.75

Unflinchingly honest. Painfully real. No-BS. Loved it!

The narration by the author added a lot. It’s more about 12-step programs than traditional cults. Honestly it kinda made me want to find a 12 step group near me and jump into the community!

Storygraph said this was a great fit for me and it was right.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Animal death, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Child abuse, Fatphobia, and Infidelity

mollymdull's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Suicide, Terminal illness, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Drug use, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pandemic/Epidemic

dadspice's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative sad fast-paced

4.0

Love her, love the “recipes’ at the end of each chapter. 

I know oversharing is  a problem for her, but it sure is refreshing and validating to hear her experience..

A fluff-free, amazingly honest and amusing tour through a difficult life of mental illness.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Eating disorder and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Child abuse

angelasunshine's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

abicaro17's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

4.0

This is one of the better memoirs i've listened too. I think Maria is hilarious and I'd totally go to her show. Again the book ends a little abruptly but I think the formatting is fun. The chapters are divided up into separate "cults" and chunks of her life. I appreciate that she keeps the timeline pretty easy to follow and describes what's happening year wise as well. I think I would have appreciated more of a conclusion other than her own twelve step program creation. The PDF of pictures and all the recipes were such a cute addition! I'd definitely recommend this as a good starter memoir. Very easy to listen to and funny while being serious. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Dysphoria, and Pandemic/Epidemic

cgreenstein's review against another edition

funny hopeful medium-paced

This memoir is distinct for the level and tone of its self-awareness, and, in my opinion, that's what made the whole thing work. I went with the audiobook version of this one, and I found that listening to her upbeat delivery as she chronicled incredibly difficult things enhanced the book. After all, she's a comedian and a voice actor-- her delivery is a central component of her work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Child abuse

lawmixitup's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, and Death of parent

A majority of the content warnings are due to intrusive thoughts from OCD

cake_cats_books's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Death of parent