Reviews tagging 'Death'

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

12 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

tls321's review against another edition

4.0

It had its ups and downs, but I'm glad I stuck with it. She definitely made me laugh while simultaneously helping me understand the darker parts of struggles with her mental health.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

kirstieanya's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Fatphobia and Homophobia

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

sertzo19's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

If you love Maria Bamford, you will no doubt love this book! It’s as fun, twisted, sad and (potentially) relatable as you’d expect. Oftentimes I found myself pivoting from tears to laughs (within the same paragraph). My main problem with Sure, I’ll Join Your Cult is that it takes a few chapters to get into the rhythm of Maria’s writing style but once you’re tuned in, it’s a breeze! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Mental illness, and Death of parent

madamenovelist's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Death, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic

jsteighn's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Forced institutionalization, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, Police brutality, and Pandemic/Epidemic

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Pandemic/Epidemic

spec_tacles's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Abortion