Reviews tagging 'Incest'

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

3 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

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