Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

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

6 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

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

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

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

2.0

This was a difficult one to read.  I think if there is an audiobook version it might work better that way since it is written very much in the style that the author does comedy, so it can be very jarring with regular changes in font and abrupt asides.

Overall, it was interesting to read someone’s experience with mental health treatment, but it was made very obvious that it was from a privileged perspective.  Some of the advice given was offensive at best and dangerous at worst (joining a cult, while on brand for the book is not a good idea for the majority).

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

frogggirl2's review

dark funny medium-paced

4.0

This book is messy and all over the place -  which is sort of the point and totally on brand.  I'm not a huge fan of memoirs and I didn't find this hugely helpful for myself or informative necessarily.  What I do feel is important for a comedian's memoir is that I frequently found this funny.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent