Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

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

114 reviews

caitlin_bookchats's review against another edition

slow-paced

2.0

I think this book is for people who enjoy Maria Bamford's comedy style and it turns out that isn't actually me, even though I thought it might be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

sarajeanculwell's review against another edition

funny inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

4.5

Hilarious. Truly had me rolling in laughter while also being real.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

annaf90's review against another edition

It felt too all over the place, like ramblings of someone in a manic episode. I believe that is how it is intended to be, but it was too much for me to find it enjoyable. It also felt as if it was over-normalizing and dismissive of the seriousness of suicidal and self-harm ideations. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Self harm and Violence

shellocopter's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

mzynda's review against another edition

challenging funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

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

stroudle's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

5.0

I have been a long time fan of Maria’s comedy and went into this book expecting some greater understanding of her as a person and a couple laughs. I got so much more. It is honest and introspective. There are very transparent stories of her experience with OCD and I found it challenging to listen to at these parts but pushed through because it felt she was speaking to my exact experiences. 

Maria makes sure to keep herself and the listener grounded with sometime dark, sometimes light hearted, sometimes both comic relief. I listened to this while cleaning and making dinner after work and it was cathartic. I would personally recommend listening as all visual elements are in a pdf and you get to hear neat special effects and all the amazing Maria voices you may know and have come to love or have not yet heard and will soon love.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Body shaming, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

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

jackie_reads_314's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

Bamford does an amazing job being both hilarious and serious as she recounts her many tries, and failures, throughout her career. She has given me hope to seek more resources for myself as well as inspiration to advocate for those who might not have the will or strength to do so at the moment. Her poignant and relatable takes on recovery, combined with her countless experiences, illuminate the varying levels of "okay" we can all tend to fall on. I wish to talk her ear off and would be delighted to read anything else she writes! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Death of parent

tradepaperback's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts