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Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere by Maria Bamford
46 reviews
finnsnowbevi's review against another edition
5.0
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
4.5
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!)
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
tradepaperback's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Animal death, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts
oddpilot97's review against another edition
4.75
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.
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
effiezd's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Eating disorder
Minor: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent
junglejelly's review against another edition
4.0
I thoroughly enjoyed this, especially as I listened to a version read by Bamford herself. I just wish it had been longer.
Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Mental illness, and Death of parent
Moderate: Body shaming and Eating disorder
Minor: Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief
stevienotnicks's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Eating disorder and Mental illness
Minor: Animal death
hmmclean's review against another edition
2.25
Moderate: Animal death
dexkit10's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent
chelseakasten's review against another edition
4.5
As noted in the intro, this book doesn’t have much structure. Overall I wasn’t bothered by this although there were a few pieces where I felt there could have been more of an editorial or stylistic transition to note the end of a story. At times, it seemed like small but delightful stories (like the peanut butter pug face for Nick Kroll) were unceremoniously crammed into larger stories without an ending, thereby giving the feeling that I missed something in my reading.
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Animal death, Suicide, and Death of parent