Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

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

43 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

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

poshcharmander3's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide attempt

cheaploaf's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.5

I feel like it’s hard to make a book funny but maria makes it happen. Insightful about mental health, specifically bipolar disorder. Definitely a chaotic read and the short chapters made it a quick and easy read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

sam0ny's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

3.75

It is written like one of her stand up specials. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Mental illness and Death of parent

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

rmkg's review against another edition

Funny, dark, bizarre, and at some points really touching. I think if you like Maria Bamford’s stand-up, you’ll like this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic