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Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere by Maria Bamford
5 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
abicaro17's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Dysphoria, and Pandemic/Epidemic
torturedreadersdept's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Pandemic/Epidemic
wickedgrumpy's review against another edition
2.0
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).
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