Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

I'm Glad My Mom Died, by Jennette McCurdy

2376 reviews

broma's review

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Eating disorder, and Death of parent

sofiadidonato's review

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Wow I just finished this and oh my God. It was just as good of a book as everyone said but I wasn’t expecting it. I think this one’s gonna stay with me for awhile. She was my childhood and it’s weird seeing now what has actually happening backstage. I send her so much love and healing on her path. ❤️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death of parent, Child abuse, Grief, Eating disorder, Blood, Cancer, Alcohol, Vomit, Sexual assault, Death, Alcoholism, Terminal illness, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Child abuse and Rape

a_augustine12's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.75

Wow. That's all I really have to say about this book. This book was a quick read, and I really enjoyed it. It's crazy to think that Jennette McCurdy went through all the things she went through, and how well she hid it!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Vomit, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse

marionlundqvist's review

challenging emotional informative sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Death of parent, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Fatphobia

wayward_frog's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Vomit, Terminal illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming and Child abuse

elysianbud's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75

Incredibly gripping and fast-paced read. Brilliantly written. 

All the reviews on the back seem to describe it as "funny", but I'm not sure that's quite the right word?
Jennette writes in a sort of deadpan, matter-of-fact way, so I could see how one could interpret her presentation of the absurd behaviour she has had to endure in her life as humourous, if only it weren't so absolutely heartbreaking. I really don't think "funny" is the right word for the depictions of toxic relationships in this book. I suppose one could argue the surreal humour angle. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Eating disorder, Cancer, Child abuse, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Grief, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical content, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Addiction

imogenrose97's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Grief, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Drug use, Fatphobia, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, and Vomit

xlyn's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Sexual content, Death of parent, Body shaming, and Alcoholism

Minor: Stalking

bookgirl's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

I’m so glad I stopped professional acting in high school and then took another like 8 years to decide to be a professional actor for real as an adult then 4 years later I kinda quit acting but then I unquit acting to do a web series. I loved this book and it was very nice to read an unrelenting account of the way Hollywood behaves from someone from my generation. It had all my topics of interest: addiction, power abuse, sad little girls with abusive matriarchs. It was really relatable and reassuring to read in some ways, because it was like reading the extreme and more horrific version of some of my own industry experiences. It was also super fucking sad and trigger warning everything but I trusted the author throughout the process. I’m proud of her and look forward to book 2. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Pedophilia, Rape, Grief, Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Death, Eating disorder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Vomit, Alcoholism, Cancer, and Terminal illness

joshuamartinsen's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

I have so so so much respect and gratitude for Jennette McCurdy for firstly living through all of the horrific shit she went through in her life (you literally could not guess 

HALF of it), but also for sharing it so candidly in this book. Her story of growth, rebuilding and rediscovering herself, and of overcoming every kind of adversity is equal parts funny and heartbreaking. This book is proof that there is light at the end of the tunnel for people living through eating disorders, narcissistic parents, alcoholism, or even (although less likely) childhood stardom. Bonus half star for the 2-3 page chapters, making it super easy to read in bites!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Cancer, Death of parent, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, and Addiction