Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

1195 reviews

torden_'s review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Blood, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Stalking and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

pvp_niki's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Infidelity and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Medical content and Religious bigotry

riverestyx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

I'm very glad I waited to read this after first getting a copy. It's very intense and does not shy away from all the harmful things we think up from the entertainment industry. It was incredibly hard to heard Jenette recount it all as well. It's a good book and discusses a lot of important topics while giving a deep look into unhealthy cycles, coming to terms with abuse from parents, eating disorders and recovery from, and so much more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Stalking, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

whitneysch's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

“I'm allowed to hate someone else's dream, even if it's my reality.” 

 

 

I could not put this story down. This story was so darkly hilarious, brutally honest, and very intimately written. Jennette McCurdy showed that love of all kinds are intricate and sometimes all-consuming. It can be vicious, uplifting, nurturing, and traumatizing all at the same time. 

 

Jannette McCurdy’s humor is truly one-of-a kind and made me smile even at the darkest moments. I was laughing during chapter 1 when she recounts how she thinks she will positively be able to wake her mother up from a coma by whispering that she’s at her goal weight, giggling when her mother died and she’s replying to a fling who texted her that her mom wouldn’t die, momentarily chuckling about how when her life comes crashing down  (of course) an Ariana Grande song is playing in her Uber. All of these being very serious and concerning events and the accompanying humorous narration made the events all the more honest. 

 

I once had a theater teacher tell me that sometimes the best way to act out sadness… the kind of sadness where you’re supposed to be inconsolable (I’m talking body convulsing sobs) was to start laughing. When we’re sad we really don’t know how to act, and we sometimes laugh at the most guttural sadness. That’s what this book felt like. 

 

Jannette McCurdy is truly a survivor… and I hope she’s finally able to start living her dream after so long of living someone else’s…no matter if that dream is writing, directing, or playing charades with Tom Hanks. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

hypofocus's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Beautifully vulnerable and brave. Being read by the author brought an extra layer of authenticity to it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Death of parent

Minor: Blood and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

emialmonacid's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Sexual content

alucero94's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

ladynavalon's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

maddamn's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Wow. Since I never watched iCarly or Sam and Cat I had virtually no exposure to the author until this book came out. This is definitely the type of book I’ll only get through once. When I say heartbreaking, I mean it. It is so deeply disturbing at times and upsetting all the time. But it’s also humorous. It’s a great book about not-great circumstances. Please mind the trigger warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Vomit, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Minor: Domestic abuse, Rape, Stalking, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

jessknewman's review

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Eating disorder