Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

4 reviews

samburkhouse's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Vomit, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Homophobia, Transphobia, Stalking, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

earthtokb's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

probably… the best memoir I’ve ever listened to. so happy to have stuck with it and heard mccurdy’s words! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Death of parent

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, and Vomit

Minor: Homophobia and Transphobia

lovelybookshelf's review

emotional funny hopeful sad tense fast-paced

4.5

An incredibly gracious and honest memoir that focuses on an enmeshed, dysfunctional family system, child abuse, OCD and eating disorders, exploitation of child actors, and grief...but also perseverance, friendship, and healing. McCurdy narrates the audiobook, and I listened to it straight through. Her delivery is compelling and, at times, darkly humorous.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Transphobia

Selected "transphobia" but more specifically, casual use of an intersex slur.

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

I don't really have words for how profoundly this book affected me. I grew up watching iCarly and I was a fan of Jennette's music when she was pursuing that side of her career, and the entire time, I had no idea of the torture she was going through at the hands of her mother and Nickelodeon. Jennette is an amazing writer and expresses the complexity of having an abusive parent so well. Trying to grow up while abuse is all around you on top of being famous when it wasn't her choice read like a living hell, and I really felt for her. I still feel for her. I'm glad that she's healthy and doing okay now, I know that writing this must've been a cathartic and healing experience and that it will be cathartic and healing for others who read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Transphobia