Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

I'm Glad My Mom Died, by Jennette McCurdy

30 reviews

hannahjwarren's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Excrement, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Religious bigotry and Grief

vaguely_pink's review

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Addiction, Fatphobia, Grief, Mental illness, Alcohol, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Vomit, Cursing, Death of parent, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Gaslighting, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Classism, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Excrement, and Drug abuse

livreads16's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

This book was a lot. Really grateful Jennette shared this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Vomit, Alcohol, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Cursing, Fatphobia, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Grief, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, and Death

mychala's review

dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Medical content, Death of parent, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Infidelity, Grief, Eating disorder, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Cancer, Excrement, Violence, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, and Body shaming

kcup_espresso's review

dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

Oh man. I had been a fan of iCarly when I was younger, so it was really heartbreaking to read Jennette's harrowing tale of what went on behind the scenes and how her mom pushed her into being a child actor (and the abuse that went with it). My heart truly breaks for her, but I'm so glad she is in a place where she can tell her own story in her own words. This book was very readable, switching between dialogue and Jennette's inner monologue (which makes sense stylistically, given her background in screenwriting). She highlights vignettes from her life, starting from when she was little, to weave together her story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Death of parent, Grief, Vomit, Child abuse, Mental illness, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Terminal illness, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, and Sexual assault

Minor: Excrement

linkamarisa's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Medical content, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Drug use, and Sexual content

Minor: Infidelity, Injury/injury detail, Alcohol, Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Blood, Excrement, and Homophobia

gayelfboi's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Ableism, Addiction, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Infidelity, Medical content, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Eating disorder, Child abuse, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Grief, Mental illness, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Toxic relationship

ava_a's review

funny reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Addiction, Grief, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Chronic illness, Cancer, Excrement, Panic attacks/disorders, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, and Emotional abuse

theelliad's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Excrement, Child abuse, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Cancer, Drug use, Grief, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Alcoholism

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Vomit, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

bladelikesbooks's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This is a beautifully written memoir of Jennette McCurdy’s life, following her from the age of 6 to the present day. McCurdy discusses living on the poverty line, paycheck to paycheck and how even as a child she had constant financial anxieties. Her mom is very controlling and emotionally manipulative. 

McCurdy discusses an array of heavy topics throughout this memoir and I was sobbing through most of it. I can relate to Jennette on so many of her experiences, a lot of what she was saying hit close to home for me. I loved the way she talked about the romanticisation of the dead as this is something that I’m currently struggling with, with my family. 

This was such a great read, it’s such a privilege to experience what it’s like in another person’s brain. I loved that Jennette narrated it herself, it added so much more to the experience. Even if you’re not someone that would usually enjoy a nonfiction book, I think you’ll still love reading this one! 

Some quotes I loved:

“I don’t like to be observed, I like to do the observing”

“Why do we romanticise the dead? Why can’t we be honest about them? Especially moms, they’re the most romanticised of anyone”

Representation - Anxiety; OCD; Schizophrenia 

TWs/CWs - Abuse; Adoption; Adultery; Alcohol; Alcoholism; Animal Death; Anorexia; Blood; Breast Cancer; Bulimia; Cheating; Child Abuse; Child Acting; Coercion; Cussing; Divorce; Domestic Violence; Drug Use; Drunk Driving; Eating Disorders; Emotional Abuse; Excrement; Fatphobia; Financial Abuse; Hoarding; Homophobia; Hospital; Illness; Manipulation; Medical Detail; Mental Abuse; Misogyny; Murder; Panic Attack; Physical Abuse; Poverty; Purging (ED); Rape; Religious Bigotry; R-slur; Seizure; Sex; Sexualisation of a child; Suicide; Violence; Vomit

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Cursing, Terminal illness, Medical content, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, Violence, Vomit, Drug use, and Misogyny

Minor: Rape, Excrement, Animal death, Homophobia, Murder, and Suicide