Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

I'm Glad My Mom Died, by Jennette McCurdy

317 reviews

texas_reznikoff's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Terminal illness, Violence, Addiction, Sexual content, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, and Mental illness

niekreatywna's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Grief, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Addiction, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Death, Body shaming, Alcohol, Vomit, Medical content, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Dysphoria, Domestic abuse, and Cancer

astareads's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

Shocking to read about the kind of people who become parents and about the struggles they leave behind in their children, in more than one generation. I've never known anything about McCurdy before listening to this and I didn't feel like I would've needed to, but maybe there are things I would've understood the context of had I been a fan of hers through the years.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Grief, Terminal illness, Vomit, Body horror, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, and Self harm

Moderate: Infidelity

quietlex's review

dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

meaghanpal's review

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

The beginning of this book felt a bit slow at points. Perhaps it was the choppy dialogue bits that I always find a bit confusing in memoirs because the dialogue surely can’t be one hundred percent what happened. Memory bits aside, the book was very interesting to hear about Jennette McCurdys point of view and her life experience especially when I saw a smal part of it on screen growing up. Also, I find it helpful to read about relationships with moms that are not the picture perfect best friend one depicted in Gilmore Girls. I relate to Jennette a lot more. The middle and end of the book were more fast paced with shorter chapters at points that helped the book flow. I guess I started to appreciate her writing style more once it got to the point where she was on Nickelodeon because I had more of a connection with that time in my own life. Jennette does a great job processing her emotions and experiences and I can only begin to imagine what a tiring and long process that was and is.

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Stalking, Sexual violence, and Self harm

Highly encourage anyone to read the trigger/content warnings the book is very graphic. While I think it is good I am cautious recommending it because of the explicit content.

mfrisk's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

5.0

I can’t recommend this book more. It is equal parts funny and emotionally devastating and delved into the life of someone many people (myself included) grew up watching and thinking we knew what they were like. I expect we’ll see more child actors, YouTubers, and even tik tok stars come forward in the next few years and it’s refreshing to see someone talk so honestly about their relationship with their family, fame, and the difficulties these can bring to young kids still just trying to grow up. 

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Content Warnings

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

becca_w_'s review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Medical content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Addiction, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Blood and Pedophilia

Minor: Abandonment

This book is great, but if you struggle with an eating disorder I would recommend not reading it. There is extremely triggering content related to that throughout the book! Just do what you think is the best for you :)

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

greenglass67's review

emotional funny inspiring slow-paced

5.0

This book was fantastic. It was so honest and real. I wasn’t expecting any of it. Jeannette McCurdy’s ability to detail all the moments of her life, good and bad, in a way that’s engaging and entertaining while still being heartfelt and sensitive is unparalleled. The book does contain a lot of detail into her eating disorder.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Vomit

Moderate: Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Sexual content

addytunn's review

dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

4.75

One of the first books I got through in one sitting. Really quick paced and unsettling; it kind of leaves you numb. McCurdy's memoir does not just cover her time at Nickelodeon, but the events leading up to it as well, which I think was done beautifully since her experiences go well beyond the time she was in iCarly and Sam & Cat. 

It's not easy recalling and rewriting these things, and I really don't understand why tabloids are only seeing this as moment to "spill the tea". I wish Jennette a life full of happiness and love, and that she's successful in whatever she does in the future!

And, let's be honest. We're all glad her mom died.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Child abuse, Chronic illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Drug use, and Vomit

Minor: Medical content