Reviews tagging 'Trafficking'

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

4 reviews

chapstickdealer's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

crystalvyces's review

reflective slow-paced

2.0

I love Janette McGurdy but she has clearly not processed her trauma—this is giving book 1 Tina Turner, like she kinda wants to stay famous and relevant so she said im gonna make a book about it although the book provides no insight into her life nor her abusers. It’s just facts of her life growing up with an abusive power hungry Mormon mother and her enabling brothers… 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

khourianya's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.5

I’ve never watched an episode of icarly and I barely knew who she was before this book.  It’s such a sad story about a girlhood stolen.  I think the only reason I finished it was because I wish I’d had people to hear me out when I was a kid suffering from an eating disorder.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Trafficking, and Death of parent

ya_i_read's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Vomit, and Trafficking