Reviews tagging 'Grief'

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

2795 reviews

caselyn's review

emotional funny sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Vomit

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

ahjadareads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

I don’t rate autobiographies/memoirs but WOW. Ms. Jennette McCurdy, the woman that you are. I felt all the things. But I’m most captivated by her ability to tell her story (which I’m so glad I got to hear thru the audio) in this lighthearted, humorous tone? She’s a great storyteller. As a kid who grew up watching iCarly, you kinda feel this guilt and sadness knowing that something you loved so much was causing someone so much misery. It makes me happy that her healing journey is underway. I also wasn’t prepared to relate to it as much as I did… maybe we all need a lil therapy??

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

lucindanicole's review

emotional fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

taroroot's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

re-read this for an assignment.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Minor: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Medical content, and Gaslighting

mcaittommy's review

dark emotional funny inspiring fast-paced

5.0

This book was so hard to read, but in a good way. It feels like you’re sitting down with Jennette and she’s just talking to you about her life, and I have such profound respect for her for being able to put down everything she went through. Jennette also brilliantly lightens some of the darkness with her inner monologue, which feels like she’s an old friend and we’re laughing about our trauma so we don’t cry. I didn’t realize this book would be so dark when I started it, so I took my time, but I’m so glad I know her story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, and Grief

Minor: Addiction and Mental illness

lindasoderlundd's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual content, Blood, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Cursing, Drug use, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship

gwenpool's review

emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

124 highlights, too many jaw drops to count, and days ahead of yaj book club. her writing is just so good that it’s hard to stop reading. I would get to the daily goal for book club but keep reading because it was pulling me in!!!! 

the topics she deals with and speaks about in this book are so real and well fleshed out, even when she’s having her inner monologue from her past self you can’t judge her thoughts because you know exactly why she’s thinking that way. im so glad after all this she’s gotten to where she is now. 

I have so many thoughts about this book but i can’t put them into words so #dealwithit

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Vomit, and Death of parent

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Medical content, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

hkershaw28's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

thegardenlesbian's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

Simply put, a great book. I usually don't care for memoirs (mainly because I don't care about famous people, especially celebrities) but this one was very thoughtful. I pretty much never watched the author's shows, so I didn't know much about her, but while reading I felt deeply for her. I hope she can be happy and that she goes on to do great things (even if it's 'just' being happy). Rather than being glad her mom died, I'm glad she seems recovered (or to be recovering, as it can be a lifelong process). Either way, her mom dying (both literally and, more importantly, metaphorically, as her presence was still within the author) definitely was what she needed  — even as heartless as it may sound.

My one critique: I would have loved to get more 'guidance' on i.e. what age she was when a chapter started, because I found myself sometimes lost at the beginning of some of them because of the time jump.

All in all, the author's writing style is enjoyable and realistic, showing both the vulnerable and the funny, balancing the cynical and apathetic with the emotional and caring.

That scene in the end when she recalls the time when she was purging without having checked that the rest of the stalls were empty beforehand, only for a kid to ask for her autograph as she's vomiting was, in all its unrelatability, completely relatable.

If you can tolerate the trigger warnings, I would definitely recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Blood, and Medical content

Minor: Infidelity, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Lesbophobia

reinynights's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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