Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

I'm Glad My Mom Died, by Jennette McCurdy

1943 reviews

sapphicmuscaria's review against another edition

dark lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.5

i like this book, don't really want to reread it because it is depressing despite the lighthearted and witty writing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, and Cancer

offafaithe's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Drug use, Grief, Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Death, Cancer, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Alcoholism

roses_posy's review

challenging dark reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Cancer, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Vomit, Sexual assault, Death, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, and Sexual content

titan_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

4.5

This was a hard read because it was so raw. I could feel her emotions through her writing. I grew up watching iCarly so it was interesting to get a look behind the scenes at both the show and the dangers children face while acting so young. It really makes you think about what a huge role adults play in the life of a child. The adults in her life failed her miserably, but it was inspiring to see her journey towards fighting for herself.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Fatphobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, and Grief

Minor: Bullying and Toxic relationship

leahewhite's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Fatphobia

Moderate: Death of parent, Cancer, Addiction, Grief, and Sexual assault

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Panic attacks/disorders

rosita's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Vomit, Addiction, Cancer, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Body shaming, Grief, Terminal illness, Fatphobia, and Sexual content

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Dementia, Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, and Stalking

coffeecass's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child abuse, Vomit, Cancer, Body shaming, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Domestic abuse

massivepizzacrust's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny fast-paced

4.0

Jennette's story is extremely messed up, and unfortunately not that surprising. The child acting scene is so clearly completely insane, but I'm glad we're getting more stories about it. Please look into the content warnings before reading, especially emotional abuse and eating disorder ones. I really enjoyed Jennette's writing, it was funny and fast-paced. I felt like I could actually tell she enjoyed writing, which doesn't feel surprising since she wanted to write screenplays over acting. (Also, did anyone else think it really sounded like it was Ariana Grande who threatened to quit if Jennette got to write a script for the show? If so, what a shitty move on her part.)

I felt a little bit like this memoir was missing another couple of chapters. The Jennette we got to know towards the end of the book doesn't necessarily feel like the Jennette that wrote a memoir and published it. It felt like a quick jump from walking away from a therapist who even suggested her mom wasn't great, to writing a book exposing how messed up her mom was. It's clear there's a lot of slow work that goes into it, but I'm curious about how she got to a point where she was willing to tell the world about what happened (maybe speaking as someone with weird parental relationships as well). 

All in all, I can see why everyone and their mom is raving about this book, and I think it's an important voice in the current media world. I don't think it'll be my favorite book of the year but I'm glad I read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Vomit, Body shaming, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Adult/minor relationship

ahopper7's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death of parent, Vomit, and Cancer

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

tetedump's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Vomit, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Terminal illness, Body shaming, Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent