Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

I'm Glad My Mom Died, by Jennette McCurdy

3695 reviews

maggiemaryamos's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Vomit, Grief, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death, Body shaming, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, Dysphoria, Cursing, Child abuse, Cancer, and Alcohol

digsbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

erynelle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Child abuse, Mental illness, Death of parent, Eating disorder, and Sexual content

newtons's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Bullying, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Death, Child abuse, Grief, Fatphobia, Death of parent, and Chronic illness

eleanor_rose22's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

An emotional reflection on the life of a child actress suffering under an abusive mother, a debilitating eating disorder, and being forced into the spotlight. I loved icarly growing up and my heart aches for all that happened behind the scenes to a girl my age, who never got her childhood, but I’m glad Jennette has come so far now :’) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Child abuse

lexi974's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

irisgreen's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

reedytoeat's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

This is one of the best memoirs I think I’ve ever read. Jenette McCurdy has an excellent writers voice. The way she writes this, from a present, first person POV, as if she’s experiencing it for the first time, is a harrowing way of telling her story. It’s extremely effective. 

I found myself talking out loud multiple times during this book, responding to Jenette’s story. I would say “are you fucking kidding me?!” And “what the hell.” And “how can this be real,” knowing full well it can be real. 

That’s just the content of the book. I listened to the audiobook. Her narration of this was doubly spectacular. There were parts I had to listen to multiple times. I appreciate the fact that they didn’t edit out when she was having a lot of emotion in certain areas because  it was real. I can’t begin to imagine how difficult it must have been to not only write this, but then record the narration. Truly phenomenal. 

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Content Warnings

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

bersblue's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Alcohol, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Death, and Toxic relationship

ripbar's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Addiction, Vomit, Cancer, Child abuse, and Terminal illness