Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

I'm Glad My Mom Died, by Jennette McCurdy

1037 reviews

smeyer's review

challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Self harm

yourstrulytay's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual content

leefox's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Vomit, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Alcohol, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Death, Cancer, and Eating disorder

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Sexual harassment

crowbarsoda's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

I have loved Jennette since I was a child and iCarly first came out, I always thought she was so funny. When I heard about this book and started to find out about her trauma and hardships during her time with Nick, I felt almost guilty about watching the show when I was younger. This book gives me such a deep appreciation for Jennette sticking through all of her hardships, and finding out that even though we do not have a similar life or upbringing in the slightest, I could still relate to her sentiments and feelings towards her mother. 10/10

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Homophobia, Rape, Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Death

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

emmadub's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense

I feel wrong assigning any star value to this. It was so raw, personal, relatable, unbelievable -- all the things. It made me laugh and made me get misty eyed. I would would certainly recommend reading, but the audience should be aware of pretty graphic conversations about eating disorders, a variety of abuses and mental illnesses, and a decent amount of sexual trauma. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Terminal illness, Eating disorder, and Toxic relationship

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

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

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

kimilyn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

Everyone and their mom has raved about this book since it came out. It’s well deserved. Jennette looks back and portrays every event with humor and pathos. From her mother forcing her into acting at six and teaching her how to be anorexic at eleven, her alcoholism, her first romances, and finally her unraveling after her mother’s death. It’s tragic and upsetting but ultimately hopeful. 

I wish there had been a bit more about her coming to grips with her mother’s abuse. What it was like finally acknowledging it and coming to terms with it. Maybe a bit more about why she finally feels that she can be glad her mom died. 

This book was really good though. Powerful and vulnerable. Definitely recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Cursing, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Grief, Terminal illness, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Blood