Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

I'm Glad My Mom Died, by Jennette McCurdy

963 reviews

meganwebber's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

pals_bookshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, and Vomit

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Cancer

Minor: Death of parent and Grief

ruffian23's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

thatswhatshanread's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

This memoir is the epitome of you truly never know what’s going on in someone else’s life.

While iCarly wasn’t a must-watch show for me, I still grew up around its fandom, especially having been a huge Drake & Josh fan. I knew who Jennette McCurdy was, Sam to Miranda Cosgrove’s Carly. The show was like every other Nickelodeon and Disney TV show at the time—silly, cheesy, mindless. I was much more obsessed with the careers of the Disney Channel teens, following Miley and Zac and the Jonas Brothers every move so I never paid much attention to Nick’s stars. 

In recent years, however, as more came out about “The Creator”, as Jennette refers to him in her book, I started reading more and more into the behind-the-scenes at Nick. And of course, I heard whisperings about how Jennette was treated, and how crazy her mom apparently was. 

Nothing can prepare you for what Jennette reveals in these pages. It’s insane and awful what all she went through at the hands of her own mother, and you would have never known it. Jennette writes her story with blunt honesty, not trying to sugarcoat. Only trying to convey how her feelings changed over the years toward her career and her family. She’s a great writer and storyteller, and I’m glad she got to a healthy point in her life to share everything. A very eye-opening autobiography that gives you a deep glimpse into the harsh reality of childhood stardom. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Terminal illness, Cancer, Cursing, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Infidelity, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Gaslighting, Injury/injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexism, Body horror, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Drug abuse, Grief, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Body shaming, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Pedophilia, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

siiritietenkin's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Eating disorder, Alcohol, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide

evevallarta's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Vomit, and Child abuse

Moderate: Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, and Terminal illness

walmart_eyeball's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Cancer, and Child abuse

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Grief, Alcohol, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body shaming, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Religious bigotry, Drug use, Addiction, Homophobia, Infidelity, Blood, and Cursing

abigailbat's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

I'm not of the iCarly generation, but I really appreciated this memoir of child actor and abuse victim Jenette McCurdy. She writes with a clarity and open reflectiveness that made this a page-turned for me. Although the subject matter's not easy, I was rooting for her all the way through. I hope we'll see more writing from her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Child abuse, and Vomit

Minor: Drug use, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

honeycrow's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Grief, Addiction, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

sofiematthe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

I listened to the audiobook, read by the author herself and boy do I recommend doing that! I believe it adds a massive extra layer to this already brilliant, heartbreaking biography. Do look up all trigger warnings before reading, because it gets very graphic and raw.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Drug use, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Medical content, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Addiction, Child abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/injury detail, Physical abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Violence, Vomit, Cancer, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts