Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

4175 reviews

apollo0325's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

4.25

As an avid iCarly viewer in the mid-aughts, Sam Puckett was 100% my favorite character. Hilarious, strong, and absolutely wack, I loved her energy. So when Jennette McCurdy announced a memoir that chronicled her early childhood into her twenties that included snippets of her time on iCarly, I knew I had to read it. I hardly keep up with most celebrities, but I always wondered what had happened to Jennette over the years after iCarly (I never watched Sam & Cat because I don’t like Ariana Grande lmao).

This was such a heartbreaking memoir. It was simple in writing but so smart in a way that Jennette just didn’t hide her feelings or gave us information without any particular emotional attachment so we as the readers could assess the situation for ourselves. The situation was pretty fucked from beginning to end. As someone who is a recovering emotional binge eater, it was not easy to read those similar thoughts reflected through McCurdy’s experience. While the disorders may be different, the feelings are identical. Powerlessness, frustration, anxiety, it all coalesces into shame, guilt, and for some, tragedy.

McCurdy wrote a powerful and moving memoir. It was beautiful and tragic, and I hope one day, McCurdy finds the peace she deserves.

A small, personal critique I had with the book was some difficulty parsing the timeline. We spend a lot of our time in Jennette’s early childhood prior to being casted as a regular on iCarly, but from there, time seems to move much faster. Only slight pacing issues.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cancer and Terminal illness

Minor: Stalking and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

DEFINITELY be cautious if you struggle with eating disorders, abuse by parental figures, and alcoholism

hannahrogers's review

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Cancer, Cursing, Drug use, Dysphoria, Grief, Mental illness, Vomit, Gaslighting, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

immovabletype's review against another edition

funny sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Cancer, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Medical content

Minor: Violence, Infidelity, and Stalking

Toxic relationship refers to the author's relationship with her mother. There is also borderline CSA, borderline because

Spoiler

her mother seemingly considered them to be "exams" of her daughter's breasts and vulva

, but they were invasive and traumatizing for the author and could be triggering.

onebook_more's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad fast-paced

4.5

please check content warnings before reading

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death of parent and Alcoholism

laurenaf's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

thundrflap's review

dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

luisagerdsmeyer's review

emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Eating disorder

idesofjaim's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

I’m glad Jennette got to embrace writing because it’s very clear from this book that it is one of her gifts. To deliver a history like this in a way that, while as an outsider you see the wrongdoings, you understand what it means to be loyal to people who hurt you is so well done. It is done in a way that is relatable to anyone doing the work of healing their inner child, to put it lightly. The last chapter hit so hard. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Addiction, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

aliiloue's review

dark emotional funny fast-paced

5.0

unputdownable. direct, unflinching style that draws you into every vingette and doesn't let you go. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Dysphoria, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Terminal illness, and Body shaming

holycinema's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse