Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

1426 reviews

laffi's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Addiction, Alcohol, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Cancer, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Drug use, Grief, Terminal illness, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Medical content, Mental illness, and Misogyny

Minor: Outing

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

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.

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

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

aes_of_spades's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Child abuse, Eating disorder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Cancer and Death of parent

pdunkinn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Violence, Gaslighting, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Terminal illness

strange_abalone's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Death, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Domestic abuse, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Terminal illness, Mental illness, and Medical content

maggiebee101's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Stalking, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Domestic abuse, Addiction, and Alcoholism

murphybl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Cancer, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Death of parent, Child abuse, Body shaming, Cursing, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Infidelity, Grief, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Drug abuse, Death, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria