bgay09's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Self harm, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Cancer, and Dysphoria
takemetxwxnderland's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Cancer, Child abuse, Vomit, Grief, and Eating disorder
imskylow's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical trauma
Minor: Terminal illness
maries_reads's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Child abuse, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Body shaming, and Self harm
carol_mesq's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Eating disorder, Grief, Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Addiction, Child abuse, Abandonment, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Body shaming, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Mental illness, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Terminal illness, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Cancer, Cursing, and Emotional abuse
pollydye's review against another edition
Graphic: Terminal illness, Addiction, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Cancer, Medical content, Grief, Eating disorder, and Body shaming
gilmargirl's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Adult/minor relationship, and Cursing
Minor: Alcoholism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Vomit
laffi's review against another edition
4.25
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
4.25
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.
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 alcoholismimmovabletype's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Terminal illness, Cursing, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, and Child abuse
Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Addiction, Drug abuse, and Medical content
Minor: Infidelity, Stalking, and Violence
Toxic relationship refers to the author's relationship with her mother. There is also borderline CSA, borderline because