Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

28 reviews

k1313's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Grief, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Alcohol, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Domestic abuse

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Stalking

morimyths's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Addiction, Body shaming, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Vomit, and Mental illness

Moderate: Cursing and Medical content

Minor: Death of parent, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Death, and Suicidal thoughts

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

mrmarshall591's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I would have given this book beyond 5 stars if I could. I am so glad Jennette was able to leave acting and pursue her writing career, and share her story which I hope played a huge part into her recovery from such extreme trauma. I also am so grateful to her for this because of how many people may have been aided in their own recovery by relating to different aspects of Jennette’s story at any level- it definitely has impacted me in ways I never would have expected. There are just so many things that typically go unspoken out of shame or taboo, brushed off, not recognized as abuse, etc. but Jennette does not hold back. I have no doubt this book has saved lives.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Mental illness, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Chronic illness, Fatphobia, Medical content, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual harassment

Minor: Ableism, Blood, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Religious bigotry, and Stalking

genevieve_eggleston's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Terminal illness, Vomit, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Cancer, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Minor: Excrement, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Rape, Abandonment, Animal death, Drug abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

caelinsullivan's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Eating disorder, Cancer, Blood, Body shaming, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Ableism, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Addiction, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Death, and Sexism

sombies's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

3.5

jennette mccurdy is always with me in weird subliminal ways

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Grief, Fatphobia, Vomit, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Stalking

empathephant's review against another edition

challenging hopeful fast-paced

5.0

The beginning of the book was one of the pieces of literature I have related to most, for better or worse

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit and Eating disorder

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Child abuse, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Gaslighting

Minor: Toxic relationship, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical content, Forced institutionalization, and Suicidal thoughts

The abuse portrayed here is emotional: narcissistic, controlling, manipulative, belittling, that leads to mental illness that can have more physical consequences: OCD, eating disorders. The parent also explicitly teaches the child disordered eating behaviors.

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

3.5

The way this memoir is written tricks the reader into thinking that the topic is light and happy when the reality is,  Jennette’s story is utterly wrong in every way. Narcissistic parents exploit their children in irreparable and unforgivable ways and Jennette’s mom is no different. There were parts of this book that were so relatable, especially the manipulation. Even though I experienced a narcissistic parent in a different context than Jennette the parallels were spot-on. I particularly appreciated the last page — I agree with the author, that we glorify the dead too much, refusing to see the person who was. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Medical content, Mental illness, Death of parent, Grief, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Terminal illness, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Vomit, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Dysphoria, Forced institutionalization, Body shaming, Alcoholism, Cancer, and Dementia

jkohls's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

4/5 As someone who doesn’t typically read biographies, found it hard to rate someone’s life 4 stars. However, I really think this was a great first biography. Even though this book took me a long time to read, it was worth it. She writes very honestly and doesn’t really portray herself as the protagonist. I definitely recommend this book if you are looking to get into biographies. You might just want to make sure your heads in the right place before you do.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Cancer, Terminal illness, Body shaming, Vomit, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Grief, Death, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Drug use, Addiction, and Bullying

Minor: Cursing, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Religious bigotry, Infidelity, and Forced institutionalization