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Me Alegro de que mi madre haya muerto by Jennette McCurdy

140 reviews

meghan_w's review against another edition

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This book. It feels weird to sum up in words what I think of someone else’s life story and traumas. For that reason, I’m not rating it, but I’ll try to talk more about how this book made me feel rather than critique the content. 

I’m Glad my Mom Died is a memoir about the author’s experience as a child star on Nickelodeon, having a narcissistic mother, eating disorders, religious deconstruction, OCD, and other things. I highly recommend listening to this 100% on audiobook at 1.0x. It’s worth taking the time to hear the author’s voice inflections as she tells her story. 

This book isn’t light. The quip on the cover saying it’s funny is weird to me because it’s not. It’s heavy and it’s dark at times. I waited to read this until I felt I was in a place to be able to handle it. It made me feel angry, baffled, but most of all sad. Not just for the author, but for so many who struggle with similar issues as her and her mother. What I deeply appreciate the most is she takes a good amount of the book to share her experiences in therapy. It’s a raw account of how hard therapy is and that healing is not a linear process. We don’t get it right immediately and sometimes it’s gets harder before it gets better. 

I’m so grateful for her willingness to share her story with the world. I took pieces I needed out of it for my own life. It was truly a privilege to listen to her story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

orlagal's review against another edition

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3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

bella613's review against another edition

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5.0

Probably my favorite memoir I've read to date! I love Jennette and loved the book. I don't really know how to describe it so I'll just say I strongly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

br3nda's review against another edition

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3.0

"A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir..."

Heartbreaking - YES, very! but I have no idea where the hilarious is. This is a memoir about a young girl to adult who was sexually, physically and emotionally abused by her own mother. On top of that, the effects of being a child actor and growing up in that world where emotional and sexual abuse is very prevalent. There is not a drop of hilarious in this book.
I picked this book for our book club because I thought there was going to be some light-hearted reading included. That is so far from the truth!
Kudos to Jennette for having the strength to tell your story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

sup_demons's review against another edition

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5.0

If you have a choice, listen to her reading her own book, its fantastic. The whole time it felt like I was there. So poignant and raw, vulnerable and funny. An amazing even if horrifying look at the industry. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexism, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

lief_'s review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual assault, Blood, and Stalking

book_dragon_'s review against another edition

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5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

dc32's review against another edition

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4.0

This book was absolutely heartbreaking. McCurdy is a cutting and reflective writer; this must have taken a massive emotional undertaking to be able to write it and to write it so clearly, with such vivid images, I can't imagine the emotional work it would have taken to do that. Her memory is so clear and she tells the story of her life very well, I have no doubt McCurdy will be able to make a career out of writing which it sounds like is her current goal.

I wish that there were more content warnings in the cultural conversation around this book. I think many people call this book comedic--to me though her inner voice is witty, derisive, and comedic, this book is not comedic at all. It's brutal and I think would be very triggering to many people (as you can see I added a lot of content warnings to my review).

I listened to the audio book and hearing this story in McCurdy's voice added a level of intimacy and vulnerability, especially when her voice breaks while talking about her experience with therapy. It made me cry. I couldn't put it down. The book was very fast paced and I felt myself wanting to ask follow up questions and really dig deeper. She captures a lot of trauma in just a couple of sentences. But then, I feel part of the problem that she's describing, the morbid fascination with her life that is so destructive towards her.

Anyway, clearly this book made me think a lot. It's well-written and deeply vulnerable, but I would be very careful with who I recommended it to because of how graphic and triggering it could be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

kadtide's review against another edition

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4.5

The narration by the author makes the writing even stronger, as the words are meant to be heard in her voice. There is a single moment where she becomes audibly emotional in the reading, and it's heartbreaking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Vomit, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, and Blood

itsybitsygingie's review against another edition

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5.0

Jesus this book hits hard. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Stalking, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis