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Me Alegro de que mi madre haya muerto by Jennette McCurdy

98 reviews

faithers99's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

I truly enjoyed this read & highly recommend the audiobook read by Jeanette herself. It gives an extra personalization to her already strong voice in her writing. The stories had me on the edge of my seat, for better or for worse. I found myself sitting in my car just to hear her out to the end of every one. The way she writes is truly eye-opening for those that haven't experienced the effects of CPTSD and is validating for those who have. This made me excited to see where McCurdy takes herself next with her newfound freedom. Smart, witty, and jaw-dropping. Loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

mossbird's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Wow.

I listened to this as an audiobook and listening to Jennette talk so openly and emotionally about things very similar to what I experienced as a kid has honestly touched me in some way. It's incredibly rare to hear anyone talk about childhood abuse perpetrated and conducted by their mother and even rarer to hear them talk about it so bluntly, openly, and thoughtfully. I have an astronomical respect for this woman and I hope she knows that her openness makes so many people feel so much less alone.

McCurdy writes with humour and strikingly brutal honesty in a way that very much resonates with me. This book had me in tears, in bouts of laughter, and in a very contemplative & reflective mood. The way she chronicles her life had me so proud of her for her successes and so hopeful she could rise again when she slipped and truly had me engaged.

Thank you for writing about your experience. Thank you for allowing us to listen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Forced institutionalization and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

cnannery19's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Vomit, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

bethkxx's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Stalking

jackslackofshelfcontrol's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

heyitsseph's review against another edition

informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

The book talks about what happen in her life in order and gives details . Jeannette had anxiety , self loathing , had eating disorder, health issues. These issues happen when her mom push her into being an actress. Jeannette’s mom  wanted to live jennette life through her and anted to control very single in life and always dream of being famous actress making jennette a star. Mom made extreme disturbing hen she was 11 years old taught about calorie restriction , bleaching her, whitening her teeth, her mom completely ruined her life, its not right to bathing your daughter until she was 17 yers old. What i was shocked finding these things. When got the lead in the show I Carly playing Sam Puckett her loved food but she delevopeda eating disorder. Later on she on this other Nickelodeon show Sam and Cat. Ariana who played Cat. In the show, Jennete find out that Ariana as getting paid more that her. Jennette didnt like Ariana gets to miss film the show to go press tours, recording music videos. I remember this episode where Ariana was not in this episode most of the episode called lock in a box. She made acted with the box.  Dan Schneider wouldn’t let her miss filming days she’s been comparing her self it’s Ariana like she been personal attacked and robbed in this industry . Dan Schneider got exposed for being weird and other accusation like inappropriate sexual behavior writing inappropriate things in his shows always showing feet. On icarly, she was getting yelled at by Dan to reshoot the scene several times she as a kissing here uncomfortable with and Dan wanted a real kiss but her costar helped her out ( Nathan Kress), Dan wanted to her pictures of her in a bikini in wardrobe fitting was explicitly. He encourage drinking alcohol when most of the cast was underage , he always compare icarly with the victorious cast ( Dan directed )

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

clusterf_cked's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood

catastrophiclyss's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

batbaby's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

TW: for people who struggle with ED it is sometimes is written with the narrative of in an ED mindset so this might be triggering or resurface those thoughts and feelings, look after yourself
I really enjoyed the way Jennette found humour and the internal monologue jokes. I think the hard topics were handled well, the ed topics were a little graphic for me but only because I understand the lived experience. This book covers some really hard topics and unpacks feelings of idolisation. I liked how the chapters were layer out and the pacing as it progressed through her life to modern day. I’d love to read more of her writing and I hope she gets into screenwriting/plays like her younger self wanted to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Stalking

itsjustgrumpy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Just wow. So candid and open. Jennette has earned nothing but my new found respect through this. No child deserves this life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Grief, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Addiction, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Vomit, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Blood