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I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

1120 reviews

nixicat1's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Vomit, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, and Medical content

lindasoderlundd's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual content, Blood, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Cursing, Drug use, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship

becky1209's review

emotional fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Vomit, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Rape, Xenophobia, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

hkershaw28's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

thegardenlesbian's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

Simply put, a great book. I usually don't care for memoirs (mainly because I don't care about famous people, especially celebrities) but this one was very thoughtful. I pretty much never watched the author's shows, so I didn't know much about her, but while reading I felt deeply for her. I hope she can be happy and that she goes on to do great things (even if it's 'just' being happy). Rather than being glad her mom died, I'm glad she seems recovered (or to be recovering, as it can be a lifelong process). Either way, her mom dying (both literally and, more importantly, metaphorically, as her presence was still within the author) definitely was what she needed  — even as heartless as it may sound.

My one critique: I would have loved to get more 'guidance' on i.e. what age she was when a chapter started, because I found myself sometimes lost at the beginning of some of them because of the time jump.

All in all, the author's writing style is enjoyable and realistic, showing both the vulnerable and the funny, balancing the cynical and apathetic with the emotional and caring.

That scene in the end when she recalls the time when she was purging without having checked that the rest of the stalls were empty beforehand, only for a kid to ask for her autograph as she's vomiting was, in all its unrelatability, completely relatable.

If you can tolerate the trigger warnings, I would definitely recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Blood, and Medical content

Minor: Infidelity, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Lesbophobia

torden_'s review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Blood, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Stalking and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

e_cristens's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, 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, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Alcohol

riverestyx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

I'm very glad I waited to read this after first getting a copy. It's very intense and does not shy away from all the harmful things we think up from the entertainment industry. It was incredibly hard to heard Jenette recount it all as well. It's a good book and discusses a lot of important topics while giving a deep look into unhealthy cycles, coming to terms with abuse from parents, eating disorders and recovery from, and so much more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Stalking, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

avy_moose's review

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Drug use, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual harassment

alyssavv's review

emotional reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Vomit