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I'm Glad My Mom Died, by Jennette McCurdy

69 reviews

meaghanpal's review

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

The beginning of this book felt a bit slow at points. Perhaps it was the choppy dialogue bits that I always find a bit confusing in memoirs because the dialogue surely can’t be one hundred percent what happened. Memory bits aside, the book was very interesting to hear about Jennette McCurdys point of view and her life experience especially when I saw a smal part of it on screen growing up. Also, I find it helpful to read about relationships with moms that are not the picture perfect best friend one depicted in Gilmore Girls. I relate to Jennette a lot more. The middle and end of the book were more fast paced with shorter chapters at points that helped the book flow. I guess I started to appreciate her writing style more once it got to the point where she was on Nickelodeon because I had more of a connection with that time in my own life. Jennette does a great job processing her emotions and experiences and I can only begin to imagine what a tiring and long process that was and is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Medical content, Addiction, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Drug use, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Alcohol, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, and Vomit

Minor: Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Stalking, Sexual violence, and Self harm

Highly encourage anyone to read the trigger/content warnings the book is very graphic. While I think it is good I am cautious recommending it because of the explicit content.

alisonannk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Body horror, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death of parent, Drug use, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Fatphobia, Cancer, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Grief, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Violence, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Injury/injury detail, and Infidelity

Minor: Incest and Stalking

rubybeast47's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Vomit, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Emotional abuse, Death, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, Dysphoria, Drug use, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Cancer

thatswhatshanread's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

This memoir is the epitome of you truly never know what’s going on in someone else’s life.

While iCarly wasn’t a must-watch show for me, I still grew up around its fandom, especially having been a huge Drake & Josh fan. I knew who Jennette McCurdy was, Sam to Miranda Cosgrove’s Carly. The show was like every other Nickelodeon and Disney TV show at the time—silly, cheesy, mindless. I was much more obsessed with the careers of the Disney Channel teens, following Miley and Zac and the Jonas Brothers every move so I never paid much attention to Nick’s stars. 

In recent years, however, as more came out about “The Creator”, as Jennette refers to him in her book, I started reading more and more into the behind-the-scenes at Nick. And of course, I heard whisperings about how Jennette was treated, and how crazy her mom apparently was. 

Nothing can prepare you for what Jennette reveals in these pages. It’s insane and awful what all she went through at the hands of her own mother, and you would have never known it. Jennette writes her story with blunt honesty, not trying to sugarcoat. Only trying to convey how her feelings changed over the years toward her career and her family. She’s a great writer and storyteller, and I’m glad she got to a healthy point in her life to share everything. A very eye-opening autobiography that gives you a deep glimpse into the harsh reality of childhood stardom. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Terminal illness, Cancer, Cursing, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Infidelity, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Gaslighting, Injury/injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexism, Body horror, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Drug abuse, Grief, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Body shaming, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Pedophilia, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

cameron_cassidy's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Death

Moderate: Terminal illness, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Self harm, Cancer, Vomit, and Mental illness

Minor: Homophobia

aliciaejwhite's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Addiction, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Grief, Body shaming, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Pedophilia

brynalexa's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

I love how this reads like a collection of short stories. It’s familiar and at the same time a whole new world. It takes you through every emotion you can imagine.  A true masterpiece. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Addiction, Violence, Sexual violence, Grief, Sexual content, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, Cancer, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Bullying, Alcoholism, Sexism, Self harm, Death, Body shaming, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Dysphoria, and Domestic abuse

kyuriiiiiii's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Misogyny, Sexual harassment, and Sexism

inthemoonforcheese's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/injury detail, Terminal illness, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Rape, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Classism, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, and Stalking

liesthemoontells's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Pedophilia, Incest, and Infidelity