lovelybookshelf's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.5
An incredibly gracious and honest memoir that focuses on an enmeshed, dysfunctional family system, child abuse, OCD and eating disorders, exploitation of child actors, and grief...but also perseverance, friendship, and healing. McCurdy narrates the audiobook, and I listened to it straight through. Her delivery is compelling and, at times, darkly humorous.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Sexual violence, Cancer, Child abuse, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia
Moderate: Vomit
Minor: Transphobia
Selected "transphobia" but more specifically, casual use of an intersex slur.toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
I don't really have words for how profoundly this book affected me. I grew up watching iCarly and I was a fan of Jennette's music when she was pursuing that side of her career, and the entire time, I had no idea of the torture she was going through at the hands of her mother and Nickelodeon. Jennette is an amazing writer and expresses the complexity of having an abusive parent so well. Trying to grow up while abuse is all around you on top of being famous when it wasn't her choice read like a living hell, and I really felt for her. I still feel for her. I'm glad that she's healthy and doing okay now, I know that writing this must've been a cathartic and healing experience and that it will be cathartic and healing for others who read it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Eating disorder, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Cancer, and Fatphobia
Moderate: Ableism
Minor: Transphobia
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