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I'm Glad My Mom Died, by Jennette McCurdy

9 reviews

princessxnicole's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Cancer, Grief, Alcoholism, Vomit, Alcohol, and Child abuse

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Addiction, Death of parent, and Dementia

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

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

3.5

The way this memoir is written tricks the reader into thinking that the topic is light and happy when the reality is,  Jennette’s story is utterly wrong in every way. Narcissistic parents exploit their children in irreparable and unforgivable ways and Jennette’s mom is no different. There were parts of this book that were so relatable, especially the manipulation. Even though I experienced a narcissistic parent in a different context than Jennette the parallels were spot-on. I particularly appreciated the last page — I agree with the author, that we glorify the dead too much, refusing to see the person who was. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Medical content, Mental illness, Death of parent, Grief, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Terminal illness, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Vomit, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Dysphoria, Forced institutionalization, Body shaming, Alcoholism, Cancer, and Dementia

jkohls's review

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

4/5 As someone who doesn’t typically read biographies, found it hard to rate someone’s life 4 stars. However, I really think this was a great first biography. Even though this book took me a long time to read, it was worth it. She writes very honestly and doesn’t really portray herself as the protagonist. I definitely recommend this book if you are looking to get into biographies. You might just want to make sure your heads in the right place before you do.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Cancer, Terminal illness, Body shaming, Vomit, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Grief, Death, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Drug use, Addiction, and Bullying

Minor: Cursing, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Religious bigotry, Infidelity, and Forced institutionalization

rosita's review

dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Vomit, Addiction, Cancer, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Body shaming, Grief, Terminal illness, Fatphobia, and Sexual content

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Dementia, Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, and Stalking

wichbich's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

It would be wrong to give this book anything but five stars. This is Jennette's story and I'm so proud of her for telling it. Make no mistake, this book can be hard to read. Some truly awful things have happened to her. I can't even begin to get into it, not only because I shouldn't. Trying to summarize these experiences wouldn't do justice to the impact they had on Jennette, and context is important to understanding the depth of her trauma. I cried multiple times, and my jaw dropped at the end of every other chapter. Truly, this woman has led an unbelievable life that demanded so much from her, and the mere fact of this book's existence is a mark of healing. I can't say I enjoyed reading it because that seems like an inappropriate word; this was a gut wrenching experience. But my enjoyment isn't really the point. Jennette, I hope you wrote this book for you, and that you got to say everything you wanted to say, and that you are as proud of this accomplishment as you've made me feel. I really don't think anybody else's opinion matters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Vomit, Body horror, Blood, Death of parent, Body shaming, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Cancer, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Grief, Self harm, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, and Addiction

Moderate: Sexual content and Terminal illness

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Dementia, Blood, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Domestic abuse, Stalking, and Cursing

gayelfboi's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Ableism, Addiction, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Infidelity, Medical content, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Eating disorder, Child abuse, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Grief, Mental illness, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Toxic relationship

rgrgrg's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Alcohol, Grief, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Cancer, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Child abuse, Death, Dementia, and Eating disorder

nexus's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Addiction, Child abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Cancer and Dementia

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

emilygigs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Addiction, Death of parent, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Fatphobia, Drug abuse, Dementia, Child abuse, Cancer, and Adult/minor relationship