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I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

1340 reviews

applesodaperson's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

Dang I can’t believe I waited so long to read this book. But yeah it was amazing and lived up to the hype. Also I felt like I was a pretty good target audience for this book, because I grew up loving icarly and grew up mormon. 
Listened to on Audible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Vomit, Eating disorder, and Child abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

vick_reads's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Child abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

olivia_dowling's review

emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, and Eating disorder

sholtie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Cursing, Self harm, Terminal illness, Eating disorder, Cancer, Child abuse, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Death, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Vomit, Grief, and Mental illness

Minor: Drug abuse, Stalking, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Panic attacks/disorders

eliandherbooks's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Im usually not the biggest reader of biographies, but I thought this was really captivating! I can recommend the audio book, as it’s narrated by Jeanette McCurdy herself. I feel like that really added another layer to the story.

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

boilermish's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Child abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Addiction, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Grief

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Toxic relationship

inkandmuses's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Child abuse, Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Grief, Vomit, Body shaming, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

clo_l's review

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This book is amazing. Growing up in a toxic, abusive household & being raised by a narcissist mother drew me to this book. I listened to the audiobook read by Jennette herself and WOW. I cannot recommend it enough. Jennette’s writing (and speaking) is amazing. This is a difficult book to read and I cannot begin to imagine everything she went through but I am so grateful for her bravery and strength. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Cursing, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Vomit, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, and Grief

annica_fourie's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective

I could never bring myself to rate someone's life story, but this book absolutely blew my mind.
I grew up watching iCarly and I loved it, Sam was actually my favourite character, but after reading this I have a very different picture of what was going on in Jennette McCurdy's life in my head. 
This book was extremely hard to read. It was sad and at times downright horrifying, but in a weird way I feel proud of Jennette for getting the help she needed and learning that she is allowed to not forgive her mother for what she put her through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Child abuse, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Ableism, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Grief, Blood, Body shaming, Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Terminal illness

thewordsdevourer's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

3.75

intimate and raw, i'm glad my mom died is a memorable memoir thats obvs not ghostwritten and def deserving of its hype.

mccurdy mines and bares the minutest details from some of her most painful memories, letting the reader in behind the scenes of the glitz and supposed glamor of fame; an industry filled w/ competition, predators, abusers and enablers; but none was, heartbreakingly, was as abusive and manipulative as the author's very own mother.

the road to discovery and healing detailed in this book is a tough, long and painful one, not helped by the fact that there's more unexpected stones thrown along the way as well. mccurdy's an adept writer who excels at show-not-tell, and able to convey the complex emotions of both love and resentment towards the titular mom effectively, making this memoir stand at least a head above many of her peers'.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, and Blood

Minor: Infidelity and Schizophrenia/Psychosis