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I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

2632 reviews

laffi's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Addiction, Alcohol, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Cancer, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Drug use, Grief, Terminal illness, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Medical content, Mental illness, and Misogyny

Minor: Outing

levitatingnumeral's review

emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Cancer, Sexual content, Alcohol, Religious bigotry, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Toxic relationship

apollo0325's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

4.25

As an avid iCarly viewer in the mid-aughts, Sam Puckett was 100% my favorite character. Hilarious, strong, and absolutely wack, I loved her energy. So when Jennette McCurdy announced a memoir that chronicled her early childhood into her twenties that included snippets of her time on iCarly, I knew I had to read it. I hardly keep up with most celebrities, but I always wondered what had happened to Jennette over the years after iCarly (I never watched Sam & Cat because I don’t like Ariana Grande lmao).

This was such a heartbreaking memoir. It was simple in writing but so smart in a way that Jennette just didn’t hide her feelings or gave us information without any particular emotional attachment so we as the readers could assess the situation for ourselves. The situation was pretty fucked from beginning to end. As someone who is a recovering emotional binge eater, it was not easy to read those similar thoughts reflected through McCurdy’s experience. While the disorders may be different, the feelings are identical. Powerlessness, frustration, anxiety, it all coalesces into shame, guilt, and for some, tragedy.

McCurdy wrote a powerful and moving memoir. It was beautiful and tragic, and I hope one day, McCurdy finds the peace she deserves.

A small, personal critique I had with the book was some difficulty parsing the timeline. We spend a lot of our time in Jennette’s early childhood prior to being casted as a regular on iCarly, but from there, time seems to move much faster. Only slight pacing issues.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cancer and Terminal illness

Minor: Stalking and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

DEFINITELY be cautious if you struggle with eating disorders, abuse by parental figures, and alcoholism

hannahrogers's review

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Cancer, Cursing, Drug use, Dysphoria, Grief, Mental illness, Vomit, Gaslighting, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

immovabletype's review against another edition

funny sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Addiction, Medical content, and Drug abuse

Minor: Stalking, Violence, and Infidelity

Toxic relationship refers to the author's relationship with her mother. There is also borderline CSA, borderline because

Spoiler

her mother seemingly considered these incidents to be "exams" of her daughter's breasts and vulva,

but they were invasive and traumatizing for the author and could be triggering.

thundrflap's review

dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

erinkathleen_'s review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

I loved this memoir so much more than I was expecting to. Jennette McCurdy has such a wonderful writing style and the more I read the more sorry I felt that she didn’t get the opportunity to explore it sooner.

An emotional story with incredible insight to the life of a child star struggling with family and personal problems.

I highly HIGHLY recommend familiarising yourself with the trigger warnings of this book before reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Sexual assault

ahicksreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Cancer, Death of parent, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Sexual assault

ohnodesty's review

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Vomit, Cancer, and Death of parent

cassielaj's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

4.5

This book is heavy. Jennette McCurdy does not shy away from the abuse, eating disorders, grief, and other complex challenges she’s faced throughout her life. It is incredibly honest, heartfelt, and hopeful in spite of all the darkness. It’s amazing to read about her journey, and I loved the vignette approach to her storytelling. Each short chapter/story held its own, but they all individually built into a very emotional narrative. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Grief, Addiction, Cursing, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Vomit

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, and Stalking