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I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

473 reviews

amyhab's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted sad medium-paced

5.0

Jennette has a very funny way of telling her life story which has ultimately been very sad. Her style of writing explains her thoughtframe so well meanwhile always trying to take other people's perspectives into account, aided with her funny quiffs about the same. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death of parent, Bullying, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Child abuse

morimyths's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Addiction, Body shaming, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Vomit, and Mental illness

Moderate: Cursing and Medical content

Minor: Death of parent, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Death, and Suicidal thoughts

shellycp's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Cancer, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

esme_may's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Toxic relationship, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Vomit, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Addiction, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Rape, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Cursing, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Medical content

Minor: Classism

sarahdm's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

3.0

TL;DR Its an okay written summary of Jennette’s childhood and womanhood traumas. This book is not about her journey to healing but more of a declaration to start healing.

Honestly, this book was a slog for about the first 100 pages. While Jennette is young, her writing is simple. Its hard to engage with. As you read on she gets angrier, her thoughts are more complex. Its like her writing is aging with her, maturing as you turn the page. I really struggle with those first 100 pages. I felt disconnected from the trauma, kept at arms length. Then as we enter the teens and young adult phases of her life, I’m actually enjoying the book as she really dives deep into what shes feeling. Her writing isn’t groundbreaking buts its tolerable enough to no longer distract me from the actual content of the book.

There is a lot of emotions on display. Mostly anger, hopelessness, suicidal ideation, grief, emptiness. Something in Jennette’s story will be relatable to you as she goes through the universal and unique hardships of womanhood and childhood abuse. But at the end of the day those emotions are all thats here. This isn’t the journey of healing you think it is, but the declaration of the attempt to start healing.

There were times this book was down right boring. The trauma is not hard to read or harrowing like some reviewers say. But I also don’t see this as an entitles celebrity who’s just complaining as other reviewers think. It just kind of feels like life’s normal bullshit that happens to a lot of us. The abusive parent, the OCD, the body issues, the alcohol problems, issues with relationships and sex. These are not uniquely celebrity problems. Which is either gonna pull you in or bore you to tears.

The title and blurb really give you the whole picture all by itself. I think I could have skipped this one.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, Self harm, Eating disorder, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Body shaming, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

annekepaige's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, and Mental illness

emilywemily6's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

3.75

I’m conflicted about my rating. On the one hand, Jennette is very vulnerable and shared so much about her personal life, which I really appreciate. On the other hand, the writing wasn’t anything spectacular and I feel like the book ended too soon. I wish she had waited a few years so she could tell more of her story in recovery/more introspection about her childhood. This book is less about her being a child actress and more about her narcissistic mother who influenced and abused her throughout her childhood. Lots of trigger warnings, lots of adult content, and definitely not for everyone. I think we all assume celebrities are at least a little messed up, but it’s amazing all that she went through and now she is healing. I think I’m not the target audience for this book, especially because I barely recognized her as an actress, but I think it was worth the read. As another reviewer said, I’m also glad her mom died.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Bullying, Addiction, Cursing, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Vomit, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Mental illness, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Minor: Infidelity and Religious bigotry

cassieblack's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

I don't find this book that funny like a lot of the reviews said. It was quite harrowing and generally quite a heavy read. It was really good and I enjoyed the book but it's definitely not one if you are in a bad place mentally especially with ED's 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Grief, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Vomit, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Bullying, Cancer, Drug abuse, and Gaslighting

lethargicbumblebee's review against another edition

challenging emotional fast-paced

3.75

It's good! It's not as incandescently excellent as I'd hoped, and as some reviews led me to believe. It's really moving when she talks about her childhood and her mental health struggles, but some parts just feel like any other celebrity memoir. And certain storylines feel unfinished, which makes sense, she's young, it wouldn't all be resolved, but either don't bring it up or be willing to give a little more about how you feel about it being unfinished, where you are now--don't just drop it out of nowhere. Like I said, a good book! I just think that the second half let it down a little bit when the first half was so good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Vomit

Moderate: Death, Terminal illness, Child abuse, Body shaming, Alcoholism, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Incest, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Cancer, and Alcohol

Minor: Rape

bites_of_books's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

McCurdy's story is nothing short of heartbreaking. She tells her story of growing up as a child actress at the behest of her mother. Her mother would basically manipulate Jennette so that she'd do anything in order to keep her mother happy. This goes from doing her best in auditions, learning all the skills possible to try and get better representation and roles in Hollywood, as well as having no agency over her body. It is a very difficult story to read since it goes through the darkest moments of her life, from her eating disorders to her road to recovery. Jennette tells her story as it was, she doesn't dress anything up or try to make anything palatable so if you'd like to learn about what it's was like to be a child actress and have one's identity completely revolve around that and a mother's whims, definitely check this out. Please check out the content warnings, for there are many, relating to mental health, terminal illness, eating disorders, abuse, and more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Addiction, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Body shaming, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Vomit