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A review by quotestation
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
challenging
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.5
I must start this review by saying one should not have the audiobook on display while having breakfast with their mother — there were all sorts of whining in my house.
I found quite fascinating how Jennette seems to recall so much of her childhood, of her feelings and thoughts as the events happened.
I didn’t find the book funny as many say, but perhaps that is my own coping mechanism and dry humour that makes me hyper fixate on what she was actually saying. Nonetheless, the way she wrote was clever, and the journey of going through abuse and addiction and grief and coming out victorious on the other side is undeniable.
I do not share her experience, but I do agree on her final thoughts about romanticising certain people and titles. More even so with the juxtaposition of missing someone even though you know they are, to put it simply, shit.
Quite touching, this book will stay with me for a long time (dare I say forever). I hope she’s well and happy and that people going through similar experiences may find the healing they deserve.
I found quite fascinating how Jennette seems to recall so much of her childhood, of her feelings and thoughts as the events happened.
I didn’t find the book funny as many say, but perhaps that is my own coping mechanism and dry humour that makes me hyper fixate on what she was actually saying. Nonetheless, the way she wrote was clever, and the journey of going through abuse and addiction and grief and coming out victorious on the other side is undeniable.
I do not share her experience, but I do agree on her final thoughts about romanticising certain people and titles. More even so with the juxtaposition of missing someone even though you know they are, to put it simply, shit.
Quite touching, this book will stay with me for a long time (dare I say forever). I hope she’s well and happy and that people going through similar experiences may find the healing they deserve.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Death of parent
Minor: Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Stalking