A review by toofondofbooks_
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

I don't really have words for how profoundly this book affected me. I grew up watching iCarly and I was a fan of Jennette's music when she was pursuing that side of her career, and the entire time, I had no idea of the torture she was going through at the hands of her mother and Nickelodeon. Jennette is an amazing writer and expresses the complexity of having an abusive parent so well. Trying to grow up while abuse is all around you on top of being famous when it wasn't her choice read like a living hell, and I really felt for her. I still feel for her. I'm glad that she's healthy and doing okay now, I know that writing this must've been a cathartic and healing experience and that it will be cathartic and healing for others who read it.
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