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A review by bookishdaylight
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
dark
emotional
tense
5.0
As a kid, shows like Icarly and sam & cat on nickelodeon are the ones that I grew up watching, and now that I know what Jennette truly felt not only about the shows that she was in but the brutal way how she started acting was an insight I never knew needed to be heard and told.
So many hardships that she experienced at such a young age that she never really had a childhood where she had to mature early on than the other kids. So many harsh truths are revealed about the producers and the Hollywood industry itself. How her mom basically controlled her entire life was frankly shocking. The emotional abuse she had to endure her entire childhood and her mom being a narcissistic person was something we never really expected and I was saddened by the circumstances that Jennette had to go through when her mom died.
This was such a bold story which makes it inspiring and heartbreaking at the same time. This memoir presents us with depictions of trauma, abuse, eating disorders, and grief. At first glance, the title of the book is rather ruthless but if you had any idea of the concept of the book then you know that this is the most fitting title for the book.
So many hardships that she experienced at such a young age that she never really had a childhood where she had to mature early on than the other kids. So many harsh truths are revealed about the producers and the Hollywood industry itself. How her mom basically controlled her entire life was frankly shocking. The emotional abuse she had to endure her entire childhood and her mom being a narcissistic person was something we never really expected and I was saddened by the circumstances that Jennette had to go through when her mom died.
This was such a bold story which makes it inspiring and heartbreaking at the same time. This memoir presents us with depictions of trauma, abuse, eating disorders, and grief. At first glance, the title of the book is rather ruthless but if you had any idea of the concept of the book then you know that this is the most fitting title for the book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Gaslighting