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

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Very heavily recommend this if you were a fan of Icarly or Sam and Cat growing up. Not out of guilt for enjoying something that caused a lot of pain for McCurdy, but out of a desire to see her shine in a profession she got to choose for herself, and to see her side behind the scenes. Where other stories detailing abuse would understandably flower up the language, McCurdy is blunt and unforgiving with her writing about her abusive mother, which is cathartic. Her story is tragic, and you will feel horrible for her, and you will feel proud of her by the end of the novel. Her story deserves to be known. Absolutely worth your money if you can handle it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity

Very unrelenting in its content. Also what isn't talked about as much is that McCurdy dates a crew member who's 40 when she's 18 and he pushes her into sexual acts and acts possessive and abusive towards her, which is a very uncomfortable read (not a criticism, just a warning)