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Estou feliz que minha mãe morreu by Jennette McCurdy

1705 reviews

libraryghost's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Homophobia

befreckledreader's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Dysphoria

jenna36's review against another edition

5.0

emotional sad slow-paced

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It is difficult for me to rate a nonfiction or memoir book. I loved Jennette's narrative voice, and the way that she told her story. It is inspiring to see how she has come out the other side of her grief and her eating disorder. I hope she continues to write because it seems like it is healing and cathartic to her, and she is very talented. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death of parent, Gaslighting

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

randi_jo's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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I <i>devoured</i> this book. Honestly Jennette's prose is easy to read, flows like water, and makes the time go by so fast that you don't even realize it's passing. And while it's very candid, I wouldn't go as far as to say there is humor in this book. There are a few morbidly humorous lines, but it's certainly not the overall tone. Rather, the book comes with an entire list of trigger warnings that include but are not limited to:

eating disorders, mental illness and the refusal to be treated, child abuse, sexual abuse, and alcohol abuse

, so it might not be for everyone, but I feel like it tells an important story about toxic parents and how their children suffer in various ways because of them, during and after their relationship with them.

Spoilers from here on:

I think what I was most impressed about was the 'before' section where Jennette wrote about her mother and all the abuses she suffered, but framed in the narrative where she sees her mom as an angel, that her mom can do no wrong, about how much she loves her mother and her mother loves her. There moments where she's uncomfortable, or anxious, or upset, but she always manages to write it off instead of pointing finger at what, we the audience, know is the manipulations of her very unwell mother.

And I love that the 'after' section wasn't just an immediate "yay, she's dead! Now I can live my life!", but rather years of struggle to find her identity, the truth, and the help she so desperately needed in order to choose the life that she wanted for herself. Recovery is a long, difficult process and I'm really glad that it's represented here as the trials and tribulations that it is. The ending was perfect, light, and optimistic, but not so much that it was cheesy. I loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Grief, Death of parent

tobooks's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny informative inspiring tense

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This was a very tough read but it was a wonderful one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail

achiunicorn's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

bookshelvesandboybands's review against another edition

4.0

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail

lesbegays's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

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Heartbreaking and hopeful. Easy to fly through but hard to read at the same time. Check content warnings and be careful, but absolutely 100% worth reading. Prepare to have a hard time ever watching children’s TV again

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

chrissi_'s review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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An excellent and captivating book, very hard to put down. But also so horrifying and triggering. I wish I had taken a look at the trigger warnings before reading (although I know I wouldn't have taken them as seriously as I should have). I don't regret reading it, but if you are struggling with body image/eating disorders (or have in the past), maybe consider twice if you really want to read this book. For me, it was quite intense and I probably will think about a long time

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Vomit, Gaslighting

Moderate: Cancer, Death of parent

redefiningrachel's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Classism