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I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

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4.5

This is the first ever memoir I've ever read, and the first non-fiction book I've read since like the seventh grade (excluding textbooks) and I have to say I was extremely impressed. Jennette McCurdy is an amazing writer and I really can't wait to see what she does from here. The story is super engaging and tense. It's very clearly educated and she's used her own research in her mental health to really explain just how the disorders that effected her, effect us. It really opens your eyes into what media we should be consuming, and what media we should be wary of, and how we should raise our children too. What media should we be showing them if it exploits other children? There's a lot of thoughts to be shared overall! It's the first book since my seven year long burnout that I've been able to finish in under 24 hours! Highly recommend. 

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5.0

I always feel weird rating non-fiction books, but after listening to what Jennette McCurdy went through from the time she was 6 until her mom died is very heartbreaking and it happens so often that it seems like no one pays attention until it's too late.

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5.0

Jennette McCurdy was my childhood and yours-- and with I'm Glad My Mom Died, we see hers. The child actress had much going on behind the scenes, and does not hold back from tackling the concerning reality of Hollywood and childhood stardom. McCurdy does an excellent job of highlighting the nonlinear nature of recovery and acceptance in the face of constant struggle-- with a touch of comedy. Excellent read.

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5.0


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aedens's review

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3.5


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5.0

It is hard for me to give this book anything other than five stars for two reasons: 1) it is someone telling their own story, and 2) it is someone telling that story *excellently*.

Jennette McCurdy is a born writer. She writes in a way that is raw, personable, and to the point with just a splash of dry humor and a hefty amount of powerful truths. McCurdy's voice is distinguished and unique in her writing.

McCurdy tells her story with devastating honesty. She shares events that I don't think I would ever feel comfortable speaking out loud to another human being, much less open about them up to the whole world to read or hear. But that devastating honesty is what made this book a hard-hitter - made it feel more real, less polished, and in my opinion, intensely significant. 

She did not have to write this, but the world is better for it. I would recommend to anyone to read this book. It is a microcosm of the horrible, beautiful reality of being a modern human being and the capacity for healing and assuming responsibility over our own lives in the face of tragedies that happen to us. 

I cannot wait to see what other kind of books McCurdy goes on to write. 

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crystalvyces's review

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2.0

I love Janette McGurdy but she has clearly not processed her trauma—this is giving book 1 Tina Turner, like she kinda wants to stay famous and relevant so she said im gonna make a book about it although the book provides no insight into her life nor her abusers. It’s just facts of her life growing up with an abusive power hungry Mormon mother and her enabling brothers… 

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5.0


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