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I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

86 reviews

emburs's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Death of parent, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Incest, and Sexual assault

cigarete_smoke's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Vomit, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse

laurathebookseller's review

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

So important for those who have experienced parental abuse. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Infidelity, Vomit, Incest, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Cancer, Grief, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Rape, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

cjconway2's review

dark funny reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Incest, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Mental illness, Grief, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Death of parent, and Body shaming

chapstickdealer's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Bullying, Trafficking, Dysphoria, Death of parent, Cursing, Chronic illness, Body shaming, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Incest, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Vomit, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Infidelity, Grief, Alcoholism, Misogyny, and Mental illness

quinzel_14's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Vomit, Incest, and Mental illness

annierosalinde's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

I absolutely loved this book. I don't give 5 stars lightly, but this book is one of the most honest and vulnerable bits of writing I've read in a long time, whilst also being very funny. McCurdy has an incredible way with words, and beautifully, tragically, imbued the feelings of nostalgia and grief in the text. She has an excellent ability to remove emotion and reinstate it where required, taking you alongside the journey of an abuse survivors experience of going from "this doesn't feel fine but its how it goes" to "that was awful" once processing kicks in. 

It wasn't an easy ready emotionally, but I tore through this book - McCurdy's writing style is moreish, and I found myself listening to the audiobook in bits which was excellently read by her. 

Jennette was a feature of my childhood and teen years, and her honesty about her experience of EDs has helped heal a part of myself which emerged at the same age of 11 from that fear of growing up. I did not read this book for a long time because I knew the content would be difficult for me, especially at the point I was at when it was published, and I'm glad I both waited and actually read it now. 

Seeing her be so frank on paper, and in her own voice, was incredibly profound and I don't doubt this book will stay with me for a very, very long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Cancer, Terminal illness, Eating disorder, Death, Grief, Vomit, Incest, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Cursing, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Stalking

katrinarose's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

So raw and vulnerable, I can’t imagine how difficult writing and then sharing this with the world must have been. She finds the perfect balance between giving painful details while leaving some things unsaid for the reader to read between the lines.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Child abuse, Death of parent, Medical content, Alcoholism, Cancer, Fatphobia, Self harm, Vomit, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Body shaming

Moderate: Addiction, Incest, Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, and Drug use

reygov's review

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

5.0

Oh my lord. This is the second autobiography/ memoir that has really stuck to me. This book wasn’t just a story, it was a lifetime of real experience wrapped so artfully into a novel. I am so grateful to have read this, especially as a teenage girl who has mental health struggles. While I did not grow up watching Nickelodeon, seeing someone like Jannette be authentic and honest about child stardom, mental health, and complicated relationships (& so much more) has not only given me a world of perspective but also a new confidence that I am capable. That my slips will not always be slides. That success isn’t linear, and that doesn’t mean I’m doing something wrong. I’m infinitely grateful to Jannette for writing this, and I hope that she is proud of this book because it truly is something to be proud of. This is so important. You are changing lives as Jannette McCurdy, not someone else. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Self harm, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Vomit, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, and Addiction

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Blood and Incest

littleseal's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Vomit, Mental illness, Self harm, Terminal illness, Gaslighting, Medical content, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Abandonment, Grief, Incest, Sexual content, Stalking, Cancer, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, Child abuse, and Dysphoria