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I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

93 reviews

heyitsseph's review

informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

The book talks about what happen in her life in order and gives details . Jeannette had anxiety , self loathing , had eating disorder, health issues. These issues happen when her mom push her into being an actress. Jeannette’s mom  wanted to live jennette life through her and anted to control very single in life and always dream of being famous actress making jennette a star. Mom made extreme disturbing hen she was 11 years old taught about calorie restriction , bleaching her, whitening her teeth, her mom completely ruined her life, its not right to bathing your daughter until she was 17 yers old. What i was shocked finding these things. When got the lead in the show I Carly playing Sam Puckett her loved food but she delevopeda eating disorder. Later on she on this other Nickelodeon show Sam and Cat. Ariana who played Cat. In the show, Jennete find out that Ariana as getting paid more that her. Jennette didnt like Ariana gets to miss film the show to go press tours, recording music videos. I remember this episode where Ariana was not in this episode most of the episode called lock in a box. She made acted with the box.  Dan Schneider wouldn’t let her miss filming days she’s been comparing her self it’s Ariana like she been personal attacked and robbed in this industry . Dan Schneider got exposed for being weird and other accusation like inappropriate sexual behavior writing inappropriate things in his shows always showing feet. On icarly, she was getting yelled at by Dan to reshoot the scene several times she as a kissing here uncomfortable with and Dan wanted a real kiss but her costar helped her out ( Nathan Kress), Dan wanted to her pictures of her in a bikini in wardrobe fitting was explicitly. He encourage drinking alcohol when most of the cast was underage , he always compare icarly with the victorious cast ( Dan directed )

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Child abuse, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Terminal illness

clusterf_cked's review

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Cursing, Vomit, Eating disorder, Child abuse, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Fatphobia, Cancer, Gaslighting, Body shaming, and Addiction

Minor: Blood

catastrophiclyss's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Misogyny, Chronic illness, Drug use, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Terminal illness, Vomit, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Child abuse, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic friendship

batbaby's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

TW: for people who struggle with ED it is sometimes is written with the narrative of in an ED mindset so this might be triggering or resurface those thoughts and feelings, look after yourself
I really enjoyed the way Jennette found humour and the internal monologue jokes. I think the hard topics were handled well, the ed topics were a little graphic for me but only because I understand the lived experience. This book covers some really hard topics and unpacks feelings of idolisation. I liked how the chapters were layer out and the pacing as it progressed through her life to modern day. I’d love to read more of her writing and I hope she gets into screenwriting/plays like her younger self wanted to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Dysphoria, Drug use, Body shaming, Death of parent, Death, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Vomit, Sexual content, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Stalking

itsjustgrumpy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Just wow. So candid and open. Jennette has earned nothing but my new found respect through this. No child deserves this life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Eating disorder, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Dysphoria, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Terminal illness, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Vomit, Addiction, and Sexual assault

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Blood

wad3mil3sgarru2's review

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical trauma, Death of parent, Alcohol, Grief, Alcoholism, Medical content, Vomit, Sexual content, Cancer, and Body shaming

Minor: Toxic friendship and Toxic relationship

amaralh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Addiction, Body shaming, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Child abuse, Self harm, Abandonment, Cursing, Body shaming, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Violence, and Sexual violence

honesty_reads's review

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

5.0

So happy for her that she is doing things for herself instead of because it’s expected. We love you Jennette 🫶🏼

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Body horror, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Grief, Body shaming, and Mental illness

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Drug use, Gaslighting, Cursing, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence

alllisonb's review

challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Infidelity, Vomit, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Sexual content, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

katlinstirling_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Wow! I’ve just finished this and I loved this book so much, I felt I could relate on so many levels! 
Her mother had cancer from when Jennette was 2yo, she didn’t want to act but did for her mother. Her mother was abusive and a narcissist. She put a lot of pressure on Net and even pushed eating disorders to stunt her growth.. (something Jennette thought was in her favour and not something that was unsafe or wrong) which she still struggles with. Among other things Net’s life wasn’t what she wanted nor did she see a way out but to do it for her mother. She got help after her mother died through trial and error and is now doing well and what she loves and wanted to do all along.. writing. Im so glad she did because this book has opened my eyes and made me realise things I didn’t know before. 
Sad, dark, tense, emotional, heartbreaking, thought provoking, inspiring, challenging and reflective. I applaud Jennette for sharing her truth! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Vomit, Cursing, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Medical trauma