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I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

332 reviews

unboundbooklover's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Death, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Medical content, Terminal illness, and Cancer

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, and Addiction

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Religious bigotry, Grief, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Mental illness

itsanagnorisis's review

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Eating disorder

devonsonnessa's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This book was amazing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Emotional abuse, and Body shaming

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Terminal illness, and Religious bigotry

erinkellyreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

4.5 Stars! I really enjoyed Jennette McCurdy's use of voice in this memoir (and not just because she narrated the audiobook). You get a strong sense of who she is and the things that pull at her from the expectations of her mother, the weight of religion, the loss of self, and the small voice that wants to be happy. More and more is coming out right now about the dangers that child stars face, and Jennette's memoir shows that, sometimes, the call is coming from inside the house. If you are someone who struggles with eating disorders of any kind, this one may be a little much for you in parts (I did have to skip a couple of parts but not a large chunk). Overall, I'm glad she shared her story, and I'm hopeful that she'll be able to live a happier life for herself now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Fatphobia, Vomit, Alcohol, Child abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

erinoconnor's review against another edition

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

4.75

I listened to Jeanette in her audiobook and it was equal parts cathartic and heart breaking. This book is fascinating and raw and I am so grateful to her for writing it. Hearing her perspective shift throughout her life and see her gain strength and understanding was beautiful and inspiring and painful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Child abuse, Death of parent, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Medical content, Death, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

nikkinoodle28's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

5.0

I love a brave woman sharing her story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Eating disorder

zydecovivo's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Teen sitcoms were not my thing, even when I was younger. However, I still knew of iCarly and recognized Miranda and Jennette when I saw the ads. Jennette’s memoir shows a deeper, more disturbing look into both her upbringing and the behind-the-scenes of the early 2000s Nickelodeon studio workplace. I have seen clips from Quiet On Set, and I think Jennette’s book, even though it focuses more on her own inner thoughts and feelings during this time (and doesn’t explicitly name Dan Schneider), was the catalyst for it. The young actors who tried to speak out, but were silenced, didn’t have the same recognition or power as Jennette. While Jennette may have initially regretted not taking the “hush money”, I hope she knows that she’s encouraged a lot of victims to speak out and abusers to, hopefully, receive justice. She also does a great job of portraying how you may love and adore someone, but that doesn’t mean they didn’t hurt you. Her feelings are complicated and I applaud her for being able to write her story in such a compelling way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, and Grief

Moderate: Cursing

catastrophiclyss's review against another edition

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

courageousciarano's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Books of this nature are normally difficult to get through. Not this one. The pace of the book is perfect. There are no parts of Jennette’s story that drag. The story is very absorbable in a manner that you are never found wanting. There are parts here and there that are graphically sexual, but this doesn’t dilute from what is a very well written message of how Child acting ruined the childhood of a talented actress. Reader should check the content warnings before reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Death of parent, Alcohol, Bullying, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, and Infidelity

itsmemiana's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

please check trigger warnings before reading this book PLEASE!!! and note that those warnings are not slight, they are HEAVY!!!

this rating is not for the story itself, because it would be wrong to rate that, as this is a memoir about her life. so this rating is for the way it was written.

this was my first ever audiobook and I'm so glad I started with this one. it's narrated by Jeanette which only makes it more special.

I related to a few things in this book (I'm not gonna say what because at this very moment I'm not comfortable talking about them to anyone, let alone the internet) but it has nothing to do with parental abuse like hers. and it felt so refreshing knowing I'm not alone.

mind you I was not a Nickelodeon kid (I was a die hard Disney Channel girlie) and after this I'm honestly so glad I wasn't (even tho I know Disney Channel had it's problems too). so I didn't know anything about iCarly or Sam & Cat (besides the one or two episodes I probably watched while zapping through channels).

I think Jennette is an excellent writer and storyteller and I would love to read more things from her.

I loved how honest she was. I was a little taken back by the way she spoke about Ariana Grande (even tho I'm not a fan or anything like that) but then I realised she was just being completely honest and real about her very valid and human feelings.

the only thing I liked less, was the way she spoke about other women and girls (besides her mom of course), like the part she talks about female friendships, which is something her mom taught  her but also she doesn't mention not feeling that way anymore so... yeah...

as a psychology student I'm so glad Jeanette is recovering from everything she went through with the help of therapy. (the part where you could notice the emotion in her voice in the audiobook broke me). I wish her all the best.

I'm also glad her mom died.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, Terminal illness, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Blood, Death, Body shaming, Alcohol, Child abuse, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Grief, Sexual content, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Homophobia, Misogyny, and Religious bigotry