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I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

333 reviews

sparker117's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Body shaming, Vomit, Religious bigotry, and Eating disorder

riotgrrrl92's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

Five stars. This is a perfect book. Even if I had no idea who this actress was, it would be a perfect book. Jennette removes herself from the character of Sam in a way I hope she’s proud of. I’m sure many other readers like myself went in with the excitement of reading Sam Bucket’s harrowing tale of backstage abuse, but that’s not what this book is at all. I met Jennette within the first few pages and was amazed at what I saw. This book has made me rethink the ethics of not just child actors, but all of Hollywood. Her tell-all is deep, hard-hitting, and at times devastating. But I was mostly blown away by her ability to write. She is an expert author. Her word choice, pace, cadence, and dark wit is so punchy and left me really impressed. I really hope she continues to write, if writing is what she enjoys doing. This will stay with me for a very long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child abuse, Death, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Religious bigotry

halaagmod's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

Moderate: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Drug use

Minor: Religious bigotry

rose34's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Child abuse, Medical content, Terminal illness, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, and Cancer

Moderate: Addiction, Ableism, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pedophilia, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Religious bigotry

mckiheather's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Death, Mental illness, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Physical abuse, and Vomit

Moderate: Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Dysphoria, Alcoholism, Cursing, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Classism, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Infidelity, Stalking, Blood, and Medical content

outoftheforesticome's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

I’m Glad My Mom Died is a heartbreaking memoir about Jennette McCurdy’s life and her relationship with her mother, which is much more complex than one might think at first, starting before her career as a child actor even began. We get to see how much of her life was shaped by her mother and their relationship with one another, as well as Jennette’s recovery from its toxicity. 

Simply written and easy to read, I’m Glad My Mom Died is a memoir with an intriguing title. Though it serves its purpose as a title, which is to be attention-grabbing, it fails in my sense to encompass the complexity of Jennette’s feelings about her mother, which we get to discover in depth in the memoir. Her story is shocking and heartbreaking, even more so as I listened to the audiobook narrated by Jennette McCurdy herself. Multiple reviews have called the memoir ‘hilarious’ and I almost wonder if we read the same book. While there is indeed snark and wit repeatedly throughout the memoir, the book is not funny and didn’t feel to me like it was meant to be. It’s dark and hard because it is about abuse, toxic relationships, and recovery, and gives an authentic and unapologetic recounting of all of these, which is precisely why I liked reading it so much. 

I would absolutely recommend this book to anyone who enjoys memoirs or wishes to discover the autobiographic genre with an easy read and to anyone interested in learning more about Jennette McCurdy. Those expecting, based on reviews they have seen, to read a funny book will, however, be disappointed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Grief, Mental illness, Child abuse, Death of parent, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Vomit

Moderate: Pedophilia, Drug abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Homophobia and Religious bigotry

desiderium_incarnate's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

Thank you, Jeanette, for sharing your experience and thoughts in such an earnest way. 

The writing is amazing by the way, it completely sucks you in from page one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Addiction, Cancer, Infidelity, Body horror, Terminal illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Classism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, Fatphobia, Religious bigotry, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, and Vomit

manukahoney_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Sexual assault, and Mental illness

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Grief, Vomit, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, and Sexual content

Minor: Stalking

venetiana's review against another edition

I'm probably impatient, idk. But there's an ableist remark just a few minutes in and it seems to go unchallenged, so, no thank you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Eating disorder, and Death of parent

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Ableism

Minor: Terminal illness, Homophobia, Grief, Medical content, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Body shaming, Dysphoria, and Bullying

nicolegc1's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, Vomit, Emotional abuse, and Eating disorder