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I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

1313 reviews

32humanteeth's review against another edition

challenging dark funny informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Cancer, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Child abuse, Death, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cursing, Medical content, Misogyny, Sexual content, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Drug use, Stalking, and Drug abuse

allimancz's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative sad medium-paced

4.75

This was such an eye opening listen to the challenges a young Jennette faced as a child star, and one I had on my list for a while due to its high ratings. I was a bit put off by the title, but once I began listening, I found it’s quite fitting for the story told. I was especially impressed by her ability to recount just enough detail from her childhood to inform the reader, but not overwhelm, and how she places the audience almost in direct conversation with a young child. That is so hard to do well as an adult writer contextualizing and reflecting back! This then changes as the narrator ages and her word choice intentionally mirrors this timeline shift. My only critique would be the rushed ending in the book’s final chapters as she ages much more quickly (years and years) from scene to scene as opposed to the rest of the book’s gradual progression. 

Overall, very smart and effective writing that kept me interested and rooting for Jennette to leave the industry from the start. I hope she continues writing because not only is she very talented, she wants to be putting these words on the page. It’s about time her voice, and hers alone, shines. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Addiction, and Body shaming

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual harassment, Cancer, Terminal illness, Physical abuse, and Medical trauma

sampisters's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Addiction

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Grief, and Infidelity

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

stuffhanreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Grief, Eating disorder, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

nicola_scutt's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Eating disorder, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Cancer, Child abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse

jazjoyner91's review

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

A great audiobook. It's great to hear her story in her voice. I highly recommend listening to the audiobook if you get the chance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Mental illness, and Sexual assault

ttnnllrr's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Jennette McCurdy’s autobiography guides its reader through the turmoil of her life starting from her sixth birthday until her late twenties. We read about her time as an actor and her friendships and dating life, but the focal point of the book, as the title so clearly suggests, is her relationship with her mother and the trauma it brought to her life. 

We see many examples of abuse from her mother while reading from the point of view of a girl stuck in believing her mother was a good person. McCurdy describes her mother’s decision to force her into an acting career at an early age and her encouragement of eating disorders. 

When her mom dies, we watch Jennette grapple with the pain of losing her best friend, while finally realizing just how much her mother had put her through. 

I really enjoyed reading this book, it was very moving to hear McCurdy’s story and how she was able to find herself despite the awful circumstances she was put through during most of her life. I resonate deeply with the struggles she has with food and body image, it was great to read about her recovery! 

This book made me feel all of the emotions. It made me laugh and it made me cry. It is so uplifting to read about the life of an amazing woman who was able to grow from her dark times. I am so happy Jennette is now thriving in a life she wants and loves! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Vomit, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

solarel's review

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Body shaming, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Medical content, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Self harm, and Terminal illness

erins_bookrecs's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child abuse, Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

meghan_w's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

This book. It feels weird to sum up in words what I think of someone else’s life story and traumas. For that reason, I’m not rating it, but I’ll try to talk more about how this book made me feel rather than critique the content. 

I’m Glad my Mom Died is a memoir about the author’s experience as a child star on Nickelodeon, having a narcissistic mother, eating disorders, religious deconstruction, OCD, and other things. I highly recommend listening to this 100% on audiobook at 1.0x. It’s worth taking the time to hear the author’s voice inflections as she tells her story. 

This book isn’t light. The quip on the cover saying it’s funny is weird to me because it’s not. It’s heavy and it’s dark at times. I waited to read this until I felt I was in a place to be able to handle it. It made me feel angry, baffled, but most of all sad. Not just for the author, but for so many who struggle with similar issues as her and her mother. What I deeply appreciate the most is she takes a good amount of the book to share her experiences in therapy. It’s a raw account of how hard therapy is and that healing is not a linear process. We don’t get it right immediately and sometimes it’s gets harder before it gets better. 

I’m so grateful for her willingness to share her story with the world. I took pieces I needed out of it for my own life. It was truly a privilege to listen to her story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Medical content, Self harm, Vomit, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Grief, Mental illness, and Physical abuse