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I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

909 reviews

caseyaboutthroughout's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Death of parent, Cancer, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Mental illness and Sexual harassment

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

janettecorral's review

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Rape, and Sexual harassment

jpauguste's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Jeanette McCurdy’s writing style is beautiful and accessible as she unwaveringly recounts her experience of child stardom under the reign of a narcissistic mother and an abusive producer. The book is honest, heartbreaking, eye-opening, and inspiring 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual harassment

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

rachrow's review against another edition

challenging dark funny hopeful tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

mikaylanh's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This was excellent. I started with the ebook and then saw some comments online recommending the audiobook so I switched over - so happy I did! I’ve never read a memoir before but this… wow. What a brave thing to write and publish. Super heartbreaking, especially hearing it through Jennette’s voice. Would recommend to others in a heartbeat, but would also advise reading trigger warnings ahead of time because this content is very heavy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Addiction, Grief, Vomit, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Cancer

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

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

prog51's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Blood, Pedophilia, and Sexual harassment