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I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

117 reviews

taylorlyates's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Fatphobia, Addiction, Blood, Body shaming, Cursing, Grief, Alcoholism, Terminal illness, Homophobia, Vomit, Alcohol, Bullying, Sexual content, Cancer, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Death, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship

unluckycat13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.0

I didn't personally resonate with a lot in this book, even with having dealt with some similar stuff in my life. I'm not really familiar with the author except tangentially. It's a short book but you really do feel every minute. 

That being said, the final quarter felt like a very good pay off and it felt like the author started to come into her own both in the writing and narration. The way you feel every moment of the run time comes from the intensity of the subject matter and the knowledge that it's not going to get better-- and that's also part of what matters the final quarter so much "better". 

It's a decent book overall and I don't regret reading it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcoholism, and Vomit

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Homophobia and Stalking

its_kievan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

4.0

Affected me way more than I was expecting it to. McCurdy strikes an amazing balance between laying out the harrowing details of her trauma and showing how she spent so long not recognising it as trauma. I’m also very glad her Mom died.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Addiction, Vomit, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Cancer and Sexual content

Minor: Sexism and Homophobia

justmys's review against another edition

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Sexism, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual violence, Cursing, Vomit, Alcohol, Child abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Medical content, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Stalking, and Homophobia

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

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

persian_green's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Vomit, and Cancer

Moderate: Sexual assault, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body shaming, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical content

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

samburkhouse's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Vomit, Gaslighting, Child abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, and Body shaming

Minor: Transphobia, Stalking, Homophobia, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

thetearex's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Terminal illness, Homophobia, Stalking, Physical abuse, Rape, Body shaming, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Alcohol, Cancer, Gaslighting, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Sexual violence, and Alcoholism