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I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

89 reviews

katrinarose's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

So raw and vulnerable, I can’t imagine how difficult writing and then sharing this with the world must have been. She finds the perfect balance between giving painful details while leaving some things unsaid for the reader to read between the lines.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Child abuse, Death of parent, Medical content, Alcoholism, Cancer, Fatphobia, Self harm, Vomit, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Body shaming

Moderate: Addiction, Incest, Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, and Drug use

reygov's review against another edition

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

5.0

Oh my lord. This is the second autobiography/ memoir that has really stuck to me. This book wasn’t just a story, it was a lifetime of real experience wrapped so artfully into a novel. I am so grateful to have read this, especially as a teenage girl who has mental health struggles. While I did not grow up watching Nickelodeon, seeing someone like Jannette be authentic and honest about child stardom, mental health, and complicated relationships (& so much more) has not only given me a world of perspective but also a new confidence that I am capable. That my slips will not always be slides. That success isn’t linear, and that doesn’t mean I’m doing something wrong. I’m infinitely grateful to Jannette for writing this, and I hope that she is proud of this book because it truly is something to be proud of. This is so important. You are changing lives as Jannette McCurdy, not someone else. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Self harm, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Vomit, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, and Addiction

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Blood and Incest

littleseal's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Vomit, Mental illness, Self harm, Terminal illness, Gaslighting, Medical content, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Abandonment, Grief, Incest, Sexual content, Stalking, Cancer, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, Child abuse, and Dysphoria

bluberrybooks's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Incest, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical content, Pedophilia, and Alcoholism

Minor: Stalking, Blood, Misogyny, and Suicidal thoughts

arialovegreen's review against another edition

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

5.0

It is hard for me to give this book anything other than five stars for two reasons: 1) it is someone telling their own story, and 2) it is someone telling that story *excellently*.

Jennette McCurdy is a born writer. She writes in a way that is raw, personable, and to the point with just a splash of dry humor and a hefty amount of powerful truths. McCurdy's voice is distinguished and unique in her writing.

McCurdy tells her story with devastating honesty. She shares events that I don't think I would ever feel comfortable speaking out loud to another human being, much less open about them up to the whole world to read or hear. But that devastating honesty is what made this book a hard-hitter - made it feel more real, less polished, and in my opinion, intensely significant. 

She did not have to write this, but the world is better for it. I would recommend to anyone to read this book. It is a microcosm of the horrible, beautiful reality of being a modern human being and the capacity for healing and assuming responsibility over our own lives in the face of tragedies that happen to us. 

I cannot wait to see what other kind of books McCurdy goes on to write. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Vomit, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Child abuse, Rape, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, and Incest

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Minor: Religious bigotry

thegibbler's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Medical content, Pedophilia, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

hinoki's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.5

I think this is an important book that will change how we see child stars. Really shocking stuff esp. about Dan Schneider (who was only referred to as "The Creator".)
Super fast paced and compelling. 
I thought the writing was a little too basic at times. Maybe this is unfair because it's not like the author is an experienced writer. I wish she had given more updates about what time things were happening/how old she was. I also wish there was more information about what other family members thought of the mother before and after her death. Maybe there will be another memoir in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Eating disorder

Moderate: Child abuse, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, and Physical abuse

cafenby's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Fatphobia, and Vomit

Minor: Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Incest, and Drug use

power_cpp's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Phenomenal. Jennette McCurdy's storytelling of her experiences is incredibly vulnerable and unapologetically real, which left me speechless. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Incest, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, and Mental illness

manyofmae's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Incest