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I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

807 reviews

therewillbenewsuns's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Vomit, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

alexiaruiz's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

3.5

I really enjoyed reading this book. Jennette McCurdy is an excellent writer and the vulnerability it took for her to share her story is unmatched. I was extremely invested in this book and could not put it down. When I watched iCarly as a kid, I could never have imagined what she was going through during the time. This book did a really good job at demonstrating how we perceive different situations as a child versus an adult. Jenette didn't even realize the pain and trauma her mom had caused her until years after she passed away. It was really tough to read some of the more uncomfortable parts of this book such as

her mom giving her showers and exams until she was 18 and provoking her to count calories as a young child. It was also hard to read about Jennette's struggle with bulimia, especially the graphic scenes about her throat bleeding.

But, I am happy that she included these stories because it was raw and real. I was happy that Jenette was able to receive help and therapy in the end. I hope that Jennette is doing better and never suffers another day in her life because she deserves the world! This book was difficult for me to rate, but for now I give it a 3.5 because of how it compares to other books I have read. This book was an amazing auto biography, but it is not the genre that I find myself gravitating towards and for that I gave it this rating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Alcoholism

story_of_steph's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

I gave 'I'm Glad My Mom Died' by Jeanette McCurdy three stars. While her story about grief and self-discovery is touching and the subject matter is tough, I couldn't fully get into the audiobook. I tend to get extremely distracted whilst listening to audiobooks so I don’t know if my review is a fair assessment . Maybe if I read it instead, I'd connect better with her journey. Perhaps I’ll give the physical copy a reread in future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Cancer, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, and Death of parent

onsra's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Sexual content

jasyyyy's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Vomit, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, and Religious bigotry

ingriddt40's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Eating disorder, and Body shaming

Moderate: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, and Grief

aliasinferno's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Rape, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Child abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Grief, Dysphoria, Death of parent, and Fatphobia

Minor: Cancer, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Adult/minor relationship

violet03's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Vomit, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, and Body shaming

Minor: Fatphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug use, Grief, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Mental illness, and Sexual content

cgalloway's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Eating disorder

Moderate: Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Fatphobia, Cancer, Vomit, Body shaming, Death of parent, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, and Adult/minor relationship

nick_3's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Child abuse, Body shaming, Addiction, Chronic illness, and Vomit

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Blood