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I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

361 reviews

vanessamariebooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

5.0

I'm sad Jeannette had to go through everything she experienced in her childhood & young adult life, but I'm glad she finally got the help she deserves and that she's healing and able to share her story with others. I also hope she continues writing cause she's a natural born storyteller and it's one of the things she loves to do and wasn't forced into. Highly recommend the audiobook, which she narrates herself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Rape, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Cancer, Mental illness, Vomit, Death of parent, Child abuse, Grief, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

monicaa_d's review

emotional sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Mental illness, Body shaming, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Vomit

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Blood, Cursing, Drug use, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

courageousciarano's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Books of this nature are normally difficult to get through. Not this one. The pace of the book is perfect. There are no parts of Jennette’s story that drag. The story is very absorbable in a manner that you are never found wanting. There are parts here and there that are graphically sexual, but this doesn’t dilute from what is a very well written message of how Child acting ruined the childhood of a talented actress. Reader should check the content warnings before reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Death of parent, Alcohol, Bullying, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, and Infidelity

mariecurie04's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, and Eating disorder

laurathebookseller's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

So important for those who have experienced parental abuse. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Infidelity, Vomit, Incest, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Cancer, Grief, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Rape, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

timelord10's review against another edition

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

5.0

First off, I want to say there are a multitude of trigger warnings for this book, and I encourage you to look them up before you read them. The only reason I'm not listing them here is because I'm afraid I'll forget one. 

Now, this book is a difficult, sad, infuriating read, but I believe it can be a necessary one (maybe not for everyone which is why I say it can be). The reason why I believe this was a necessary book for me to read is because I grew up with a not so great mom at times, and someone close to be has struggled with eating disorders, so this book helped me understand the mindset of a person with an eating disorder more. 

Jennette starts out very young trying to be a people pleaser. It begins with doing everything her mom wants her to do, so that her mom will be happy (and Jennette believed this would help keep her mother alive). A lot of stuff Jennette's mother did was horrendous, and by the time her mother died, I was glad she had died too. 

After her mother died, Jennette had a long road to recovery. She had to work on getting rid of her eating disorder, taking her mom off of the pedestal she had place her mom on, and ultimately decided for herself what she wanted to do with her life instead of letting others dictate what she was to do. 

In the book, Jennette always enjoyed writing more than acting. During her recovery from the eating disorders, she says, "When everything's in my head, it feels chaotic and jumbled. But when I can look down at a sheet a paper and see myself reflected back in words and tallies and graphs, it's clarifying." (Chapter 81, page 274) I feel like this book was that for her. She saw her whole life on paper after going through all this therapy, and it was clarifying for her. It was a big step in her healing journey, I think. 

By the end of the book, Jennette has stopped purging, she enjoys the food she's eating instead of feeling shame and guilt, she's decided to quit acting and do what she wants to do for once in her life, and she has taken her mom off of the pedestal and accepted that her mother abused her and didn't want what was best for her. 

Finally, I'm going to include some quotes here:

"I scream and kick and roll around intensely. I get lost in it. There's a part of me that almost feels good doing it. Like this has been waiting to come out for a long time. Like I've been stuffing this down, shoving it down, and finally here it is. This is how I really feel. Like screaming." -Chapter 18, page 67

"I'm humiliated. And ashamed. How did I let this happen? How did I become a woman? I don't know the answer, but I know the solution. I know what I'll do to fix this....I've been slacking and the slacking needs to stop. I need to get back to anorexia. I need to be a kid again." -Chapter 36, page 127

"This new relationship to food deeply confuses me. For years I have been in control of my diet, my body, myself. I have kept myself rail-thin and my body childlike and I have found the perfect combination of power and solace in that. But now I feel out of control. Reckless. Hopeless. The old combination of power and solace is replaced by a new combination of shame and chaos. I do not understand what is happening to me. I am terrified of what will happen when Mom sees me." -Chapter 38, page 134

"Maybe that's growth, to be embarrassed." -Chapter 85, page 288

"I want my life to be in my hands. Not an eating disorder's or a casting director's or an agent's or my mom's. Mine." -Chapter 87, page 293

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fatphobia, Grief, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Eating disorder, Alcohol, Cancer, Body shaming, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, and Vomit

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Pedophilia

bry_on_rye's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, Rape, Sexual content, Alcohol, Body shaming, Vomit, Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

mari_books's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Growing up as part of Jeanette’s audience - the Nickelodeon generation - I loved her narration and story telling had me captivated. One of the first memoirs I’ve read from someone around my age. What a truly messed up book. I am so glad she shared her story. In light of the “Quiet on Set” documentary that has come out, I look forward to learning more about the real lives and stories of the people involved in entertainment. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Chronic illness, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Rape, Cancer, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

mrkdk's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Rape, Vomit, and Death of parent

Minor: Excrement, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Drug use, Infidelity, and Panic attacks/disorders

lil_saddie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75

Well written and deeply traumatic story. 
However, the hilarity was NOT in the room with us. I don’t think there was a lot of humor in this book like the blurb says, but it was still a very good read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Child abuse, Grief, Sexual content, Death, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body shaming, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Addiction, Cancer, Eating disorder, Self harm, Drug use, Vomit, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Alcohol, Medical content, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts