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butkyra's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis
mattybly's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, and Vomit
liv_brown31's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Gaslighting
just keep in mind there is a lot of talk about eating disorders that could be triggeringshelbielehto's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
serenology's review against another edition
5.0
Early on in the book, Jennette mentions that as a child she loved writing and preferred it to acting. Her mother dismisses the hobby to further encourage Jennette's acting career. I'm glad I was able to see the product of her writing now--a transparent, honest, but funny narrative of her childhood traumas and how she was able to recover and reclaim herself.
Jennette deserves all the peace and happiness for the rest of her life.
Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, and Death of parent
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Body shaming
Minor: Cursing, Drug use, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
jillybean222's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death of parent, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, and Dysphoria
Minor: Stalking and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
deathmetalheron's review against another edition
3.5
This works in this case. In addition to its spicy and enticing title, I am very aware of Jennette McCurdy as I watched plenty of episodes of iCarly growing up. The more details I found out about her actual career, the more sad I got. It's easy to use television as an escape without realizing that the actors themselves are not characters and are real people.
I'm Glad My Mom Died reads very quickly, the action cutting from chapter to chapter flashing through McCurdy's life from a young 4 all the way to near present day. It recounts different stories that highlight primarily her relationship with her mother but also some of the effects of mental illness and expectations she gained through her mother's treatment, most notably disordered eating. The book pulls no punches and more or less make a damning case for McCurdy's mother being truly problematic and hard to sympathize with.
The most profound moments of the book are McCurdy's recounting of her childhood days--her inner monologue is retold from her child's perspective with no analysis, so the events are seen through her eyes. Any adult reading it will instantly pick up on the behaviors exhibited by McCurdy's mother and the effect they will have in the future, and it compounds the innocence loss that McCurdy will eventually experience. The book gets a little bit less insightful as time goes on, and the ending lacks a bit of insight. I understand this might be the point but McCurdy is an effective writer and I would've loved to see her reflect on the experience a bit more. Additionally, this book targeted me VERY directly as a parent. It was odd to read a book where for most of my life I would put myself in Jennette's shoes but reading this I also saw myself as a future parent and how the choices I made as a father would eventually affect my own daughter's self perception. Definitely a thinker.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Death of parent
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Bullying, Medical content, Dementia, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
katie_scht's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting
moonadjacent's review against another edition
5.0
I do think she did herself some disservice in skimming over her recovery. To continuously have to fight for your wellbeing is no small feat and it would have been nice for her to get her flowers. At least she probably does outside of the book, considering its success.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Drug use, Infidelity, Rape, Stalking, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
jackslackofshelfcontrol's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Death of parent
Moderate: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol