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chrishham's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Vomit, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Cancer, Alcohol, Death, Child abuse, Eating disorder, and Death of parent
Moderate: Drug abuse, Addiction, and Panic attacks/disorders
eedle_cacleberry's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Child abuse, and Eating disorder
Moderate: Death of parent, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, and Alcohol
ragubo's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Chronic illness, Grief, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Alcohol, Body shaming, Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Eating disorder, and Vomit
Moderate: Blood, Cancer, Death of parent, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Adult/minor relationship, and Drug use
therewillbenewsuns's review against another edition
4.25
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
shelbielehto's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Terminal illness, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Sexual content, Self harm, Mental illness, Vomit, Alcohol, and Toxic relationship
ekcanales's review against another edition
5.0
It was especially poignant to hear this book narrated by Jennette herself in the audiobook. Her voice really shines and provides a new level of insight and depth into the stories being told.
Thank you, Jennette McCurdy, for allowing us a detailed, touching look into your life. As a young woman, this was so powerful to me!
Graphic: Alcohol, Addiction, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, and Toxic relationship
carriebp's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Eating disorder, Vomit, and Death of parent
Moderate: Cancer, Death, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Alcohol, Child abuse, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cursing, Blood, Drug use, and Mental illness
thebookcident's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Body shaming, Sexual content, Cancer, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Addiction, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Panic attacks/disorders
jillybean222's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cursing, Body shaming, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death of parent, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Dysphoria, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Addiction
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: Terminal illness, Vomit, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Body shaming, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, and Gaslighting
Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Bullying, Medical content, and Dementia