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I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

2082 reviews

ketchup_chugger_al's review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-paced

4.5

Jennette McCurdy the woman you are

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

maya_reads_books's review against another edition

dark reflective

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Alcohol

Minor: Stalking and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

akevaa's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

cnannery19's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

lallagray's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

hayleycorrigan's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

3.0

• I’ve mixed feelings about this one, I’d heard rave reviews about it so expected to love it, but it was ok
• Like how it ended tho 
• I wouldn’t recommend 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

allisoncdn's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

4.5

I enjoyed learning about a child star’s experience of fame and the way she had to deal with being in the spotlight from such a young age. It is by no means a relatable read, but I think the reader can empathize with the author quite a bit. 

Some aspects of wanting to please your mother no matter what and resenting her at the same time are so complex and well-written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

nicolinebl's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Knowing all the heavy topics mentioned throughout this book, one would thing it'd be a hard read, but Jennette's wonderful writing style never makes it hard. She bravely and humorously writes about it, and boy oh boy does it make you cry at times. I don't think I'm ever going to be able to watch anything she starred in, because knowing what was going on just sours everything. I'm happy she's doing much better now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content, Medical content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Sexual assault and Stalking

sweetstar229's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

When I picked this up on audiobook, I had no idea that Jennette McCurdy was the actress who played Sam Puckett, a character from a show I was familiar with but didn't really follow. So, imagine my surprise when I heard her voice and then, imagine my growing horror as I listened to her life unfold.

Debra McCurdy is the very reason why there's the saying: 'Every child deserves a parent, but not every parent deserves a child.' She's narcisstic, emotionally manipulative and a horrible parent.

McCurdy takes us on the journey of her tumultous life in present tense, so as she narrates, you feel like you're in the moment with her. That made it difficult to listen to at times, especially during her child and teen years when Jennette is so aware and fearful of her clearly abusive mother, and yet innocently idolises her because she literally doesn't know any better. Her mum certainly wouldn't let her. It's especially uncomfortable when Jennette was uncomfortable but stayed silent and let things happen to her because that is how she was conditioned.

If I had a nickel for every a company that's supposed to be family-friendly has a scandal involving very non-family-friendly activities... well, I'd have a lot and that's really sad to think about. The whole thing with Nickelodeon is frankly diabolical. I'm glad she's out of there.

By the end of the memoir, McCurdy has clearly made some improvements even if she still has a long way to go. I hope she finds healing and peace.

Overall, despite the depressing topics, I thought I'm Glad My Mom Died was pretty decent. It did what it was supposed to and it kept me relatively engaged throughout.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity

hufflepuffbiologybuff's review against another edition

challenging funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

I felt guilty getting a book with this title but I had been seeing this book everywhere and caved. 
I was not familiar with the author or her career prior, but her book was interesting, fast paced, reflective, and thought provoking. I hope she is doing well, wherever she is. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

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