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A review by abigail_lo
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
disclosure: this will be a very personal review, since my own dad was physically and emotionally abusive.
it's fascinating to me that abuse can result in so many different types of trauma. mccurdy romanticizes her mom in a way that i've never felt about my dad -- i think my struggle has always been that i've never felt loved by the person who's supposed to love me. it's almost like (as terrible as it is to say) mccurdy has the relationship with her mom that i wished i had with my dad. and although she didn't have a childhood due to icarly, she still has memories of those times, which is more than i can say. there's something so disorienting about knowing next to nothing about your own childhood.
long story short: i felt way more emotionally distant from this book than i thought i would, mostly because her experiences with eating disorders and her mom are so different from my own experience with abuse. but i deeply admire the courage it took for her to share her story, and i hope the act of writing this helped in her journey towards healing.
also -- she read this audiobook?? i'd rather skydive from the highest plane than read a 6.5 hour audiobook about my life. that is literally a feat i cannot even conceive of.
it's fascinating to me that abuse can result in so many different types of trauma. mccurdy romanticizes her mom in a way that i've never felt about my dad -- i think my struggle has always been that i've never felt loved by the person who's supposed to love me. it's almost like (as terrible as it is to say) mccurdy has the relationship with her mom that i wished i had with my dad. and although she didn't have a childhood due to icarly, she still has memories of those times, which is more than i can say. there's something so disorienting about knowing next to nothing about your own childhood.
long story short: i felt way more emotionally distant from this book than i thought i would, mostly because her experiences with eating disorders and her mom are so different from my own experience with abuse. but i deeply admire the courage it took for her to share her story, and i hope the act of writing this helped in her journey towards healing.
also -- she read this audiobook?? i'd rather skydive from the highest plane than read a 6.5 hour audiobook about my life. that is literally a feat i cannot even conceive of.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Eating disorder
Moderate: Sexual assault