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A review by ladybugwrites
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
This book hit much harder than I thought it would. For multiple reasons.
It is written so simplisticly that it makes everything come across clear, where those moments that need the little extra get exactly that. I wished, many times that I was reading it just so I could write my own thoughts, highlight parts of it, and fully immerse myself in the book in a way I struggle to with when listening to audiobooks. However, I didn't struggle at all with this one. There is something extra special about hearing the author read their own book, and hearing Jennette McCurdy tell the story to me, had a big impact.
There are multiple things in this book that are not about Jennette's relationship with her mother that all have an impact. However, most of those things are also a direct impact of that relationship. A relationship that consited of abuse on every level. Now I have a good relationship with my mom, in the way that we talk a lot, but after turning 20 realized I can't live with her for longer periods because we are both very similar and different. Despite a good relationship, no mother is perfect, and I notcied (unfortunately) a few things in this book that my mom also has/had a habit of doing. I came to terms with my mom not being perfect a long time ago, but it is something else to hear someone talk about their own abusive mom and notice that one or two things, your mom also did (which does not make her abuse).
I listened to this book in two days (the audiobook takes 6.5 hours and I listened at 1.75 speed bc I can't listen to the original, it's too slow and I fall out), which is fast for a book that needs to be processed, but I couldn't put it down. I couldn't stop listening because it had an impact. It hit more places than I thought it would, and I found a need to continue finding that validation of not being alone.
I recommend the audiobook. There's something very heartfelt, vurnerable, and personal about someone telling you their story in their voice. It hits home.
It is written so simplisticly that it makes everything come across clear, where those moments that need the little extra get exactly that. I wished, many times that I was reading it just so I could write my own thoughts, highlight parts of it, and fully immerse myself in the book in a way I struggle to with when listening to audiobooks. However, I didn't struggle at all with this one. There is something extra special about hearing the author read their own book, and hearing Jennette McCurdy tell the story to me, had a big impact.
There are multiple things in this book that are not about Jennette's relationship with her mother that all have an impact. However, most of those things are also a direct impact of that relationship. A relationship that consited of abuse on every level. Now I have a good relationship with my mom, in the way that we talk a lot, but after turning 20 realized I can't live with her for longer periods because we are both very similar and different. Despite a good relationship, no mother is perfect, and I notcied (unfortunately) a few things in this book that my mom also has/had a habit of doing. I came to terms with my mom not being perfect a long time ago, but it is something else to hear someone talk about their own abusive mom and notice that one or two things, your mom also did (which does not make her abuse).
I listened to this book in two days (the audiobook takes 6.5 hours and I listened at 1.75 speed bc I can't listen to the original, it's too slow and I fall out), which is fast for a book that needs to be processed, but I couldn't put it down. I couldn't stop listening because it had an impact. It hit more places than I thought it would, and I found a need to continue finding that validation of not being alone.
I recommend the audiobook. There's something very heartfelt, vurnerable, and personal about someone telling you their story in their voice. It hits home.