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A review by reggiereading
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
this is the third time i've read this book (two if you don't count audiobooks) and i don't even know how to go about writing a review because i just love this book so much that i can't express any of my feelings about it in any way other than just asking you to read the book yourself. here are some of my favourite quotes from the book in hopes that you'll pick it up too;
"I need to get back to anorexia. I need to be a kid again."
"..this is the first birthday wish I'll be making where I won't know what to wish for because the thing I've been wishing for all my life is done. Over. case closed. The thing that I secretly hoped through all these years I had some control over, I know now that I don't, and never did. My entire life's purpose, keeping Mom alive and happy, was for nothing. All those years I spent focusing on her, all the time I spent orienting my every thought and action toward what I thought would please her most, were pointless. Because now she's gone."
"Her dreams were my dreams, her happiness was my happiness."
"Slips are totally normal. When you have a slip, it's just that. A slip. It doesn't define you. It doesn't make you a failure. The most important thing is that you don't let a slip become a slide."
"I need to get back to anorexia. I need to be a kid again."
"..this is the first birthday wish I'll be making where I won't know what to wish for because the thing I've been wishing for all my life is done. Over. case closed. The thing that I secretly hoped through all these years I had some control over, I know now that I don't, and never did. My entire life's purpose, keeping Mom alive and happy, was for nothing. All those years I spent focusing on her, all the time I spent orienting my every thought and action toward what I thought would please her most, were pointless. Because now she's gone."
"Her dreams were my dreams, her happiness was my happiness."
"Slips are totally normal. When you have a slip, it's just that. A slip. It doesn't define you. It doesn't make you a failure. The most important thing is that you don't let a slip become a slide."
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Drug use, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Vomit, Addiction, and Panic attacks/disorders