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A review by luluwoohoo
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.5
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy (audiobook narrated by Jennette McCurdy)
☀️☀️☀️☀️⛅
A heartbreaking account of growing up in an abusive relationship with a parent, this memoir made me glad her mum died too.
The matter-of-fact way McCurdy describes her abuse, starting from her youngest memories, is a difficult but necessary style choice for a story this candid. She pulls no punches when it comes to details of being taught an eating disorder, still being showered by her mum as a teen and young adult, being forced into a career that induced anxiety and stress from age 6, dating much older men, and her struggles with alcoholism. The explicit nature of her anecdotes make this book potentially triggering for anyone suffering from addiction and abuse, but I appreciate the details that she was willing to share which highlight just how impactful her mother's behaviour was to her entire life.
As a face of children's television for half of her life, McCurdy's memoir touches on the difficult and uncomfortable working environment she experienced at Nickelodeon, but it isn't quite as damning as it potentially could have been. It does acknowledge an offer of 300k 'hush money' though, which probably explains why it's taken so long for child stars to speak out about the dangerous working conditions there.
I loved the tone McCurdy writes with. It's distinctive and totally appropriate for the subject matter by being so cynical and bitter, but in doing so it also separates itself from most other memoirs.
This was an incredibly difficult read, but well worth it for how impactful and poignant her life experiences are.
☀️☀️☀️☀️⛅
A heartbreaking account of growing up in an abusive relationship with a parent, this memoir made me glad her mum died too.
The matter-of-fact way McCurdy describes her abuse, starting from her youngest memories, is a difficult but necessary style choice for a story this candid. She pulls no punches when it comes to details of being taught an eating disorder, still being showered by her mum as a teen and young adult, being forced into a career that induced anxiety and stress from age 6, dating much older men, and her struggles with alcoholism. The explicit nature of her anecdotes make this book potentially triggering for anyone suffering from addiction and abuse, but I appreciate the details that she was willing to share which highlight just how impactful her mother's behaviour was to her entire life.
As a face of children's television for half of her life, McCurdy's memoir touches on the difficult and uncomfortable working environment she experienced at Nickelodeon, but it isn't quite as damning as it potentially could have been. It does acknowledge an offer of 300k 'hush money' though, which probably explains why it's taken so long for child stars to speak out about the dangerous working conditions there.
I loved the tone McCurdy writes with. It's distinctive and totally appropriate for the subject matter by being so cynical and bitter, but in doing so it also separates itself from most other memoirs.
This was an incredibly difficult read, but well worth it for how impactful and poignant her life experiences are.
"I'm becoming an angry person with no tolerance for anyone. I'm aware of this shift and yet have no desire to change it. If anything, I want it. It's armor. It's easier to be angry than to feel to pain underneath it."