I'm Glad My Mom Died

I'm glad her mom died, too.

Jennette McCurdy is hilarious. Her mom is the textbook "living through her kid" Hollywood parent, and it's not comfortable. But the way she tells her story is fantastic. She communicates her innermost thoughts in an incredibly transparent, non-judgmental way, while at the same time highlighting how absurd her damaged thought process was through an excellent sense of comedic timing and structure.

This story could easily come across as incredibly dark, because it is, and in many cases similar situations have turned out with dark ends as well. Fortunately, Jennette made it through and got the help she needed to grow into an incredibly healthy person. Both how broken she was, and the fact that she's better now, come across crystal clear just through the way she tells the series of stories. I am generally not a fan of memoirs, but I'm glad I made an exception for this book.