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Anonymous 30963

What did you think of this book?

Anonymous 30967

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She worked with Dan Schneider

Anonymous 30968

>>30967
Yes, you are very observant, well done.

Anonymous 31005

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>>30963
I was shaking with rage reading most of it. I'm glad everything got better for her. Also her friendship with Miranda was really wholesome

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Anonymous 31032

Pretty moving the way she lets her mother actions speak for themselves all along the book, and in the end, explain how much she loved her. I honestly expected some sort of trash-lit, it is a very good autobiography.
If you like it, you might look at Tara Westover's Educated. Same template: shitty parents, how to overcome them, how to get out of there with a heart still capable of love.

Anonymous 31090

>>31005
It was wholesome, I agree. I loved the part where she described chatting with Miranda on AIM.

>>31032
You could tell that she tried to be as objective as possible about the course of events. I appreciated that.
It's funny that you mention Educated because I'm housesitting for my parents right now and they have that book sitting on the dresser next to the bed I'm sleeping in. I'm going to start reading it this week. Thanks nona

Anonymous 31091

>>31005
I wanted to add that it was rage-inducing for me as well. A lot of it was too real. I couldn't relate to the aspects of her mom's personality showcased in the excerpt you shared, but the emotional unavailability of her parents and romantic interests was palpable.

Anonymous 31195

I really need to get this one. I only read some excerpts and a review
>>31032
>>31090
I love how she didn't let her mother turn her into a vengeful angry and spiteful person despite how horrible she was. She didn't give her mother the power to change the kind happy person that she truly wanted to be. I even enjoyed the fact that she still mentioned how much she loved her. The fact is, even if a person causes you so much pain and suffering, you can still have love for them. It's strange, it may seem illogical, but it's true.

Anonymous 36213

>>31195
as the eldest daughter of an abusive mother, i think i'd really like this book. i'll pick it up sometime.

i want to hate my mother, but… i lived with her most of my life. it's hard. she's an evil person. i'm covered in scars. still, i can't completely hate her. even though i want to, i just can't.

Anonymous 36215

>>30963
I remember when this was still a hot topic. I haven’t read the book but I have checked in on Jennette McCurdy’s social media presence and I do fully support her especially ever since Dan The Foot Man got outed

Anonymous 36343

It was a great book, even if the descriptions of sexual abuse and terrible sexual experiences were horrifying. I have a lot of respect for how she managed to be so open and vulnerable without making it sappy, dwelling too much on a victim identity or infantilizing herself.

Anonymous 36368

>>30963
me and my fiance listened to the audiobook while we were on zoom and we were working. We would have to pause it just so we could calm down and discuss about the things she was going through and we even compared it to my own childhood. we ended up finishing it all in 2 days and honestly, I would buy the book just to read it myself. I find Jennette retelling of events and her own personal experiences to be refreshing but also just a straight up punch. As another user said it didn't feel sappy, but painfully real and I found myself being amazed at the way she described small but meaningful events with her father and Miranda contrasted heavily with what she was going through while working, her ED, and her mom…



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