I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
Published 2022 · 320 pages · 88,000 words · about 4 hours at an average pace · Memoir & Autobiography, Nonfiction
How hard is I'm Glad My Mom Died to read?
I'm Glad My Mom Died scores 15 out of 100 for difficulty on ReadingRate, making it relatively accessible. The score is a weighted composite of nine measures: four of how hard the prose is to parse, five of how hard the meaning is to extract.
- Vocabulary: 20 out of 100
- McCurdy writes in plain, contemporary language with a conversational, deadpan voice. It sits close to It Ends with Us in simplicity, with no specialized terms beyond a few industry words.
- Sentence structure: 20 out of 100
- Sentences are short and declarative, often a single line per beat, with chapters that run a few pages. The structure is as direct as Beach Read.
- Abstraction: 25 out of 100
- The book stays in concrete scenes: audition rooms, a bathroom shower, a calorie log. Reflection arrives briefly and in plain terms, much like The Diary of a Young Girl.
- Information density: 25 out of 100
- Each chapter carries one scene or episode and moves quickly. The pace is light, close to Beach Read, with little background to retain.
How I'm Glad My Mom Died is regarded
I'm Glad My Mom Died holds a literary regard score of 35 out of 100, weighing its place in the canon, its critical reception, its influence on other writers, and the standing of its author. Regard is measured separately from difficulty: a demanding book is not necessarily an admired one.