“McCurdy is a fearless and darkly funny writer with an unerring eye for the perfect mortifying detail.”
—Tom Perrotta
“Eerie and unsettling and believable.”
—Gillian Flynn
"I loved this book so hard I slowed down at the end to make it last. Jennette McCurdy (queen of the killer title) is the real deal, the kind of writer who puts words to emotions in such simple, plain language that on every page you’re thinking, yes, yes, yes. People will talk about the graphic depictions of sex, but to me it’s more a graphic depiction of desire and all its toxic forms— love, consumerism, wanting to escape yourself at any cost, in any way."
—Maria Semple
“Jennette McCurdy writes sentences that glimmer and cut like razors. With Half His Age, she delivers a deeply felt and humorous tale about the dangers of youth and desire—this novel is uncomfortable, unpredictable, and unputdownable.”
“Brimming with teenage angst and McCurdy’s signature dark humor . . . This is far from a romance, and it’s not a glamorization of age gaps—it’s an analysis of consumerism, insecurity, misguided desire, class, and addiction.”
—USA Today
“As unapologetic and undeniable as its young protagonist . . . McCurdy treats Waldo’s want with an almost reverent seriousness.”
— Elle
“A writer able to capture some of the darkest parts of human nature with unflinching honesty and devastating humor.”
—NPR
“[A] revenge story, one where McCurdy excavates emotions she herself had at seventeen. And if it makes you angry, about feminism or rampant consumerism or the power dynamics in age-gap relationships, even better—McCurdy still is, too.”
—Rolling Stone
Assured, provocative . . . cements [McCurdy’s] standing as a talented writer . . . articulates the vulnerability of girlhood with guts, humor and just the slightest whisper of warmth.”
—The New York Times
“Hilarious, gross, disturbing, poignant.”
—The Washington Post
“An unflinching, uncomfortable tale of power dynamics and disaffected youth . . . McCurdy’s voice is all her own: clear-eyed realism coupled with emotional honesty.”
—The Independent
“Bold and brash . . . McCurdy dares readers to think deeper beyond the frisson of danger and the snap judgments of seeing people do the wrong thing. . . . A vivid picture of all that we dismiss when it comes to the complexity of a young woman’s desire. . . . With each of her books, McCurdy continues to lean into the uncomfortable conversations that end up leading the discourse.”
