“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--------------------- “Eerie and unsettling and believable.”—Gillian Flynn--------------------- “McCurdy is a fearless and darkly funny writer with an unerring eye for the perfect mortifying detail.”—Tom Perrotta--------------------- “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.”—Aria Aber--------------------- “This is a bold and unapologetic novel for edge-seekers, doom-scrollers, latchkey kids, horn-dogs, and all those who love hard. . . . This is what Half His Age is ultimately about, scandal and sex scenes aside: the dead end of longing, whereby you ask people or things for the love they can’t give you, and how lonely this mismatch can feel.”—The New York Times Book Review--------------------- “McCurdy’s furious writing—her dystopian rendering of a culture squandering its dreams and desires on the crack high of cheap stuff—is hard to tear yourself away from.”—The Atlantic--------------------- “[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--------------------- “Hilarious, gross, disturbing, poignant.”—The Washington Post--------------------- “A writer able to capture some of the darkest parts of human nature with unflinching honesty and devastating humor.”—NPR--------------------- “A bleak, often hilarious and uncomfortable triumph that underscores McCurdy’s talent for focusing in on the multilayered nature of trauma and artfully unpicking it, one scab at a time.”—The Guardian--------------------- “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--------------------- “Haunting, hilarious, and heart-rending . . . a coming-of-age story that refuses easy answers—the kind McCurdy tells best.”—Bustle--------------------- “[I was] unable to stop turning the pages . . . Written with an unrelenting energy, Half His Age marks a new chapter for Jennette McCurdy.”—Buzzfeed--------------------- “[McCurdy] has created a brilliant teenage character who won’t play the victim. . . . You can think of this as a post-MeToo novel in that it is beadily intelligent about the currents of predation without feeling the need to deliver lectures.” —The Times (UK)--------------------- “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--------------------- “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.”—Harper’s Bazaar