Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed

58 reviews

miggyfool's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Blood, Dysphoria, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Death, Abandonment, Alcohol, Cancer, Gaslighting, Animal death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Drug use, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Minor: Abortion and Vomit

jasminrain's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Drug use, Addiction, Medical content, Sexual content, Death, Grief, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Blood, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Abortion, Injury/Injury detail, and Abandonment

pran's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

4.0

I listened to this as an audiobook and really enjoyed it. Listening to Cheryl's physical and spiritual journey was inspiring. The humour and lightheartedness with which she narrates the story is perfect. I found it to be immersive and actually surprisingly educational as I did not know a thing about long-distance hiking trips. 
What made the story even more inspiring was how much of a novice Strayed was when she started her adventure. Through her own determination and lots of people's help along the way (it didn't hurt that she was a young, white woman in the 90s) she achieved an extraordinary thing while remaining humble and grateful. Would recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Cancer

Moderate: Drug abuse

hayleymunro's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexism, Drug abuse, Cancer, and Domestic abuse

tabear's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Medical content, Terminal illness, Addiction, Infidelity, Blood, Cancer, Cursing, and Death of parent

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Sexism

szinkle's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual harassment, Cancer, Drug use, Sexual content, Gore, and Suicide

jesstele's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Abortion, Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Infidelity, and Vomit

turnip11's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Drug abuse, Addiction, Death of parent, Grief, Animal death, Medical content, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Abortion

feathers4bookmarks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

3.75

I loved this story, it was a bit entirely what I expected, and I thought multiple times over “what were you thinking?!”, but it was an interesting and different read. The author wasn’t super likable to me,  and she has some really dark thoughts that she doesn’t hold back. I could see someone not liking the book as well if they just don’t like Cheryl and wanted a more likable person to read about. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer and Death of parent

Minor: Abortion, Drug use, Addiction, Alcoholism, Terminal illness, Grief, and Drug abuse

florapants84's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Cancer, and Cursing

Moderate: Drug abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abortion, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, and Excrement