Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

El Castillo de Cristal by Jeannette Walls

87 reviews

halloween_writes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Medical content, Racial slurs, Rape, Alcohol, Drug use, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Addiction, Bullying, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Racism

Moderate: Death of parent

ravenn22ash's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

One of the saddest and challenging stories I’ve ever read. It truly represents the complexities of family relationships and poverty.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Drug abuse

vanessagrausam's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Death of parent, Racial slurs, and Sexual assault

whatthesquids's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Addiction, Racism, Child abuse, and Racial slurs

aidyncs's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Addiction, Racial slurs, and Alcoholism

hcop's review against another edition

adventurous reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Addiction, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Racism, Bullying, Death of parent, and Racial slurs

Minor: Child death

elledanie's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

Shares such an interesting family’s life story and horrible abuse in such a matter-of-fact even “lighthearted” way. Well-written—expresses the love and loyalty the family had despite their blatant lack of basic care/needs.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Child abuse, Classism, and Alcoholism

Minor: Abandonment, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexual harassment, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Cursing, and Emotional abuse

kbroshous's review against another edition

inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Minor: Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

gloriabyrd's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, and Injury/Injury detail

crystalsparkles's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

3.75

It reads like a season of Shameless, it’s so sad. Over and over adults failed those kids. And yet they continued to have relationships with their parents. Families can be so complicated. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Gaslighting, Blood, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Gun violence, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Rape, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, and Trafficking

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Bullying, Infidelity, and Animal death