Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

25 reviews

applesaucecreachur's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

3.75

I tore through The Glass Castle in two days, thanks to the 2x speed on Libby audiobooks. It had humor, tragedy, humiliation, pearls of wisdom, and everything in between. I was reminded frequently of how you can hurt a reader without killing off a character. Betrayal, loss of innocence, humiliation, and severe disappointment were just some of the mechanisms of pain that Jeannette Walls employed in her memoir. This book had its problematic moments to be certain, and non-Black readers speaking the N-word aloud on audiobooks is always an issue. Its value lies in its ability to tell a story that the reader remained engaged with, even as it spanned decades.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Sexism

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, and Fatphobia

ginny16205's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Violence

ashleycmms's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Child abuse

Moderate: Incest, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexism, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Homophobia

Minor: Infidelity and Murder

dbella191's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

Really interesting book that displayed conflicting emotions towards family and a different look at poverty in America. So many different emotions went through me while reading this, many happening at the same time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

lucy12345's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Incest, Violence, Racism, and Racial slurs

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Death of parent, and Gun violence