Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

10 reviews

ginnygaleclaire's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Abandonment, Gaslighting, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Bullying, Rape, Racism, Racial slurs, Death, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Infidelity, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Terminal illness, Blood, Cursing, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Pregnancy, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Medical content, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual assault

poetsofsweetpea's review against another edition

sad fast-paced

3.0

Less a coming-of-age story and more a diary about growing up in poverty.   These kind of stories are not my jam and I should probably stop reading them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Medical content, Sexual assault, Addiction, Death of parent, Death, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Excrement, Grief, Gun violence, Rape, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, and Cursing

glutenfreemaggie's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Rape, Body shaming, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Excrement, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pregnancy, Racism, Cursing, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Violence

nebraskanwriter's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring fast-paced

5.0

What a powerful audiobook, read by the writer herself. Be prepared for basically every trigger warning in the book to happen in this one as these children lived a very hard life because of their parents. I cannot even fathom, after listening to this book, what that must have been like to grow up in. 

As other reviewers have said, Walls does look at her past with rose-tinted glasses and does not tear down her parents. She tells us what they did, said, didn’t do that they should have done and let’s us the reader feel the anger for her. Which I thought was very tasteful of her, given what all her parents have put her family through.

Definitely one of the most powerful memoirs I’ve ever read. How they were able to save up money, budget at such a young age and be more of a responsible adult then both their parents to make it in New York. The strength of her and her siblings is truly incredible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Excrement, Medical trauma, Racism, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Medical content, Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Grief, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Violence, Terminal illness, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Abandonment

narbine's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Transphobia, Alcohol, Classism, Gaslighting, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Gun violence, Medical content, Child death, Abandonment, Animal death, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Child abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual harassment, Rape, Sexual content, Stalking, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Infidelity, Misogyny, Excrement, Gaslighting, Racism, and Dysphoria

luckyonesoph's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent and Fatphobia

yamilemb's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced

4.5

this is my second time reading this book. jeannette walls is such a fantastic writer. even though the walls kids grew up in an environment of constant adventure and spontaneity, i just absolutely despise rex and rose mary walls. the neglect and abuse they put their children through is something i simply can't take lightheartedly. erma and stanley walls can go to hell. rose mary too for being apologetic towards them and enabling them to abuse their children. it really is an inspiring story but i just can't see past many instances of neglect to consider this a lovely story of a dysfunctional family. the parents are neglectful and abusive. period. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Rape, Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Grief, Incest, Physical abuse, Racism, and Sexual assault

shieldbearer's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

I know my own history affects how i feel about this book, but it's such a good read. Highly recommended. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Violence, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Addiction, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Bullying, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Incest, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Grief, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Transphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Excrement

mandi4886's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Racism, Racial slurs, Body shaming, Bullying, Grief, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Pedophilia, Rape, Trafficking, Drug use, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, Vomit, and Violence

sophicat's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Classism, Excrement, Alcohol, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, Addiction, Child abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Violence, Blood, Grief, Rape, Abandonment, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Pregnancy and Gun violence