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Wild by Cheryl Strayed

80 reviews

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

book_adventures_with_angela's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Child abuse and Drug use

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

samchase112's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

Cheryl Strayed is a badass Pacific Crest Trail queen! And yet, she's also a complex human with thoughts and feelings and doubts and struggles. The power of Cheryl Strayed is that she manages to convey all this with the most understanding and humanity I think I've ever witnessed in another person. In this memoir, she expertly weaves her experience hiking the PCT — complete with all its hardships and triumphs, interesting and transformative moments — with her ruminations on everything that led her to that fateful summer. Being taken on that journey alongside her was truly a privilege, and I will always respect her for that. This was a powerful, powerful book, and I can't imagine not recommending it for years to come.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Suicide, Blood, Drug abuse, Terminal illness, Animal death, Death, and Drug use

Moderate: Rape, Child abuse, and Medical content

Minor: Sexual content, Abortion, and Pregnancy

hubes's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

4.0

Really enjoyed hearing and learning about the PCT! It def put me back in the headspace of when I wanted to hike the AT :) I def come to books like this hoping to hear as much as possible about the hike itself and the experience and while that'll never be 100% of the book, I appreciated how much of it there actually was in Wild.

Didn't really love the way weight kept coming back into the picture and the sex scene was fine if perhaps not quite my cup of tea lol. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, and Stalking

adorkabledorcas's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Drug abuse, Addiction, Blood, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Abortion, Alcohol, Death of parent, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Suicide, and Vomit

jess_jenkins's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

A very wholesome and emotional read, some pages had me holding back the tears and others had me chuckling out loud. The book has definitely boosted my craving to go and explore the world by foot and I cant wait to do just that!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Drug use and Death of parent

Minor: Rape

spine's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

lcg527's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Drug use, and Death of parent