Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

204 reviews

rrocketqueen's review

adventurous inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, Mental illness, Racism, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, and Medical content

aprilconnolly's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

I've been making more of an effort to read non-fiction in the past year and this was one of the better ones! 
Sometimes my problem with nonfiction is when things get tooooo real. The Glass Castle was an interesting and at times unbelievable life story- but that means it could also be unbelievable sad. The notion that people would raise their kids in this way, or rather not raise them in a lot of instances. The novel begins with a story of Jeannette's earliest memory, catching herself on fire while trying to boil hot dogs to eat. What three year old is using a stove, let alone unsupervised. This is the tip of the iceberg. Against all odds, this story, her story, has a relatively happy ending, but at what cost? 
It was a powerful book, but I'm ready to go back into my fantasy worlds now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Child abuse

Moderate: Pedophilia and Sexual assault

Minor: Domestic abuse and Mental illness

carsonichols's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

kate_reads101647's review against another edition

I couldn’t stand how selfish the parents were anymore 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment and Child abuse

readbycarina's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Racism, and Homophobia

howilliams's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

Written to be at once lyrical, poignant, and direct, Walls has a story worth sharing and a mastery of prose to tell it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Child abuse

maddiet425's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, and Animal cruelty

kilonshele's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Child abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault

nithyuh's review

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring lighthearted tense slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Alcoholism

ozymandias_5's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Classism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, and Rape

Minor: Hate crime, Child abuse, Death of parent, Gun violence, Blood, Racism, Death, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexism