Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

4 reviews

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

notartgarfunkel's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Mental illness, Child abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Violence

Moderate: Pedophilia

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Death of parent

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

orlagal's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Toxic relationship