Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

54 reviews

gfdupont's review

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challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.75


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aubsends's review

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adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

4.5


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crystalsparkles's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

3.75

It reads like a season of Shameless, it’s so sad. Over and over adults failed those kids. And yet they continued to have relationships with their parents. Families can be so complicated. 

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lngoldstein's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

5.0


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itsjadenbaby's review against another edition

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emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

Absolutely devastating. The amount of times my mouth hung open from shock or I gestured choking someone out because of frustration was too high to count. I read this at an interesting time since I’m currently taking juvenile law and have learned a lot about the rights of children. I wouldn’t suggest this book to everyone, but I will be keeping it in my collection for those who think they can handle the subject matter.

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jadenchimes06's review

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emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

3.75


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rrocketqueen's review

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adventurous inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5


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aprilconnolly's review

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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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samlopez93's review

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Jeannette will take you through the emotional rollercoaster that was her childhood and want you jumping back in line to ride it all over again once you've finished the last page. 

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avasbookmark's review

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5.0


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