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The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

62 reviews

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

lri_reads's review

emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Sexual assault, Racism, Pedophilia, Violence, Gun violence, Racial slurs, and Injury/Injury detail

microbemom's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This book was equal part frustrating and fascinating!  Look at the content warnings before reading! Amazing memoir.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Violence, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Addiction, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, and Sexual assault

readingpicnic's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Sexual assault, Incest, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Racism, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Homophobia

ginnygaleclaire's review

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

jillianlovesbooks's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

this book was a ROLLERCOASTER. i honestly hated it until the very end, not because the writing was bad, i loved the writing, but just because the story just kept on getting worse and worse until the last 70 pages or so when I finally enjoyed reading it. Honestly even tho it was such an emotional read, i think everyone should give it it a try

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Racism, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Racial slurs, Bullying, Vomit, Death, Child abuse, Addiction, and Murder

nalirosey's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Body shaming, Child abuse, Bullying, Stalking, Violence, Pedophilia, Racism, Classism, and Incest

Minor: Cursing, Death of parent, Infidelity, Medical content, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

glutenfreemaggie's review

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

jiao_li's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced

4.25

I think Walls tells her story in a raw and honest way. You get a deep understanding of her tough childhood and the challenges she faced. It's all there. 

Eventhough the writing was simple, it really digs deep into her life, giving you a full picture of her journey. The way she puts it all together is well thought and organized. 

The book will give you some real wisdom about resilience, family dynamics, and going after your dreams. It's all there for you to soak in and apply to your own life. 

Overall The Glass Castle is a powerful memoir that tells the nomad life of Jeannette Walls. It's wonderful to read how children of immature parents can turned out to be smart and pretty successful.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault, Racism, Xenophobia, and Violence

hannahsk's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, and Mental illness