Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

11 reviews

lanayagraham's review

emotional informative sad fast-paced

4.0

I will be thinking about this one for a long time! It was a heartbreaking memoir about family, addiction, dreaming, and overcoming. I watched a small clip of an interview with the author, and I wish I had caught on to the light heartedness with which she shares her story and her present joy. The book just felt heavy with pain and the parents' choices confusing. That being said, it was a fascinating window into an experience of poverty in America.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Excrement, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

ginnygaleclaire's review

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Violence, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

poetsofsweetpea's review against another edition

sad fast-paced

3.0

Less a coming-of-age story and more a diary about growing up in poverty.   These kind of stories are not my jam and I should probably stop reading them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

glutenfreemaggie's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

nebraskanwriter's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring fast-paced

5.0

What a powerful audiobook, read by the writer herself. Be prepared for basically every trigger warning in the book to happen in this one as these children lived a very hard life because of their parents. I cannot even fathom, after listening to this book, what that must have been like to grow up in. 

As other reviewers have said, Walls does look at her past with rose-tinted glasses and does not tear down her parents. She tells us what they did, said, didn’t do that they should have done and let’s us the reader feel the anger for her. Which I thought was very tasteful of her, given what all her parents have put her family through.

Definitely one of the most powerful memoirs I’ve ever read. How they were able to save up money, budget at such a young age and be more of a responsible adult then both their parents to make it in New York. The strength of her and her siblings is truly incredible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

narbine's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Excrement, Stalking, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

luckyonesoph's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fatphobia and Death of parent

yamilemb's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced

4.5

this is my second time reading this book. jeannette walls is such a fantastic writer. even though the walls kids grew up in an environment of constant adventure and spontaneity, i just absolutely despise rex and rose mary walls. the neglect and abuse they put their children through is something i simply can't take lightheartedly. erma and stanley walls can go to hell. rose mary too for being apologetic towards them and enabling them to abuse their children. it really is an inspiring story but i just can't see past many instances of neglect to consider this a lovely story of a dysfunctional family. the parents are neglectful and abusive. period. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Classism

shieldbearer's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

I know my own history affects how i feel about this book, but it's such a good read. Highly recommended. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Homophobia, Infidelity, Transphobia, and Excrement

mandi4886's review

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Vomit, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship