Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

41 reviews

erica_reads_things's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

"...dancing along the boarder between turbulence and order."

The parental subject matters of this memoir are unlike anything I have ever read. The only way I can possibly describe Rose Mary and Rex are a cross between granola hippies and conservative hillbillies. This book had my emotions constantly at war - one second this family would be resilient and heartfelt, the next selfish and damaging. What a true, raw look at the complexities of humans, love, family, and growth. I highly recommend listening to Jeannette read this book as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Addiction, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug use, Violence, Trafficking, Classism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual assault, and Gun violence

Minor: Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Animal death, Body shaming, and Terminal illness

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

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

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

everythingisokai's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Drug abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

questingnotcoasting's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

This was a really great memoir. Jeannette Walls writes from the perspective she had at the time so it starts with child naivety about her parents and gradually she grows up and realises how neglectful and irresponsible they are. That means it's not a reflective memoir but more a collection of stories which span her childhood and early adulthood. Walls does a brilliant job at conveying her love for her family alongside her disappointment and anger at the choices they made. There are quite a few amusing anecdotes but the reality of her confusing, traumatic childhood comes through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Pedophilia, Alcoholism, Medical content, Violence, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

rebeccadiv's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

It's hard to say I liked this book because there was so much trauma and disappointment throughout. I found myself being disgusted and angry but I couldn't put it down. Jeannette's story is heartbreaking and inspiring.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Addiction, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, Animal death, Sexual assault, Death, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, and Bullying

_kathill's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, and Fire/Fire injury

april_fools's review

adventurous emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Animal death, Pedophilia, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Racism and Racial slurs