Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

87 reviews

bealittlebrave's review

challenging dark inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Incest, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Child death, Bullying, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Death, Domestic abuse, and Alcoholism

readbycarina's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Racism, and Homophobia

nithyuh's review

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring lighthearted tense slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Alcoholism

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

samlopez93's review

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, and Death of parent

madelinedalton's review

dark slow-paced

3.5

authors named Jeannette 🤝 writing memoirs about their abusive families

Man, Jeannette Walls has lived a crazy life. The prose itself was engaging, and I was very interested in learning what happened to her. That said, I felt that the book offered no thematic or emotional reflection on what she went through. It was merely a chronological account of her life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Alcoholism, Blood, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death of parent

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

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

melancholymegs's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Pedophilia, and Gun violence

Minor: Physical abuse, Blood, Infidelity, Child death, and Grief

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