Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

87 reviews

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

susie_bee's review

adventurous emotional funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Death of parent

Minor: Racial slurs, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia

laneyliz's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Racial slurs

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

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

ronniereadsregularly's review

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Child death, Incest, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Racial slurs

redheadorganist's review

adventurous challenging reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Gun violence, Incest, Rape, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical content, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Racism, Cursing, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

danyels_denouements's review

emotional sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Abandonment, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Minor: Death of parent