Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed

133 reviews

fromageho's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

A must read for anyone searching for re-discovery. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent

emmak2012's review against another edition

adventurous informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

I sometimes find memoirs overly self-indulgent, so I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. I felt almost disappointed at the end as I wanted the journey to keep going! I found it a little difficult to get through the descriptions of Cheryl’s mother’s illness, but that was due to personal experience and not a reflection on the quality of the writing, which flowed well throughout the book and conjured some wonderful images of the PCT. While I like my sofa too much to do anything like Cheryl did, her story has reminded me that there is a big world out there waiting to be explored and that grief should not be a barrier to living life to the fullest. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, and Death of parent

magnolia13's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

Wow, this book. I honestly avoided it for a long time, because I knew the story would make me sad, but I was on a trip and it was one of the only things available. As someone who has always felt more connected in nature than anywhere else, following Cheryl on her journey as a woman hiking the trail was incredible. Her story is an inspiration to anyone struggling with grief or addiction, showing how you can overcome and persevere even when you feel you are at your lowest. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

idesofmarch's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Drug use, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Child death and Sexual harassment

ineedsomemoretea's review against another edition

challenging hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug abuse and Blood

Minor: Sexual harassment

dertikefi's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death, Sexism, and Sexual content

loesm's review

adventurous emotional sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Drug abuse, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death, Abortion, and Abandonment

lauren625's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal death and Abortion

laura_nel13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Misogyny, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Domestic abuse, Vomit, Medical content, Abortion, and Pregnancy

miasarice's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Addiction, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Infidelity and Abortion