Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

57 reviews

mannim's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny informative lighthearted reflective tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Sexual assault, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

ariana_danielle's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

Incredible story about a woman who despite her dysfunctional background, became a successful person.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, and Bullying

Minor: Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Medical trauma

rebeccadiv's review against another edition

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

mchwin's review against another edition

emotional inspiring tense fast-paced

4.25

Deeply emotional and not to be read in one sitting. Enlightens how life in the Appalachian region largely affects vulnerable groups.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Incest, and Mental illness

hannahsk's review against another edition

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

aspvisualarts's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Had to read this for school during high school and honestly this was the only required reading I ACTUALLY read, it was that good!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Addiction, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Grief, and Domestic abuse

tessazwaan's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

Loved it, did think the ending was a bit too much of a happy ending though (like, where did all the trauma go???)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Abandonment, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Racism, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Incest, and Alcoholism

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

marybsimp's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Rape, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Addiction, Alcohol, Racism, and Suicide

leseine's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

terrific. i love the stories that she chose and the moments that we get a look into. I love stories about families that are imperfect erring on the side of toxic and children that get out. It's not pretty and a lot of it is difficult to hear/read about but it is incredible and it lives up to how popular it is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, and Child abuse

Minor: Death of parent and Mental illness