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The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

56 reviews

haileyam's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Addiction, Racial slurs, and Sexual assault

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

jiao_li's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced

4.25

I think Walls tells her story in a raw and honest way. You get a deep understanding of her tough childhood and the challenges she faced. It's all there. 

Eventhough the writing was simple, it really digs deep into her life, giving you a full picture of her journey. The way she puts it all together is well thought and organized. 

The book will give you some real wisdom about resilience, family dynamics, and going after your dreams. It's all there for you to soak in and apply to your own life. 

Overall The Glass Castle is a powerful memoir that tells the nomad life of Jeannette Walls. It's wonderful to read how children of immature parents can turned out to be smart and pretty successful.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault, Racism, Xenophobia, and Violence

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

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

laurenjane's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Alcoholism, and Addiction

Moderate: Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Violence, Classism, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Death of parent

mini_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Violence, Rape, and Cursing

Moderate: Racism, Alcohol, Blood, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Body shaming, and Car accident

pun1sher's review against another edition

5.0

This was a wild ride.
The glass castle is incredibly frustrating at times. It's a book about a family that's basically falling apart at all times. It's kind of like watching a bunch of adults stomp around a sand castle while their kids try their best to repair it, except that sand castle is their entire life

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Death of parent, and Violence

Graphic descriptions of poverty, extremely dysfunctional family, implied child sexual abuse, implied schizophrenia and bipolar disorder,

marissaam12's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

This book was an honest, beautiful story. My heart broke for the children. The author, despite knowing the abuse she endured, is able to include highlights of her parents and what she admired about them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Rape, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Violence, Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death of parent and Body shaming

Minor: Animal death

nobi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Violence, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Alcoholism