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sophicat's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Alcoholism, Classism, Excrement, Alcohol, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, Addiction, Child abuse, and Racism
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Violence, Blood, Grief, Rape, Abandonment, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Pregnancy and Gun violence
grizzlysnack's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Addiction, and Abandonment
Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Racism, and Racial slurs
Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Death, and Bullying
ginny16205's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Violence
ashleycmms's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Child abuse
Moderate: Incest, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexism, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Homophobia
Minor: Infidelity and Murder
charlotte123's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Violence, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content
greenisthecolorofkale's review against another edition
5.0
needless to say, i've dragged myself back into reading the occasional memoir and i have to say, this book was an experience. it follows the author's life, jeannette walls, where it takes everything to get through life with an abusive alcoholic father and an absent mother who cared more about painting materials than putting food on the table.
i wasn't really sure how many stars to rate this, because i couldn't rate it based off the plot or character development. that was what really threw me reading this book, actually, that it didn't have a steady plotline throughout the book. it took me a while to get through it.
but holy shit, i am so glad i did because it is stunningly beautiful. walls recounts her life from an extremely young age of four (or three? i forget lol) up to her current experiences, and at times, i forgot that it was an autobiography.
jeannette walls weaves exquisite language in along with cold, hard events she struggled through and sucks you in with bone chilling detail. her story will make you feel emotions you never knew existed with your whole being.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Violence
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexism
orlagal's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Toxic relationship
mellowreading's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Addiction, Violence, Alcohol, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse
dbella191's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence
lucy12345's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Incest, Violence, Racism, and Racial slurs
Minor: Animal death, Child death, Death of parent, and Gun violence