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The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls

80 reviews

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

mirajuliee's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

4.0

i do not even want to rate this book because it is such a horrible, heartbreaking  and emotional story. i loved the writing style of the author, she somehow captured every little detail in a way, that you don’t want to stop reading this book. it makes you mad and sad at the same time thinking it was all reality while instantly appreciating your own life a whole lot more.  i’m so glad there was a rather happy end to this shocking life story but i don’t think i’ll read it ever again because it has many graphic triggers and gross details. it affected me a lot emotionally, i’ll definitely think about this one a lot. 

(also, and i don’t know if this was just my version of the book but it had tons of spelling mistakes/random misplaced letters which distracted a lot while reading) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, and Racial slurs

Minor: Animal death

christcore's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective fast-paced

5.0

It lives up to the hype. What a charismatic cast of characters, and the author paints them each so lovingly without overlooking any fatal flaws. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Alcoholism

Moderate: Child abuse, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Racial slurs

luckyonesoph's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent and Fatphobia

freeman_kl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Medical content, Grief, Sexual violence, Rape, Pedophilia, and Injury/Injury detail

emabelle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, and Child abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, and Sexual assault

Minor: Death of parent

yamilemb's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced

4.5

this is my second time reading this book. jeannette walls is such a fantastic writer. even though the walls kids grew up in an environment of constant adventure and spontaneity, i just absolutely despise rex and rose mary walls. the neglect and abuse they put their children through is something i simply can't take lightheartedly. erma and stanley walls can go to hell. rose mary too for being apologetic towards them and enabling them to abuse their children. it really is an inspiring story but i just can't see past many instances of neglect to consider this a lovely story of a dysfunctional family. the parents are neglectful and abusive. period. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Rape, Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Grief, Incest, Physical abuse, Racism, and Sexual assault

mg_servais's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Racism

sunflowervol28's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, and Rape

katiemack's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful fast-paced

4.25

This is a quick read for something so emotionally devastating. While Walls writes about her childhood through rose-tinted lenses (until her late teenage years), I spent most of the book boiling over with anger at her parents. Walls doesn't devote as much time to introspection, but the way she describes the practical aspects of her upbringing is powerful enough to carry the book. I felt like I had no choice but to keep reading and go on this wild ride until I knew for sure Walls and her siblings (and her parents, I suppose) were okay--or, at least, close enough to okay. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Bullying, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Abandonment

Minor: Rape, Racism, and Racial slurs