Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls

98 reviews

aprilconnolly's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

I've been making more of an effort to read non-fiction in the past year and this was one of the better ones! 
Sometimes my problem with nonfiction is when things get tooooo real. The Glass Castle was an interesting and at times unbelievable life story- but that means it could also be unbelievable sad. The notion that people would raise their kids in this way, or rather not raise them in a lot of instances. The novel begins with a story of Jeannette's earliest memory, catching herself on fire while trying to boil hot dogs to eat. What three year old is using a stove, let alone unsupervised. This is the tip of the iceberg. Against all odds, this story, her story, has a relatively happy ending, but at what cost? 
It was a powerful book, but I'm ready to go back into my fantasy worlds now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Child abuse

Moderate: Pedophilia and Sexual assault

Minor: Domestic abuse and Mental illness

readbycarina's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Racism, and Homophobia

maddiet425's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, and Animal cruelty

ozymandias_5's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Classism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, and Rape

Minor: Hate crime, Child abuse, Death of parent, Gun violence, Blood, Racism, Death, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexism

noareads415's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Drug use, Addiction, Animal death, Violence, Rape, and Domestic abuse

kyxshi's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

4.5

I don’t quite know how to talk about this book. I loved it. I hated it sometimes. I almost threw my phone at one point. I have been grappling with my own biases (I maintain my opinion that mental illness and difficult circumstances explain but in no way excuses the absolute neglect the Wallses subjected their children to) in the complexity of this family’s story.

This book will stick with me for a long time, I think.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Violence, and Pedophilia

Child abuse primarily in the form of neglect

pinkbunnyy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol and Alcoholism

Minor: Pedophilia

madelinedalton's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

3.5

authors named Jeannette 🤝 writing memoirs about their abusive families

Man, Jeannette Walls has lived a crazy life. The prose itself was engaging, and I was very interested in learning what happened to her. That said, I felt that the book offered no thematic or emotional reflection on what she went through. It was merely a chronological account of her life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Alcoholism, Blood, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death of parent

microbemom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This book was equal part frustrating and fascinating!  Look at the content warnings before reading! Amazing memoir.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Violence, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Addiction, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, and Sexual assault

erica_reads_things's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

"...dancing along the boarder between turbulence and order."

The parental subject matters of this memoir are unlike anything I have ever read. The only way I can possibly describe Rose Mary and Rex are a cross between granola hippies and conservative hillbillies. This book had my emotions constantly at war - one second this family would be resilient and heartfelt, the next selfish and damaging. What a true, raw look at the complexities of humans, love, family, and growth. I highly recommend listening to Jeannette read this book as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Addiction, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug use, Violence, Trafficking, Classism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual assault, and Gun violence

Minor: Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Animal death, Body shaming, and Terminal illness