Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls

191 reviews

cheyenne_w14's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

mad_ds's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

kilonshele's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Child abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault

nithyuh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring lighthearted tense slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Alcoholism

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

samlopez93's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Jeannette will take you through the emotional rollercoaster that was her childhood and want you jumping back in line to ride it all over again once you've finished the last page. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, and Death of parent

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

avasbookmark's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Addiction, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Abandonment, Violence, Child abuse, Classism, and Physical abuse

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