Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls

42 reviews

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: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

mwalla's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Sexual violence

nikki_12345's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

readmeaplant's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Sexual violence, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

luckyonesoph's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Fatphobia and Death of parent

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, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

j_ardis's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

mandi4886's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Vomit, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

ptrprkr's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

meganreads7's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

5.0

I have never cried so much reading a book before and honestly cannot put into words how this book made me feel except for distraught. I don’t read memoirs often and was not prepared for how emotional this was going to make me. Please pick up this book, it will definitely change how you see the world and the people you interact with. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence