Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls

78 reviews

readingpicnic's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Sexual assault, Incest, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Racism, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Homophobia

ginnygaleclaire's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Abandonment, Gaslighting, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Bullying, Rape, Racism, Racial slurs, Death, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Infidelity, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Terminal illness, Blood, Cursing, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Pregnancy, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Medical content, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual assault

nalirosey's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Body shaming, Child abuse, Bullying, Stalking, Violence, Pedophilia, Racism, Classism, and Incest

Minor: Cursing, Death of parent, Infidelity, Medical content, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

glutenfreemaggie's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Rape, Body shaming, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Excrement, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pregnancy, Racism, Cursing, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Violence

susie_bee's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Death of parent

Minor: Racial slurs, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia

everythingisokai's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Drug abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

questingnotcoasting's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

This was a really great memoir. Jeannette Walls writes from the perspective she had at the time so it starts with child naivety about her parents and gradually she grows up and realises how neglectful and irresponsible they are. That means it's not a reflective memoir but more a collection of stories which span her childhood and early adulthood. Walls does a brilliant job at conveying her love for her family alongside her disappointment and anger at the choices they made. There are quite a few amusing anecdotes but the reality of her confusing, traumatic childhood comes through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Pedophilia, Alcoholism, Medical content, Violence, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

ariana_danielle's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

Incredible story about a woman who despite her dysfunctional background, became a successful person.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, and Bullying

Minor: Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Medical trauma

_kathill's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, and Fire/Fire injury

hannahsk's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, and Mental illness