Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Glass Castle FTI by Jeannette Walls

65 reviews

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

jiao_li's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced

4.25

I think Walls tells her story in a raw and honest way. You get a deep understanding of her tough childhood and the challenges she faced. It's all there. 

Eventhough the writing was simple, it really digs deep into her life, giving you a full picture of her journey. The way she puts it all together is well thought and organized. 

The book will give you some real wisdom about resilience, family dynamics, and going after your dreams. It's all there for you to soak in and apply to your own life. 

Overall The Glass Castle is a powerful memoir that tells the nomad life of Jeannette Walls. It's wonderful to read how children of immature parents can turned out to be smart and pretty successful.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault, Racism, Xenophobia, and Violence

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

tessazwaan's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

Loved it, did think the ending was a bit too much of a happy ending though (like, where did all the trauma go???)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Abandonment, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Racism, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Incest, and Alcoholism

redheadorganist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Gun violence, Incest, Rape, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical content, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Racism, Cursing, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

april_fools's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Animal death, Pedophilia, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Racism and Racial slurs

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

marybsimp's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Rape, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Addiction, Alcohol, Racism, and Suicide

mangocorpses's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Medical content, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, and Classism

kathytran821's review against another edition

sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Domestic abuse, Racism, and Death of parent