Reviews tagging 'Death'

Wild by Cheryl Strayed

29 reviews

sweetjuly_src's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

It says in my ‘read’ history that I’ve read this book three times now (including this last one, in 2023). To be honest, I remember reading it twice (don’t know what happened there - a glitch in the matrix? My memory is not the greatest in the last few years). That said, I don’t know how I could forget it, because I love this book so much, it seems impossible to me I’d forget the experience of reading it. Anyways, every time I read it I get emotional, immersed, inspired by Cheryl and her experience(s) and I just want to put a backpack on and go (and I’d have the same problem with packing, I bet 😅). I haven’t yet - not to that extent (3 months in the wilderness), though I’ve traveled both solo and accompanied, sometimes with a backpack, other times with a carry on, and I always learn something about myself/the place/someone else/… I’ve watched the movie, too, but I don’t like how it takes some of the decisions she made (in the book and her life) away from her and distorted them as suggestions and decisions made for her (I’ve only noticed it this time around). It’s very probable I’ll read it again in the future, to inspire myself to make changes and be bold and adventurous. ‘Till next time. ✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual content, Death, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Cancer, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Abortion, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Mental illness, and Sexism

emilylovesgoodbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Infidelity, and Miscarriage

miggyfool's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Blood, Dysphoria, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Death, Abandonment, Alcohol, Cancer, Gaslighting, Animal death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Drug use, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Minor: Abortion and Vomit

jasminrain's review

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Drug use, Addiction, Medical content, Sexual content, Death, Grief, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Blood, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Abortion, Injury/Injury detail, and Abandonment

questingnotcoasting's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Nov 2016
I really enjoyed this. Her writing style means the description of hiking the trail never gets boring, which it quite easily could be. It's a pretty inspiring story. Not that I'm planning on going on an adventure like that but I do enjoy reading about other people's. 

Nov 2022
I re-read this via audiobook and it was as good as I remembered. It was quite interesting to listen to it as I walked to and from work because although I felt tired sometimes, it was so far removed from Strayed's experience it was almost comical. I really admire how open and honest she is about her flaws and bad decisions. She writes heartbreakingly about her mother and I think it's one of the best memoirs I've read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Sexual harassment, and Gore

Minor: Misogyny and Sexism

jesstele's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Abortion, Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Infidelity, and Vomit

samchase112's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

Cheryl Strayed is a badass Pacific Crest Trail queen! And yet, she's also a complex human with thoughts and feelings and doubts and struggles. The power of Cheryl Strayed is that she manages to convey all this with the most understanding and humanity I think I've ever witnessed in another person. In this memoir, she expertly weaves her experience hiking the PCT — complete with all its hardships and triumphs, interesting and transformative moments — with her ruminations on everything that led her to that fateful summer. Being taken on that journey alongside her was truly a privilege, and I will always respect her for that. This was a powerful, powerful book, and I can't imagine not recommending it for years to come.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Suicide, Blood, Drug abuse, Terminal illness, Animal death, Death, and Drug use

Moderate: Rape, Child abuse, and Medical content

Minor: Sexual content, Abortion, and Pregnancy

serian's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, Drug use, Death of parent, Grief, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Sexual harassment

lesliesorensen's review

adventurous emotional inspiring fast-paced

5.0

Thoroughly enjoyed. Her writing was a breeze to read, but the narrative style was complex and wonderful. I almost feel as if I've made this monumental journey with her, which is saying a lot considering how sedentary I am.

After adding the content warnings, I would like to say that ...

the part at the beginning about her mother's death from cancer was VERY emotional, like I wept -- but it was doable, and important to the rest of the narrative... But I truly wish I had never read the part about her mother's horse. If you are at all upset by animal death, absolutely skip that section -- as soon as she starts talking about going home in the winter and seeing how old & frail her mother's horse was. Skip it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, Blood, Cancer, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Infidelity and Drug use

Minor: Abortion, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

mandaraffe's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Violence, Medical content, Terminal illness, Death, Death of parent, Animal death, Blood, and Cancer

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Addiction, Drug use, Infidelity, and Drug abuse

Minor: Abortion, Body shaming, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment