Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Wild by Cheryl Strayed

40 reviews

merylas's review against another edition

adventurous informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

While I’m not sure I would be friends with Cheryl in real life, I understand some of her mindset and (lack of) logical thinking. I have also been someone in their 20’s who lost a parent, no, their beacon, which set you in a path of bad choices endlessly reaching to be on the other side of lost. Unlike Cheryl, I did not decide to go (unprepared) on an a backpacking trip. Yes this is the story of said trip but it’s more the story of finding yourself where one might get lost. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug use, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Infidelity

Minor: Abortion, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

caitlinkelly's review

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Cancer

Moderate: Drug abuse, Medical content, and Infidelity

Minor: Addiction, Sexual harassment, Blood, Alcohol, and Abortion

annaofjesup's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Grief, Terminal illness, and Animal death

Moderate: Cursing, Infidelity, Abandonment, Gore, Medical content, Misogyny, Cannibalism, Death, Drug use, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood, Body horror, Sexism, Abortion, Alcohol, Addiction, Excrement, Sexual harassment, and Pregnancy

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

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

tabear's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Medical content, Terminal illness, Addiction, Infidelity, Blood, Cancer, Cursing, and Death of parent

Moderate: Toxic relationship 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

kb33's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Animal death

Moderate: Drug abuse, Abortion, and Death of parent

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

shannonigans322's review

adventurous emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

This one has been on my list for a while (thanks, Mom!) and it turned out to be quite an enjoyable memoir. I am always a fan of an adventure story (ironic, I know, given my self-proclaimed "indoor cat" status). I also appreciated how willing Strayed was to declare her own foolishness and inexperience. I'm looking forward to checking out the movie adaptation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Infidelity