Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Wild by Cheryl Strayed

6 reviews

kelleykamanda's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

3.5

A cautionary tale to what it means to be young and naive. Good writing, sad but moving story, a series of very dumb and dangerous choices.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Grief, Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Violence, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Vomit, Abortion, Animal death, Excrement, and Suicide

samtheowl96's review against another edition

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

5.0

Cheryl's story is raw, moving, emotionally evocative. I feel further inspired to do the PCT one day, or at least, some form of backpacking. I also thoroughly enjoyed how connected to her I felt throughout the book. I waited in anticipation each time I had to set the book aside. The narrator captures it all very well and does a great job with the various voices and vocal fluctuations. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Abortion and Rape

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

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

muchadoaboutliz's review

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, and Gore

Moderate: Abortion, Addiction, Violence, Terminal illness, Sexism, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Medical content, Infidelity, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Death, and Cursing

hillarydanielle's review

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.0

Largely centered on the author/protagonist’s journey dealing with grief.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Grief, Sexual assault, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

Minor: Infidelity and Violence