Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Wild by Cheryl Strayed

87 reviews

emmak2012's review against another edition

adventurous informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

I sometimes find memoirs overly self-indulgent, so I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. I felt almost disappointed at the end as I wanted the journey to keep going! I found it a little difficult to get through the descriptions of Cheryl’s mother’s illness, but that was due to personal experience and not a reflection on the quality of the writing, which flowed well throughout the book and conjured some wonderful images of the PCT. While I like my sofa too much to do anything like Cheryl did, her story has reminded me that there is a big world out there waiting to be explored and that grief should not be a barrier to living life to the fullest. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Cancer, and Animal death

magnolia13's review

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

Wow, this book. I honestly avoided it for a long time, because I knew the story would make me sad, but I was on a trip and it was one of the only things available. As someone who has always felt more connected in nature than anywhere else, following Cheryl on her journey as a woman hiking the trail was incredible. Her story is an inspiration to anyone struggling with grief or addiction, showing how you can overcome and persevere even when you feel you are at your lowest. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Drug use, Grief, and Infidelity

idesofmarch's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Child death and Sexual harassment

todelisus's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug use, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexism, Animal death, and Sexual content

loesm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Cancer, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Abandonment, and Abortion

lauren625's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content

Minor: Animal death and Abortion

laura_nel13's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Cancer, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Terminal illness, Infidelity, Drug abuse, Suicide, Sexual content, Drug use, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Vomit, Abortion, Pregnancy, Medical content, and Domestic abuse

miasarice's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Terminal illness, Addiction, and Death of parent

Minor: Abortion and Infidelity

szink005's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring slow-paced

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

cfarron's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Animal death