Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Wild by Cheryl Strayed

55 reviews

adrizeuza's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

4.0

I have never seen someone put into words so well the process of anticipated grief one is thrust into as one becomes the primary caretaker of a family member in palliative care. What a punch in the gut.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual harassment

parasolcrafter's review

adventurous challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

this is a memoir where all i can really say is that im so glad cheryl was so open with her life in this book, giving us readers such an intimate look into her story as she took us all along with her on the pacific crest trail. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Abortion, Alcohol, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Animal death, Cursing, Blood, Chronic illness, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Infidelity, and Sexism

whimsicalish's review against another edition

adventurous informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

I haven't read anything else from Cheryl Strayed but this felt genuine. I appreciated the honesty and informative memoir from her. This entire experience couldn't have been easy to write and share. 

Also, I never heard of the Pacific Crest Trail so this was educational too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Grief

Moderate: Infidelity and Sexual content

Minor: Addiction and Drug use

violetbooklover's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

readingrainbowroad's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

3.5

Book: 3.5 stars. This book is at its heart one about immense grief and how people process it differently. I've heard this book compared to Eat, Pray, Love (which I've never read but heard the criticisms of) and I think if you view this book as another travel memoir, it misses a lot of the main heart of the story and what Cheryl Strayed was going through at the time. I think having gone through a very similar thing (mom dying suddenly of cancer) made this book incredibly more relatable and understandable.

Audiobook narrator: 5 stars. Would listen to Bernadette Dunne read 100 more books in a heartbeat.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Medical content, Animal death, Grief, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexual content, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Abortion, and Alcohol

janetsuzanne's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, and Domestic abuse

natgeographic's review

adventurous inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

I’m not hiking the PCT but I am living in Peru for 6 months— this was a good time to read this book. Away from friends and family, living a simpler life, doing hard things every day. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Animal death

Moderate: Cursing, Addiction, Grief, Drug use, Cancer, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity

Personally was super turned off by the abortion story but overall I found the book introspective and inspiring.

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

marycage's review

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

kristenreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, and Grief

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

Minor: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Abortion