A review by applesaucecreachur
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

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3.75

I tore through The Glass Castle in two days, thanks to the 2x speed on Libby audiobooks. It had humor, tragedy, humiliation, pearls of wisdom, and everything in between. I was reminded frequently of how you can hurt a reader without killing off a character. Betrayal, loss of innocence, humiliation, and severe disappointment were just some of the mechanisms of pain that Jeannette Walls employed in her memoir. This book had its problematic moments to be certain, and non-Black readers speaking the N-word aloud on audiobooks is always an issue. Its value lies in its ability to tell a story that the reader remained engaged with, even as it spanned decades.
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