A review by chapita4
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

3.0

As someone who works with survivors, I wanted to like this story more. I held back because It is told in such an emotionally detached way that there is little connection. It's like reading a very dry movie script and reads like Ms. Walls heard the story from someone rather than experiencing it herself. I'm glad she told her story, and I'm glad that she survived and found success. I hope that she was able to connect with another human being because the chaotic abuse she survived would make it very hard to do so. I think there is self-preserverance that happens with emotional detachment and I imagine that it would be hard to emote knowing that people would critique your story and therefore your feelings.