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A review by kamrynkoble
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
5.0
Like many others, I returned to this pivotal and honest memoir in time for the upcoming movie. Jeannette Walls is a storyteller through and through, spinning a tale that's seemingly too honest for fiction, and yet seemingly written for the big screen.
I plodded along, snatching a couple pages here and there in between my challenging classes. Tales of drunkard fathers and childish, ruinous mothers aren't exactly light reading material. And yet tonight I sat down, and devoured two hundred pages to completion.
There is something so powerful about literature that draws out physical response, that makes time pass by without you noticing. Walls writes with the simple, straightforwardness of a well-seasoned journalist, which makes her unique life stand out from "woe is me" novels of similar subject matter.
This memoir is timeless, it slaps you in the face, makes you appreciate your own life, ache with compassion for others, and feel riled with anger at injustices most rarely encounter. The Glass Castle is a glittering geode to be cracked open by many generations to come.
I plodded along, snatching a couple pages here and there in between my challenging classes. Tales of drunkard fathers and childish, ruinous mothers aren't exactly light reading material. And yet tonight I sat down, and devoured two hundred pages to completion.
There is something so powerful about literature that draws out physical response, that makes time pass by without you noticing. Walls writes with the simple, straightforwardness of a well-seasoned journalist, which makes her unique life stand out from "woe is me" novels of similar subject matter.
This memoir is timeless, it slaps you in the face, makes you appreciate your own life, ache with compassion for others, and feel riled with anger at injustices most rarely encounter. The Glass Castle is a glittering geode to be cracked open by many generations to come.