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A review by shivani_n
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
"but you always loved your old man, didn't you?"
"i did, dad. and you loved me."
"now, that's the god's honest truth. we had some good times, didn't we?"
"we did."
"never did build that glass castle."
"no. but we had fun planning it."
i know the quote above doesn't seem that great but in the context of the book the symbolism of the glass castle lowkey made me want to cry. this book is jaw dropping in the best way possible, like, i can't believe this is a memoir, that this is someone's actual life. all the stories that jeannette walls recounts about her childhood are soooo interesting and she writes it in such a compelling way that just had me wanting more every chapter, i seriously never wanted to put the book down. i wanna watch the movie now. i loved the book and i would highly recommend!! i
"i did, dad. and you loved me."
"now, that's the god's honest truth. we had some good times, didn't we?"
"we did."
"never did build that glass castle."
"no. but we had fun planning it."
i know the quote above doesn't seem that great but in the context of the book the symbolism of the glass castle lowkey made me want to cry. this book is jaw dropping in the best way possible, like, i can't believe this is a memoir, that this is someone's actual life. all the stories that jeannette walls recounts about her childhood are soooo interesting and she writes it in such a compelling way that just had me wanting more every chapter, i seriously never wanted to put the book down. i wanna watch the movie now. i loved the book and i would highly recommend!! i