Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed

126 reviews

mxscorpio's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug use

amandat's review against another edition

adventurous informative medium-paced

4.0

The ending is a bit abrupt - after all the times she mentions her feet, I really wanted to know if she did any permanent damage?  Just one of the questions I have rolling around in my head.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Drug use, Abortion, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Grief and Death of parent

ldyb's review against another edition

2.0

It feels like some of it is  fabricated/exaggerated.

Not sure what to think of the portrayals of sex and desire - are they candid or authentic or crass or hyperbolic? 

I did, however, appreciate how every interaction with a man on the trail felt tense because that’s how it feels to be a woman. However, as a woman reading this, it was exhausting. 

If you’ve got family stuff, know it’s central to the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

jenniesreadingjourney's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

ebrum's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death and Grief

Minor: Sexism and Stalking

aedod's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

A book about adventure on the PCT, and not. This is a book about processing grief, connecting with people, and finding one’s sense of self. Cheryl Strayed masterfully weaves the narrative around her journey of healing on the pacific crest trail, from the humorous (and sometimes consequential) moments of her backpacking (in)experience, to childhood anecdotes of warmth and trauma, to her relationships with her family members and her grief over the loss of her mother. I loved this book- laughed, cried, felt everything in between. Her voice and narrative is immense, her prose is excellent and there is just enough humor to keep the pages turning. I’m shocked that anyone could take away anything from this but resilience and awe.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Death of parent

vlawton's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

bella613's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Sexism, Sexual content, and Abortion

bertrandlm's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

nutmegsweb's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Abortion

Minor: Gun violence and Suicide