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Wild by Cheryl Strayed

22 reviews

sophiastafford's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Drug abuse, Sexism, Grief, and Death of parent

annaofjesup's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Terminal illness, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Medical content, Cannibalism, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Body horror, Sexism, Blood, Excrement, Abortion, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

sweetjuly_src's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

It says in my ‘read’ history that I’ve read this book three times now (including this last one, in 2023). To be honest, I remember reading it twice (don’t know what happened there - a glitch in the matrix? My memory is not the greatest in the last few years). That said, I don’t know how I could forget it, because I love this book so much, it seems impossible to me I’d forget the experience of reading it. Anyways, every time I read it I get emotional, immersed, inspired by Cheryl and her experience(s) and I just want to put a backpack on and go (and I’d have the same problem with packing, I bet 😅). I haven’t yet - not to that extent (3 months in the wilderness), though I’ve traveled both solo and accompanied, sometimes with a backpack, other times with a carry on, and I always learn something about myself/the place/someone else/… I’ve watched the movie, too, but I don’t like how it takes some of the decisions she made (in the book and her life) away from her and distorted them as suggestions and decisions made for her (I’ve only noticed it this time around). It’s very probable I’ll read it again in the future, to inspire myself to make changes and be bold and adventurous. ‘Till next time. ✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Abortion, and Sexual harassment

miggyfool's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

Minor: Vomit and Abortion

questingnotcoasting's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Nov 2016
I really enjoyed this. Her writing style means the description of hiking the trail never gets boring, which it quite easily could be. It's a pretty inspiring story. Not that I'm planning on going on an adventure like that but I do enjoy reading about other people's. 

Nov 2022
I re-read this via audiobook and it was as good as I remembered. It was quite interesting to listen to it as I walked to and from work because although I felt tired sometimes, it was so far removed from Strayed's experience it was almost comical. I really admire how open and honest she is about her flaws and bad decisions. She writes heartbreakingly about her mother and I think it's one of the best memoirs I've read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Infidelity, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gore, Blood, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Misogyny and Sexism

hayleymunro's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Sexism, and Death of parent

tabear's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexism and Toxic relationship

elyssajoh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Sexism, and Sexual content

adorkabledorcas's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

mandaraffe's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Death, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Infidelity

Minor: Body shaming, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment