Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Wild by Cheryl Strayed

16 reviews

parasolcrafter's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

this is a memoir where all i can really say is that im so glad cheryl was so open with her life in this book, giving us readers such an intimate look into her story as she took us all along with her on the pacific crest trail. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Abortion, Alcohol, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Animal death, Cursing, Blood, Chronic illness, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Infidelity, and Sexism

cyanochic's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

3.5

Book: 3.5 stars. This book is at its heart one about immense grief and how people process it differently. I've heard this book compared to Eat, Pray, Love (which I've never read but heard the criticisms of) and I think if you view this book as another travel memoir, it misses a lot of the main heart of the story and what Cheryl Strayed was going through at the time. I think having gone through a very similar thing (mom dying suddenly of cancer) made this book incredibly more relatable and understandable.

Audiobook narrator: 5 stars. Would listen to Bernadette Dunne read 100 more books in a heartbeat.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Medical content, Animal death, Grief, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexual content, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Abortion, and Alcohol

kelleykamanda's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

3.5

A cautionary tale to what it means to be young and naive. Good writing, sad but moving story, a series of very dumb and dangerous choices.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Grief, Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Violence, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Vomit, Abortion, Animal death, Excrement, and Suicide

caitlinkelly's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Cancer

Moderate: Drug abuse, Medical content, and Infidelity

Minor: Addiction, Sexual harassment, Blood, Alcohol, and Abortion

annaofjesup's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

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

Minor: Abortion and Vomit

jasminrain's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Drug use, Addiction, Medical content, Sexual content, Death, Grief, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Blood, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Abortion, Injury/Injury detail, and Abandonment

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 of parent, Grief, Infidelity, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Sexual harassment, and Gore

Minor: Misogyny and Sexism

tabear's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Sexism

samchase112's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

Cheryl Strayed is a badass Pacific Crest Trail queen! And yet, she's also a complex human with thoughts and feelings and doubts and struggles. The power of Cheryl Strayed is that she manages to convey all this with the most understanding and humanity I think I've ever witnessed in another person. In this memoir, she expertly weaves her experience hiking the PCT — complete with all its hardships and triumphs, interesting and transformative moments — with her ruminations on everything that led her to that fateful summer. Being taken on that journey alongside her was truly a privilege, and I will always respect her for that. This was a powerful, powerful book, and I can't imagine not recommending it for years to come.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Suicide, Blood, Drug abuse, Terminal illness, Animal death, Death, and Drug use

Moderate: Rape, Child abuse, and Medical content

Minor: Sexual content, Abortion, and Pregnancy