Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

37 reviews

samlopez93's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Jeannette will take you through the emotional rollercoaster that was her childhood and want you jumping back in line to ride it all over again once you've finished the last page. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, and Death of parent

ginnygaleclaire's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Abandonment, Gaslighting, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Bullying, Rape, Racism, Racial slurs, Death, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Infidelity, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Terminal illness, Blood, Cursing, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Pregnancy, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Medical content, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual assault

poetsofsweetpea's review against another edition

sad fast-paced

3.0

Less a coming-of-age story and more a diary about growing up in poverty.   These kind of stories are not my jam and I should probably stop reading them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Medical content, Sexual assault, Addiction, Death of parent, Death, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Excrement, Grief, Gun violence, Rape, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, and Cursing

nalirosey's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Body shaming, Child abuse, Bullying, Stalking, Violence, Pedophilia, Racism, Classism, and Incest

Minor: Cursing, Death of parent, Infidelity, Medical content, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

magmck's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Rape, Body shaming, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Excrement, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pregnancy, Racism, Cursing, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Violence

everythingisokai's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Drug abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

redheadorganist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Gun violence, Incest, Rape, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical content, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Racism, Cursing, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

nebraskanwriter's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring fast-paced

5.0

What a powerful audiobook, read by the writer herself. Be prepared for basically every trigger warning in the book to happen in this one as these children lived a very hard life because of their parents. I cannot even fathom, after listening to this book, what that must have been like to grow up in. 

As other reviewers have said, Walls does look at her past with rose-tinted glasses and does not tear down her parents. She tells us what they did, said, didn’t do that they should have done and let’s us the reader feel the anger for her. Which I thought was very tasteful of her, given what all her parents have put her family through.

Definitely one of the most powerful memoirs I’ve ever read. How they were able to save up money, budget at such a young age and be more of a responsible adult then both their parents to make it in New York. The strength of her and her siblings is truly incredible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Excrement, Medical trauma, Racism, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Medical content, Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Grief, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Violence, Terminal illness, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Abandonment

library_of_al's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Cursing, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Abandonment and Bullying

mangocorpses's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Medical content, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, and Classism