Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

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

104 reviews

bella613's review

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

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

aqtbenz's review

Not the right time for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, and Death of parent

elg1105's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual content, Abortion, and Alcohol

bookwormcat's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

breerehac's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Sexual harassment

bageltop's review

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

Despite reading the content warnings and seeing "death of an animal" listed as the second highest graphic warning, I was extremely unprepared for how graphic and sad that part was. It is horrific and I don't think telling it in such detail added anything to the overall memoir. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

emmak2012's review

adventurous informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

I sometimes find memoirs overly self-indulgent, so I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. I felt almost disappointed at the end as I wanted the journey to keep going! I found it a little difficult to get through the descriptions of Cheryl’s mother’s illness, but that was due to personal experience and not a reflection on the quality of the writing, which flowed well throughout the book and conjured some wonderful images of the PCT. While I like my sofa too much to do anything like Cheryl did, her story has reminded me that there is a big world out there waiting to be explored and that grief should not be a barrier to living life to the fullest. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, and Death of parent

magnolia13's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

Wow, this book. I honestly avoided it for a long time, because I knew the story would make me sad, but I was on a trip and it was one of the only things available. As someone who has always felt more connected in nature than anywhere else, following Cheryl on her journey as a woman hiking the trail was incredible. Her story is an inspiration to anyone struggling with grief or addiction, showing how you can overcome and persevere even when you feel you are at your lowest. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

idesofmarch's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Child death and Sexual harassment