Reviews tagging 'Death'

Wild by Cheryl Strayed

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

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

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

janetsuzanne's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Domestic abuse, and Drug use

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

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Abandonment, and Alcohol

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

sharlapeggy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful inspiring medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, 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

emilylovesgoodbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Infidelity, and Miscarriage

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

jasminrain's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Abortion, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail