Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Wild by Cheryl Strayed

44 reviews

amelia_horseman's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Grief, and Death of parent

orchidd's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective

4.0

the description of

the death of lady, the horse

was excellently, horribly paced—very memorable. i found myself uninterested in a lot of the descriptions of the trail but strayed’s ruminations on her mother (particularly the fox on the trail and the section where she describes feeling anger at her mother, especially her anger that she died when strayed was young, keeping her trapped a child) will stay with me 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Grief, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abortion

iriwindel's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug use and Infidelity

Minor: Abortion

ominousevent's review against another edition

I enjoyed Strayed's Dear Sugar columns, back in the day when she was Sugar, and this book had been vaguely on my radar for a long time. I'm not sure how much I enjoyed it, in the end; I appreciate the emotional journey she shares, and likewise her experiences of hiking and the environments she travelled through, but ultimately it all felt a bit empty and unsatisfying. Maybe partly due to the narration, maybe a failure on my part to connect with the-author-as-character. I can't really put my finger on it at all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Infidelity, and Abortion

neliadiedenise's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Cancer, Drug use, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

asurasantosha's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity and Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Sexual assault, Medical content, Abortion, and Alcohol

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

whimsicalish's review against another edition

adventurous informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

I haven't read anything else from Cheryl Strayed but this felt genuine. I appreciated the honesty and informative memoir from her. This entire experience couldn't have been easy to write and share. 

Also, I never heard of the Pacific Crest Trail so this was educational too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Infidelity and Sexual content

Minor: Addiction and Drug use

violetbooklover's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

natgeographic's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

I’m not hiking the PCT but I am living in Peru for 6 months— this was a good time to read this book. Away from friends and family, living a simpler life, doing hard things every day. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Cursing, Drug use, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity

Personally was super turned off by the abortion story but overall I found the book introspective and inspiring.