Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

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

7 reviews

ldyb's review against another edition

2.0

It feels like some of it is  fabricated/exaggerated.

Not sure what to think of the portrayals of sex and desire - are they candid or authentic or crass or hyperbolic? 

I did, however, appreciate how every interaction with a man on the trail felt tense because that’s how it feels to be a woman. However, as a woman reading this, it was exhausting. 

If you’ve got family stuff, know it’s central to the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

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

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

skeptic_hecate's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Cherly made one mistake after another, very idiotic and avoidable mistakes, but she is such a charming narrator, I couldn't help but feel for her. I couldn't help but to relate. This book hits very hard, right at the feels. I felt the author's insecurities, the author's fear and shame. 
The journey is told in such great detail I couldn't help but to feel there, it only made my want to go there. Although, better prepared. This is not a guide on what to do, this is a guide on what not to do, but also the deep and naked feelings of a woman in turmoil. I felt her anguish, but also her relentless optimism, I felt her ups and downs and her sorrows and laughs. 
Reading this book felt almost as cathartic as Cheryl's journey, and it only inspired me to treck the PCT one day, hopefully soon. I highly recommend this book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual assault

canadabooks's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Abortion, Abandonment, and Alcohol

emily_bellendir's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Sexual assault

hillarydanielle's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.0

Largely centered on the author/protagonist’s journey dealing with grief.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, and Grief

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

Minor: Infidelity and Violence