Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

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

133 reviews

matcha_cat's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, and Death of parent

Minor: Misogyny, Vomit, Abortion, and Pregnancy

matism's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring

4.0

Honestly was not expecting to like this as much as I did. This was entertaining, funny, and pretty quick in pace. It was challenging, candid, and such a varied and interesting story. I will say, there were some moments that were pretty graphic and I wish it wasn’t so, but I was thankful for the author’s blatant honesty in the rest of the book. Definitely check the content warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Cancer, Gore, Infidelity, and Death of parent

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Abortion, and Pregnancy

d_josephine'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, and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

ktns12's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Cheryl has such a stunning style of writing and her story is incredibly captivating. It felt like I was walking through it with her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Sexism and Abortion

tklassy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Terminal illness, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Abortion

hollyrebecca's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.0

An inspirational tale of recovery and growth through challenges and adversity. 

Cheryl takes us on an adventure through nature, making new friends and lasting memories along the way. But this tale isn’t all happy and we get a clear view of Cheryl’s tumultuous mindset as she struggles through her hike on the Pacific Coast Trail. 

Starting the hike due to the loss of her mother to cancer, her own divorce and the start of a drug addiction, Cheryl finds peace and sense of self through the difficulties she overcomes along the journey. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual content

hilivingston7's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

3.0

Can’t get over:

“I put her burnt bones into my mouth and swallowed them whole”. 

I liked hearing about the trail, but also feel like she was so unprepared for the trail to the point of actual danger, and she was so male obsessed throughout. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Physical abuse, Grief, and Death of parent

mxscorpio's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug use

amandat's review against another edition

adventurous informative medium-paced

4.0

The ending is a bit abrupt - after all the times she mentions her feet, I really wanted to know if she did any permanent damage?  Just one of the questions I have rolling around in my head.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Drug use, Abortion, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Grief and Death of parent

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