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81 out of 81 people found this review helpful.

The Glass Castle - A big, heaping load of memoir

Date of Review:  Jan 7, 2008
The Bottom Line: The bottom line is that I really don't like this book, despite it being very well written.
Review: If I were to ever write the story of my childhood, it would go something like this, I went to school, came home, watched Gilligan s Island re-runs, ate dinner and went to bed. It would say this until I had filled approximately 200 pages. I do not...
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  3.0

by: millinocket
Recommended to buy: No

Pros
fast paced, choice anecdotes, will draw...
Cons
causes me doubts about childhood...
 
71 out of 71 people found this review helpful.

On Lard Sandwiches and Licensing Parents

Date of Review:  Sep 22, 2005
The Bottom Line: Don't miss Jeannette Walls's compelling memoir of growing up on the edge of homelessness.
Review: Here's a sad observation: if prospective parents had to pass a qualifying test before having children, as they now must do before getting a driver's license, there'd be a lot more childless people among us. In one specific case I can think of, the...
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  5.0

by: scmrak
Recommended to buy: Yes

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a straightforward memoir that refuses...
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56 out of 56 people found this review helpful.

The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls- A Masterpiece

Date of Review:  May 15, 2009
The Bottom Line: The Glass Castle: A Memoir is an amazing book and I will never, ever forget Jeanette Walls' story.
Review: I just finished reading The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls and I have to say, I am overwrought with emotion and absolutely floored by the book. The Glass Castle is Walls' memoir, and she shares her life story, which is truly fascinating. Walls grew...
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  5.0

by: lyoness913
Recommended to buy: Yes

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I highly recommend this book.
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55 out of 55 people found this review helpful.

The Glass Castle--A Shattering Look at Jeannette Walls' Life

Date of Review:  Nov 28, 2005
The Bottom Line: This is a definite recommend-- you will hug your kids tighter after reading it.
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Imagine opening up your lunch at school to find lard slapped between two pieces of bread. Imagine your brother sleeping under an inflatable raft in a house that constantly leaked when it rained. Imagine four children, the youngest just a few...
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  5.0

by: Barefooter
Recommended to buy: Yes

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An engaging life story that is...
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Lack of emotion leaves the reader...
 
50 out of 50 people found this review helpful.

Frank McCourt, be thankful for your parents; you could have been born into this family

Date of Review:  Sep 9, 2006
The Bottom Line: Frank McCourt, and now Jeannette Walls... how many other stories of childhood horror are there?
Review: Remember Frank McCourt s book, Angela s Ashes? It came out about ten years ago and raised a shiver of horror among readers who obsessively turned the pages of this incredible story of a childhood that defines the term neglect. I was among those, and...
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  5.0

by: Penguinlady
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Well-told, unemotional account of a...
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No way to verify anything
 
41 out of 41 people found this review helpful.

The Glass Castle: A Memoir - In the Shadow of James Frey...

Date of Review:  Feb 5, 2007
The Bottom Line: The Bottom Line got more emotional over fictitious abuse in other novels than over real suffering.
Review: Jeannette Walls' The Glass Castle: A Memoir is a book rife with the experiences of a woman who grew up with two parents who were, from this layperson's view, certainly mentally ill. In the tradition of Frank McCourt, Walls shares her tale of growing...
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  2.0

by: pippadaisy
Recommended to buy: No

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riveting story
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unemotional and hard to believe
 
34 out of 34 people found this review helpful.

Get a job? No, he's busy building castles in the air.

Date of Review:  Aug 8, 2006
The Bottom Line: The Glass Castle is definitely worth reading. I wonder how much of the story is embellished but, at the end of the day, it's a fascinating book.
Review: I received this book several months ago as part of a present. For some reason the back cover information just didn't generate any interest to make me start reading. The Glass Castle sat in a basket collecting dust for a long time... and then I ran...
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  5.0

by: njchicaa
Recommended to buy: Yes

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interesting storyline, easy to read
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I sometimes wondered how much of this...
 
32 out of 32 people found this review helpful.

'Unique' is really the best word to describe The Glass Castle

Date of Review:  Apr 10, 2007
The Bottom Line: If you're ready to read an honest memoir of a less than ideal childhood, you probably can't do better than this one.
Review: I read a popular book before Stephen Colbert had the author on his show! I was digging through the bestseller lists and The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls sounded like one of the more interesting books. Since I have recently rediscovered the...
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  5.0

by: Jellyn
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Well-told story of her childhood.
Cons
Might make you uncomfortable.
 
30 out of 30 people found this review helpful.

Jeannette Walls and her siblings learn in the school of hard knocks

Date of Review:  Jul 24, 2008
The Bottom Line: Jeannette Walls has apparently graduated with honors from the school of hard knocks.
Review: I love a good memoir, especially when it involves dysfunctional families. On a recent Amazon.com shopping spree, I came across Jeannette Walls' The Glass Castle, her 2005 memoir about her dysfunctional family. I had not heard of this book before I...
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  4.0

by: knotheadusc
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Very well written and entertaining...
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Seems a little far fetched.
 
27 out of 27 people found this review helpful.

An unbalanced rendering

Date of Review:  May 4, 2006
The Bottom Line: It's an interesting story, but at the end I feel manipulated rather than enlightened.
Review: Several fine reviews of this very interesting memoir have already been posted. However, I may have a different take on it.

One reviewer dares us to put the book down. Actually, the majority of the people in a group that read it with me...
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  3.0

by: kidsbright
Recommended to buy: No

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It's a page-turner, and it's...
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Too much of the story is sacrificed in...
 

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