The Glass Castle Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Jeannette Walls
SCORE
4.5
TOTAL RATINGS
4,038

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls Book Summary

THE BELOVED #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER—FROM THE AUTHOR OF HANG THE MOON

The extraordinary, one-of-a-kind, “nothing short of spectacular” (Entertainment Weekly) memoir from one of the world’s most gifted storytellers.

The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. When sober, Jeannette’s brilliant and charismatic father captured his children’s imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly. But when he drank, he was dishonest and destructive. Her mother was a free spirit who abhorred the idea of domesticity and didn’t want the responsibility of raising a family.

The Walls children learned to take care of themselves. They fed, clothed, and protected one another, and eventually found their way to New York. Their parents followed them, choosing to be homeless even as their children prospered.

The Glass Castle is truly astonishing—a memoir permeated by the intense love of a peculiar but loyal family.

The memoir was also made into a major motion picture from Lionsgate in 2017 starring Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, and Naomi Watts.

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Book Name The Glass Castle
Genre Biographies & Memoirs
Published
Language English
E-Book Size 8.06 MB

The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls) Book Reviews 2024

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Loved it. This is a really good book! Can't wait to see the movie!

Excellent. Must read

The Glass Castle. It was amazing!! What an adventurous and also heartbreaking story at the same time. So much love and sadness at the same time. Loved it! Evaney Priolo

wow. wow. speechless. this is by far the best book I have ever read ... i have never enjoyed a book more in my life. seriously can’t even describe this book but everyone needs to read it

Very good!. The Glass Castle is a memoir by Jeanette Walls, a journalist in New York City. It reads a lot like fiction, but is about real events from her life. The pacing is good, and I never got bored reading it. She does a very good job of developing the characters of her family, especially her dad. Overall, I thought this was a very good book, but would recommend it for mature audiences only because of a few parts in the book that might be inappropriate for younger readers.

👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻. Boring book, not worth it.

Page turner. I really thought I would be bored after a few pages...but then I read it in a week.

Couldn't Put It Down. Jeannette has a unique perspective in her writing style; I don't recall ever reading anything like her. She had me at hello. Started reading this is the morning, finished it that night. Excellent book.

Loved it!. Great read.

Glass castle. What a wonderful book. I was so captivated by the characters lives and I could feel the sadness and joy they may have felt. I love a good “coming of age book” and the struggles of life and coming on the other side of it. I’m so glad I read this and absolutely recommended it. I’m looking forward to reading more books by Jeannette walls.

Classic. Give it a chance

Beautiful memoir. Beautifully written, honest, unusual story, that resonates with mine, I enjoyed it very much.

AMAZING. Beautiful book. Amazing. Eye opening. Sad. But wow.

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼. An emotional story and well written and detailed. Very gripping.

Enjoyable!. As a high school student, books that I choose to read for class aren’t very interesting to me, and take me a long time to get through. This book on the other hand made me excited to read, and to figure out what adventure was going to happen next.

Moving. Didn’t realize this was a true story when I read it. So sad what those children went through.

good. good

Loved it!. I’m not an avid reader, yet I couldn’t put this book down! Honestly recommend to anyone looking for a good read with a great adventure.

10/10. I've had multiple copies of this book. I bought my first copy from a local thrift shop and it's honestly one of my favorite reads. My Twitter is @Tavoluno if you ever want to share your thoughs of the book :)

The Glass Castle. Loved it! This was a well written story of the life of Jeannette Walls and her adventurous upbringing. The Glass Castle carried me through this journey as I learned so much about this inspirational character! Jeannette is strong, determined, kind and genuine. She is courageous and level minded. These characteristics get her through the highs and lows! What an amazing ride! I would recommend this book to anyone!

Favorite Memoir. My personal favorite no matter how many times I read it or purchased. The first time I laid my eyes on these pages I was up all night. Worth every cent!

Absolutely Fantastic!. This is simply one of the best books that I have ever read. I couldn't put it down! Jeannette Walls is an amazingly strong woman with a riveting life story.

Wonderful story. It was hard to feel sorry for those kids since they didn't feel sorry for themselves most of the time. I would have liked to read the story from one of the other children's point of view

S. E you sweeded it out fed d

Simply Amazing.. Wow, Just wow.

New Favorite!. I absolutely loved the reality of this book. At first reading, I thought how odd it was and then as I carried on there was something so special about the Walls family. Highly recommend to anyone who’s just looking for an adventure yet, heartfelt read.

The Glass Castle. i Just Saw The Movie Today But I'm Guessing The Book Will Be As Great As The Movie

Fantastic look at a dysfunctional family. Bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, homelessness- life is complicated This beautifully written autobiography shines a light on the ups and downs of a ‘dysfunctional family’

Loved it!. Great memoir Jeanette. You found your way through thick and thin.

Loved it!!. I didn’t want it to end!

Interesting Read. Great story about the author’s life journey with an unconventional family. It is her journey and written in her style. I totally get the appeal of this book as at times it is heart warming and at others you feel infuriated. There was a lack of emotion connected with most of the book which I found difficult. As a side note I’m so devastated that Child Welfare had not followed up on this family. These poor kids needed beds and baths. These kids were neglected by all....a vast travesty.

Perfect. Perfect to read

Stunningly put. This was gorgeous, if a book could be. Stunning prose, moments held, accounts readily pictured in my mind. Read it!

Couldn’t put it down. Got the book at a resale shop not knowing it was a best seller. Read it and can completely understand even after all this time it is..

One of the best books I’ve read!. Good book!!

TERRIBLE.. So terrible

The Glass Castle. Fascinating read

I’m impressed. It was amazing! This is the book that I recommend for everybody.

The Glass Castle. What an amazing book we loved it. I couldn't put it down. My best friend, my daughters and I all reed it and loved. It was so fantastic I could not believe it was a true story!

Pretty good book. Very eye opening and genuine read.

The Glass Castle. Jeannette Walls captivates her readers with a truth that reveals courage and vulnerability. A page-turner that uncovers resiliency of spirit and the power of unconditional love.

One my favorite books!. I couldn’t stop reading it ... this is a really good book to read.

Unforgettable true story. I never read nonfiction but I'm so glad someone recommended this to me. Unbelievable life story. Admire this brave woman! READ THIS BOOK

Amazing book. Couldn't put the book down!!!

Amazingly well written. Gripping from beginning to end!

A wonderful story!. I truly loved this story and was in awe throughout the entire book at the events that took place. I was almost in disbelief that this could be a true story until the family came to Welch West Virginia, a town only two hours away. After I read the description and her story during her time there, I could imagine it all and it was very relatable to the area. I laughed, cried, and felt the anger she felt at times. It was a beautifully written memoir that takes you all over the US, feeling as though you are living it all with the author.

A must read.. I finished this book in two days. Absolutely moving. I HIGHLY recommend this book to all my picky book readers.

Hooked!. This book drew me in from the first page! I grew up in the West Virginia area and the entire story was fascinating and so well written. I plan on reading anything from Ms. Walls.

Brilliant.. Painful and triumphant.

Great Book!. An excellent read!

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Must read. I read this book in my grade 12 year and it was the best thing I ever read still obsessed w this book have read it 100x

YES. This book is golden wiener

The Glass Castle. Riveting story of one woman's struggle to live life with an artist mother and drunken father. Beautifully written and conveys the desperate situations she found herself as she was growing up, but she never lost courage and had the confidence to face her future.

Incredible book. I absolutely loved everything about this book. It grabbed me from the first pages and kept me thinking about it every time I wasn’t reading. Worth the money and the time to read! Wow!

Read it!. This was the first biography that I've read and I honestly can't convey how much I loved this book, definitely a must read.

The Glass Castle. Ms. Walls crafted quite an easy to read story, that was at times, emotionally draining. If even half of what she wrote is true, it is an incredible story of survival, and a very hard book to put down!

Absolute must read. There are times where you must remind yourself that this is all true

The glass castle. This was such a good book, I recommend it

Great read. Loved this book. So well written. A glimpse into another world.

Must read!. Amazing book! I could not put it down!

Loved it!. Didn’t put it down til I was done.

Love love love. This was an excellent book and the movie was even better!

ALL TIME FAVORITE. the best book ever.

The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls. Incredible memoir!! Such an entertaining read! So hard to believe it's a memoir!! Much respect for the author!

Awesome!. It's for sure one of the best I have ever read!

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The The Glass Castle book written by Jeannette Walls was published on 15 December 2006, Friday in the Biographies & Memoirs category. A total of 4,038 readers of the book gave the book 4.5 points out of 5.

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