Book Review

From start to finish it was interesting. It was the best memoir I had ever read. How the author wrote the memoir as unbiased and entertains throughout the book is amazing to me. I had read many memoirs in my days and the glass castle is far the most unique. It was straight forward and a great read. It stars a young Jeannette Walls (The Author) and her family struggle with life. The memoir begins for Jeannette from age 3 in a trailer park in southern Arizona. I give this book 5 out of 5 stars.

Surprising

It was really surprising how everything work out at the end for Jeannette Walls. About 7/8 of the book was about Jeannette Walls life going through all this trouble and bad times. Jeannette was beaten, pick on by students, almost raped a few times, was burned by the stove, on many occasion they lived outside, almost shot, and starvation. It is also surprising that she survive after all of this. Dictator cant even think of more torturous ways then how the Wall's family went through and become middle class at the end. It was also really surprising how fast they went from poor, a terrible house to live in, barely any food to eat and a sense of not having a great future; too living in New York. Now they have a normal life and can look forward and not backwards.

Forgive

Jeannette Walls went through a lot of crap with her parents and was okay with them at the end of the book after all they did to her. If I were in the same position I would not be so forgiving. I am a very nice guy but I cant forgive for something as big as what they did. I can forgive for the little things but their was none in this story. These next example are the main one's that will be the reason for why I cant forgive them. One example is how Rose Mary was hiding that she owned a piece of land that was worth one million dollars and what could of kept the family out of the lower class. Another example is how Rex Walls could of supported the family if he smarten up. It was always Rex Walls fault. No one was holding him back; it was just him that was. The last example would be how Rose Mary And Rex think that they tried their best to support the family. It clearly not true from my two other example.

Alcohol

Alcohol plays a big part in this book. Almost every single character in this book is an alcoholic. It is also the cause for most the problem that they go though. The biggest example that is an alcoholic is their dad Rex Walls. Rex Walls is part of it or the soul reason that the family is going through poverty. He can’t hold a job, steal money from the family, start fights with his family and he wastes the family money on booze. It seem that every single characters is a drunk or insane or both. Jeannette Walls get almost rape by two people who were intoxicated and it was always a tough read because you are hoping for the best. Alcohol plays a big part of doing terrible things and no good.

Terrible Parents

Rex and rose Mary Walls are both terrible parents. But my question is who the worst out the two is. Rex is a liar, thief, unreliable and a drunk. Rose Mary is a careless, selfish, nihilist. Rex on many occasions had failed to put food on the table and a roof over his children’s heads. Rex would ask for money from his kids for booze and never pay them back even though he promises he would. Rex also stole all the money out of the New York fund for Lori. Mary Walls never did that many terrible impact things like Rex. But maybe that is why people considered her the worst out of the two. Rose Mary never did anything in the first place. Rose Mary has a teacher degree and never on her own to use it. When Mary Charlene died she didn’t show any emotion or reaction. Rose Mary is very selfish person. One example is how she was feeling sorry for herself that her kids were living in New York and she wasn’t. I had felt that Rose Mary is the worst of the two because Rex at least sometimes tries to help support the family and actually cares about them while Rose Mary does not.