And here is another well over-due review.

We read this one also back in November, and as I mentioned in the Chocolat post, I missed almost the entire catch up due to brilliant Northern trains!

Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is real life story, told by Jeannette herself.

My personal experience of non-fiction is very limited. It is not a genre I typically gravitate to. So I was apprehensive as to whether I would find this story engaging and be able to stick with it. This was a concern I didn’t need to be worried about.

I was hooked almost instantly by this story. It is told in a dramatic style, and the context is so unbelievable it could only be true. Each character is visualised so thoroughly throughout the novel that I felt completely immersed.

The story follows Jeannette’s upbringing, and through that she portrays her family moving from place to place across North America, and all the highs and lows along the way.

It is a stunning story that somehow Jeannette manages to create empathy for each individual character, despite some of the awful things they do throughout. It so clearly highlights the love a child has for their parents, and how undeserved that can be at times.

I don’t know if you can tell by my evaluation, I loved this book! I personally gave it an easy five stars. This book has also been made into a film, which did a brilliant job of visualising and bringing the story to life.

The group gave Glass Castle a four star review. I believe this is fair however it is frustrating to not be able to share what the rest of the group thought and what prevented them from giving this a full five stars.