Does anyone else question the validity of certain events with ing Jeannette Walls memoir The Glass Castle?
I just finished reading The Glass Castle, and I’m not too impressed. I went into this experience excited as I had just finished North of Normal by Cea Sunrise Person, which I absolutely loved. I do believe that Jeannette and her siblings went through terrible things. However, as the story progressed I found it hard to believe certain things that Jeannette claims happened. For example, so much fire. Just all the time. I believe her initial incident when she was three, but having so many more fires after that just seemed too coincidental. As well, the moment in which Jeannette fell out of the car in a desert and her parents didn’t notice for a good few hours AND the U-haul incident. Whether intentional or not, Jeannette’s retelling of stories always ends up with her succeeding or being a genius. She writes about the narcissism of her father and the way he told stories. I feel as though no one is talking about the grand and almost ridiculous stories throughout Jeannette’s memoir. All in all, I didn’t really enjoy this book. I felt as though it lacked emotional connection throughout it(minus highlight events), and there is little to no character development throughout.