Book Review: The Glass Castle

I give it 4 stars.

 

It’s similar in spirit to the Irish Angela’s Ashes in that they both involve poor/hungry childhood induced partly if not all by an alcoholic father. Only Glass Castle has much love and fun in it. It’s more whimsical, delightful and essentially more American.

 

Very beautifully written. The only criticism I have on the book is that the last one sixth of the book, after the author went to New York, reads more like a fiction. Things become too … perfect.

 

Nonetheless a great read!