Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Educated by Tara Westover

587 reviews

katlinstirling_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexism, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

katharina90's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

4.0

A harrowing memoir about a woman who broke away from an incredibly abusive family to pursue an education.

Difficult to read due to the graphic abuse, neglect and layers of trauma. I'm sure I didn't even capture all of the CWs.

I mostly found it sad and not particularly hopeful which I think just reflects where the author was in her healing journey at the time of writing. 

By the end of the book, the author has managed to separate herself from most of her family and is setting boundaries (which is a huge accomplishment!), but it doesn't seem like she's at peace as she keeps trying to pursue a relationship with her mother who both enabled and participated in the abuse and neglect.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Antisemitism, and Car accident

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, and Colonisation

whulum's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

neppis's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative tense medium-paced

4.0

Ajatuksia herättävä kirja mormooneista ja koulutuksen puutteesta mormoonien keskuudessa. Vaikeita perhesuhteita uskonnosta lähtemisen taki sekä meilisairauden vaikutuksia uskoon.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Religious bigotry

miggyfool's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

bookangel's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

this book was a wild ride of a time. I expect this book to be about higher education like, for example, a professional advice book, however, I was so wrong. This book was a memoir about a girl who was raised Mormon and did not go to school. I found myself reacting viscerally to what I was listening to. She lived through so much, and I hated that nobody saved her from her saying in abusive family. I kept finding myself wishing she was snap out of the brainwashing because she was on a self-destructive path, which really wasn't her fault. But as she got older, she needed to take ownership of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Car accident, and Gaslighting

katiejean12's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

Although my stomach wrenched at some of the author’s stories, I couldn’t put the book down. She is a fantastic writer who can easily carry a story along while simultaneously gripping you in each chapter. My heart hurts for the people in stories like these, so I was close to giving it a 4 star. But, it is not her fault that she was raised in a vastly different world than others. She simply decided to share her hurt with the world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Blood

jmyodafriend's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

"Educated" was not at all what I expected, although it is very well written. The memoir reads more like a novel than non-fiction, and kept me turning pages even after each shocking or horrifying recollection of the author's life. I'm amazed at how she was able to reshape herself and her life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Blood, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

mvr's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

gmaz's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Violence, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail