Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Una educación by Tara Westover

544 reviews

aninoag's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

3.5

this was an informative perspective on a life of a particular family with religious/ prepper tendencies. while this was a gripping read, the family was tortuously illogical. There were moments when I wish the author gave more insight into her emotions and reactions, rather than just stating what snide remark her father made. (This is a memoir after all.)

overall, I'm not sure how it made me feel except a little emotionally worn out. oh and the vivid depictions of bodily harm was not expected; maybe I missed a content warning on the audiobook.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, and Antisemitism

elizakay's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

kaitlyn54679's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

mal_03's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.75

The first memior I actually got to the end of. I'm much more of a fast paced book reader but something about Tara's story makes you want to keep going.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, and Pregnancy

indy_e's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

sophiaanderson's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Violence, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

isabelreads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

a memoir that takes beautiful advantage of the form to explore the nature of memory, abuse and family within Mormon fundamentalism. It hit the humanities educator in me with the consistency of how often arts and knowledge by way of a good teacher can shape the life of students in myriad ways while also reminding the current PhD student in me that this is possible and why I pursue knowledge within the academy. truly a staple on the genre for many years to come.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Biphobia, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

stebo24's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

elizabethob's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

elizabethtm's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Antisemitism, Car accident, and Classism