Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Una educación by Tara Westover

52 reviews

kypo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

Brutality in the name of a righteous god who only commands through men. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

sarahnella's review against another edition

dark informative tense medium-paced

4.5

Tough listen but such an important topic. First party character, driven telling the story of a woman, slowly realizing what her life means.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

nkano_77's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Gore

miss_snek's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Torture, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

steenabean's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death

scoobygirl93's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

rebah's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

oieusouamv's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

alreads420's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Cancer, Child abuse, Gore, Torture, Medical content, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal death, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, and Antisemitism

poppyedition's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting