Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Una educación by Tara Westover

373 reviews

meganeliz_1214's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Violence, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

soupqueen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, Dementia, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

palindrometodd's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Abandonment

yunchho's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Minor: Cancer

riley_abc's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Racial slurs

elisacarlene's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

tamteaches's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

ksilvio's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

steffigb's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

wogslandwriter's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

This book deserves all the hype. It is a phenomenal memoir and it is obvious that it was loving writing by an author with a PhD in history. Westover has an elegant and immersive writing style that captures the reader's attention and communicates the nuance and true danger of her past. She is able to tell stories of abuse and control and toxic family dynamics while still holding the love she has for her family at the same time. As someone with a controlling father, it was hard to read, but also very cathartic to get Westover's perspective and hear her story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail