Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

Una educación by Tara Westover

17 reviews

summerashley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

I wish I could rate it higher.  Honestly this was a powerful story. Recommend everyone reads once! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

Humans are such wonderful and terrifying beings, which I think this book really spells out. They can be so incredibly hurtful and so helpful and dangerous and damaging and also somehow make it out okay. This book is really shocking, but it also shows how deeply mental illness can affect a family and community. I'm really proud of Tara for making it out. This book was a wild read because most memoirs are on lives that happened before Google and you can't actually buy essential oils from their parents at this very moment. The writing style wasn't my favorite, but I thought it was fitting for the story and subject. Definitely a book that I would recommend folks to read. I think it got the publicity that it deserved. I just feel for all the children (all the children) still trapped in that family system. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Classism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, and Alcohol

Big content warnings about bodily injuries.

ealfving's review against another edition

dark sad tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

hairtye's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

I really enjoyed experiencing Tara's journey--although there were definitely some not-so-enjoyable events that occurred. I find that Tara's journey was one of both strength and weakness, hopeful and pessimistic, individualistic and communal. There is definitely no right-or-wrong, and there was never a moment of failure in my eyes. For me personally, learning to accept Tara and her journey was more about learning to let go of my past mistakes and to look toward my own future. 

The only reason I did not give this book 5 stars was that I found the writing style slightly choppy. I find that memoirs can be like that (as it's a fast rendition of a life story), but it sometimes took me out when I wanted to learn more but the memory was already over. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Racism, Religious bigotry, and Stalking

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

glitterdeww's review against another edition

challenging dark informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Omg. This story... This person. It's been a long time since I've repeatedly yelled at the sky while experiencing an audiobook. 

In Educated, Westover has given an incredible, inspiring, and heartbreakingly traumatic story of her life. I know it will stay with me for the rest of mine.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Antisemitism, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Panic attacks/disorders

taynicole2698's review against another edition

challenging reflective tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

jspain's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

i like books like this cause i am nosey

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Blood, Antisemitism, Stalking, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Colonisation, and Classism

sasshq's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail