Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Una educación by Tara Westover

35 reviews

satsumaorange's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

Holy cow. What is it with me and reading books at the EXACT right time in my life that I needed to read them? This was phenomenal. Gut-wrenching. Hard to listen to at some points (I listened to the audiobook). It was scary to be in the midst of the deepest, darkest parts of the author's life, and then out of nowhere, she would describe an experience so incredibly specific, but so deeply familiar to my own life, that it caught me completely off guard. This book made me think deeply about what it means to think for yourself. Who do we allow to do our thinking for us? Who do we allow to construct our reality? 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Blood, Antisemitism, and Grief

Minor: Ableism, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Dementia, Stalking, Death of parent, and Abandonment

If you are reading these content warnings and are concerned about non-consensual sexual content:

The author does not describe any sexual touching or rape scenes, only scenes of physical abuse that may have themes of body shaming and/or humiliation. It's extremely uncomfortable, but there are no descriptions of rape in this book, if that is a hard limit for you.

jfalb330's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Antisemitism, Car accident, and Death of parent

stevie02'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, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

Minor: Death, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Classism

pocketfullofjoy's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexism and Pregnancy

Minor: Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

abbyjbaucom's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Confinement, Gun violence, and Blood

lilacwhisker's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

5.0

Really interesting story about a girl learning about the world around her. I thought it was interesting how while she was educated in an academic way, she was also educated socially. She understood social norms and where she fit in, and made friends and other great relationships along the way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Blood, Antisemitism, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Infertility, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Cancer, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Islamophobia, Dementia, and Death of parent

lizziej96's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

msennflinn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

3.0

I can't really describe what happened, but about 75% of the way through, Tara lost my attention.

I also really struggled with the sections of violent abuse that seemed to have no resolution. Maybe that's just her reality, but why on earth has she never reported any of this to the authorities? Her brother will likely continue to abuse people and animals, and it'll continue to go unchecked.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

Moderate: Racial slurs

bookworm247's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

mme_carton's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Genocide and Dementia