Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Una Educación by Tara Westover

1026 reviews

beebowbabe's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative tense fast-paced

5.0

My therapist will hear about this 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Mental illness, Racial slurs, and Violence

Minor: Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

jnnrss's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

emmmmmaaa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Mental illness, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Car accident

shayrawd's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Racism

blovessummer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Really heavy in terms of what Tara went through but exceptionally well written and super interesting.

emmasmidnightlibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

krhe's review

challenging dark slow-paced

2.75

Qué dolor y qué denso de leer. Una mierda de experiencia pero la forma de escribir pues pffff. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

kathleentcarroll's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

2.0

I felt like almost every chapter was unnecessarily filled with traumatic and gory details with very little payoff; I’ve read memoirs from other authors who have experienced traumatic events without feeling like I was reading a slog of someone’s every trauma, but westover couldn’t do that. I also felt like she omitted so much detail about HOW she became educated, achieved these impossible feats, and made it out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

hollyatree's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death

yy_reads's review against another edition

4.0

Very talented author. I liked that the last third (or so?) of the book dealt with her time at university and the struggles she had there, as well as the changing dynamics of her relationship with her family as she became an adult. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

The injury descriptions are vivid and graphic.