Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover

359 reviews

gmaz's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Violence, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

krhe's review against another edition

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

jenna0818's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

Every chapter my jaw dropped even further. The writing is so visceral, I felt like I was on the same emotional journey as Tara in her head. It was maddening but honest and caused me to reflect on a lot of themes. I completely believe her accounting of her life, real life is crazier than fiction. Thank you Tara for sharing your bravery and reflection.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Physical abuse, Blood, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Animal cruelty, Violence, and Car accident

nnennaya_'s review against another edition

challenging dark informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

I feel displaced after reading Tara's story. Tara’s story has made me cower with fear, disgust, anger, bewilderment, and disbelief in my own ears and mind, utterly horrified. Thank you for sharing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Dysphoria

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Racial slurs

Minor: Cancer and Antisemitism

nabooru's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Car accident, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racial slurs, Antisemitism, and Medical trauma

ameliesbookshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness and Car accident

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racial slurs

jboyle28's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Racial slurs, and Violence

jaamajam's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

Wow, this book is incredible and such a powerful memoir. Some parts were definitely very hard to read and it made me quite emotional 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Racial slurs, Racism, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

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