Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover

608 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

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

galoshes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

Westover's honesty floored me. Her mistakes, her excuses for her parents, the experience of being gaslit, and her irrational decisions echo my own experience every day as someone who survived a traumatic childhood. From the outside it seems crazy that she stayed and maintained ties as long as she did, but I get it, I'm doing it now. The author calls out her own behavior as a product of her past, and I see myself reflected in it. I feel like I've learned a lot about myself by reading Tara's life.

I didn't read any of the warnings ahead of time, and I wasn't expecting gore and body horror. If I'd known I probably wouldn't have read it. I'm very grateful that I picked up this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Violence

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

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

julia_heff's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexism, Violence, Gaslighting, 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

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