Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Educated by Tara Westover

599 reviews

tigerkind's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

Both praising and criticizing this  feels wrong, as it contains  fairly detailed accounts of abuse. However, it was extremely well written and constructed, allowing for a reflection on the broader systematic workings of power relations in religion, family and education. Even though a memoir, it was at times written with so much detail and emotion that I had to remind myself I was listening to a non-fiction work and not a novel by Barbara Kingsolver. Unfortunately, it feels like the legal challenges the author apparently faced, which forced her to include disclaimers, paraphrase and use pseudonyms, somewhat hampered the overall impact of the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Death, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Car accident, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Racism, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexism, Gaslighting, Body horror, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Child abuse, and Medical content

Moderate: Classism, Slavery, Pregnancy, Gun violence, Cancer, and Terminal illness

Minor: Genocide, Islamophobia, Murder, and Police brutality

townmarshboy's review

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

mattyvreads's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

One of the finest memoirs I’ve ever read. Wholly insightful and brutally honest.

Westover’s writing is so visceral. She describes each memory with vivid detail. It is impressive and intentionally uncomfortable.

This story was so compelling and very moving. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal death, Racial slurs, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

danimcthomas's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Car accident, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Suicidal thoughts

Religious extremism, poverty

daisha101's review

emotional reflective tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Racial slurs

chamomile_calm's review

dark informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Blood and Car accident

Minor: Animal death

emilyjmasters's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring tense

4.75

This was a tough one for me because it could have been about one of my best friends. I didn't mean to read this entire book in one sitting, but I did; Westover has a clear voice and draws you in, painting the scene so vividly you feel like you're there... which isn't always a good thing in this case.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Child abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

the_pink_pharmacist's review

adventurous challenging dark hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This book is fantastic. Heartbreaking. Eye opening. Must read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Gaslighting

heatherchrisman's review

dark emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Gore, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Car accident, Mental illness, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Racism, Body shaming, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Sexism, and Violence

jpn99's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Misogyny, Animal death, Grief, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse