Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Educated by Tara Westover

10 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

jspain's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

i like books like this cause i am nosey

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Medical trauma, Medical content, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Misogyny, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Antisemitism, Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Colonisation, Body shaming, Terminal illness, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Cancer, Blood, Racial slurs, Sexual content, and Classism

tiernanhunter's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Ableism, Racial slurs, Violence, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Racism, Sexism, Death, Domestic abuse, Blood, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Grief

themadbloodstone's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.75

As someone who grew up religious and took a while to grow out of its toxic side, it filled me with an immense amount of rage and frustration reading the trauma Tara and her siblings had to undergo because of their zealot parents, the gaslighting and betrayal from some of said siblings and family members, and the childhood violently ripped from her. But I was so relieved and hopeful seeing what she had achieved as she grew older and had escaped that abusive environment with a loving family she now has.
The illusion of forgiveness, “unconditional” love with nothing but conditions, and the (supposed) word of God are used as manipulative tactics by people like Tara’s parents sheltering their children from the real world and the fascists trying to ban books and anything not cis, white, straight, male, and Christian because it is easier to prevent us from realizing the abuse is real. It’s why people need to be educated.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Mental illness, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal death, Racism, Pregnancy, Xenophobia, and Racial slurs

Minor: Classism and Cancer

stevie02's review

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Racism and Racial slurs

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

leefox's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Car accident, Gaslighting, Medical content, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Gore, and Child abuse

Moderate: Classism and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Cancer, Dementia, Miscarriage, Animal death, Terminal illness, Animal cruelty, and Misogyny

shieldbearer's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Violence, Xenophobia, Mental illness, Classism, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Antisemitism, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Blood, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Ableism, Body shaming, and Bullying

Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia, Infertility, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Fatphobia, and Gore

zombiezami's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

Truly heartbreaking and beautifully written

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Animal death, Body shaming, Grief, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Classism, Confinement, Gore, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Sexism, Misogyny, and Bullying

Moderate: Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Genocide, Fatphobia, Slavery, Excrement, and Dementia

Abuse apologism

jackeline_cruz_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Classism

madisonfrank's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Sexism, Blood, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Car accident, Classism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Violence