Reviews tagging 'Death'

Educated by Tara Westover

95 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

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

maddiet425's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Car accident, Physical abuse, Animal death, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Gore, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Racial slurs and Antisemitism

aislinnh's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexism, Animal cruelty, and Injury/Injury detail

poppyedition's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Ableism, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, and Toxic relationship

kemrick19's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Racism, Terminal illness, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Blood, Antisemitism, Death, Medical content, and Racial slurs

vireogirl's review

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

4.0

Such a tough book. So many terrible experiences. Twisted truth. Yet laced with the hope of change. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Violence, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Antisemitism, and Bullying

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Death, and Pregnancy

rumay's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Antisemitism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Religious bigotry, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Gun violence and Vomit

Minor: Genocide

madz_lyr's review

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Car accident, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Religious bigotry, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Sexism

muravyevaa's review

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

I DEVOURED this book in 2 days. Now I will be staring at the wall for another 10 days and think about it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Misogyny, Bullying, Gore, Gaslighting, Death, Religious bigotry, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Violence, Toxic relationship, Racism, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Sexism, and Fire/Fire injury