Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Educated by Tara Westover

61 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

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

oliviacarew's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Body shaming, Mental illness, Racism, Bullying, Violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Car accident and Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Grief

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

elspethmigliore's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

this was such a powerful read. tara’s writing is so beautiful and reflective. 

i can’t imagine myself rereading, but maybe ☑️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Miscarriage, Gore, Grief, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Racism, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Medical content

emcheym's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Animal death, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Cancer, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

corganick's review

challenging reflective tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

shlymiller's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Animal cruelty, Racial slurs, Grief, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Blood, Animal death, Gore, Gaslighting, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Violence, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

tobiolovebot's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This book was transformative.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Car accident, Violence, Mental illness, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Misogyny, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Body shaming, Racism, Pregnancy, Animal death, Cancer, Gun violence, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Antisemitism, Blood, and Murder

magikskydad's review

challenging dark informative sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Medical trauma, Addiction, Grief, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse