Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Educated by Tara Westover

355 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

erisouls's review

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

I don’t have the words to explain how profound an experience reading this book was. All I can do is highly recommend it to everyone I know who reads. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Misogyny, Blood, Car accident, Abandonment, Animal death, and Body horror

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

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

glitterdeww's review against another edition

challenging dark informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Omg. This story... This person. It's been a long time since I've repeatedly yelled at the sky while experiencing an audiobook. 

In Educated, Westover has given an incredible, inspiring, and heartbreakingly traumatic story of her life. I know it will stay with me for the rest of mine.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Violence, Medical content, Antisemitism, Chronic illness, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Panic attacks/disorders

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

emmacharlotte96's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Religious bigotry and Car accident

Minor: Animal death and Racial slurs

angiegeorge_reeds's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75

I loved this book and the way Tara wrote it. Sometimes things got ~very~ descriptive which was impressive but also made my skin crawl sometimes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Violence, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Bullying, and Fire/Fire injury

carrie_wallace's review

dark informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence