Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Educated by Tara Westover

19 reviews

jjb21's review

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

5.0

Stunning, fascinating, sad. Couldn’t believe some of the stories. A painful read at times. Beautiful writing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Confinement, Cancer, Bullying, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Medical content, Antisemitism, Gore, Violence, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

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

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

satsumaorange's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

Holy cow. What is it with me and reading books at the EXACT right time in my life that I needed to read them? This was phenomenal. Gut-wrenching. Hard to listen to at some points (I listened to the audiobook). It was scary to be in the midst of the deepest, darkest parts of the author's life, and then out of nowhere, she would describe an experience so incredibly specific, but so deeply familiar to my own life, that it caught me completely off guard. This book made me think deeply about what it means to think for yourself. Who do we allow to do our thinking for us? Who do we allow to construct our reality? 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing, Grief, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, and Torture

Minor: Death of parent, Dementia, Gun violence, Abandonment, Ableism, Miscarriage, and Stalking

If you are reading these content warnings and are concerned about non-consensual sexual content:

The author does not describe any sexual touching or rape scenes, only scenes of physical abuse that may have themes of body shaming and/or humiliation. It's extremely uncomfortable, but there are no descriptions of rape in this book, if that is a hard limit for you.

jfalb330's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Sexism, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Death of parent, Car accident, Animal death, Antisemitism, and Bullying

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

pocketfullofjoy's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Violence, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Car accident

Moderate: Pregnancy and Sexism

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, Death of parent, and Grief

abbyjbaucom's review

dark emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Physical abuse, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Death of parent, and Racial slurs

Minor: Bullying, Blood, Gun violence, and Confinement

lilacwhisker's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

5.0

Really interesting story about a girl learning about the world around her. I thought it was interesting how while she was educated in an academic way, she was also educated socially. She understood social norms and where she fit in, and made friends and other great relationships along the way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Body horror, Antisemitism, Blood, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Car accident, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Racial slurs, Racism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Infertility, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Cancer, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Dementia, and Islamophobia