Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Educated by Tara Westover

8 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

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

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

Well constructed memoir about growing up without an education in mormon idaho, links to abuse, education, mental health, religion etc

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Gaslighting, Grief, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Violence, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Religious bigotry

eemadeeberry's review

dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Car accident, Child abuse, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Blood, Bullying, Gaslighting, Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Sexism

Minor: Cancer, Murder, and Antisemitism

bookworm247's review

adventurous hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Murder, Pregnancy, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Physical abuse

izwit's review

challenging reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Cancer, Fire/Fire injury, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Violence

mme_carton's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Ableism, Bullying, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Medical content, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual assault, and Violence

Minor: Genocide and Dementia

toothpastefairy's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

It's a deeply reflective memoir, in which Tara details her life thus far in a way that simultaneously terrifies me and provides some hope. Family relationships and the complexity of one's loyalties to blood versus oneself is difficult to write about, but Tara examines them with nuance and clarity. The cognitive dissonance and difficulties with growing apart from a family structure built on paranoia and isolation is also expertly described - there is a gentle empathy in her reflections.

Overall fantastic book, it certainly holds sentimental and personal value to me. An excellent and needed recommendation from my sister. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Sexism

Moderate: Genocide, Gun violence, Grief, Murder, and Racial slurs

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Terminal illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Police brutality, Panic attacks/disorders, Hate crime, Genocide, Death, Colonisation, Cancer, and Animal death