Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Educated by Tara Westover

108 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

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

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

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

noedki's review

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Car accident, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Violence, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy

alreads420's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Torture, Medical content, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Animal death, and Antisemitism

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

sarahelyse's review

emotional inspiring medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Animal death, and Car accident

Moderate: Chronic illness, Religious bigotry, and Sexism

Minor: Racial slurs and Pregnancy

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