Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Educated by Tara Westover

8 reviews

katharina90's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

4.0

A harrowing memoir about a woman who broke away from an incredibly abusive family to pursue an education.

Difficult to read due to the graphic abuse, neglect and layers of trauma. I'm sure I didn't even capture all of the CWs.

I mostly found it sad and not particularly hopeful which I think just reflects where the author was in her healing journey at the time of writing. 

By the end of the book, the author has managed to separate herself from most of her family and is setting boundaries (which is a huge accomplishment!), but it doesn't seem like she's at peace as she keeps trying to pursue a relationship with her mother who both enabled and participated in the abuse and neglect.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Antisemitism, and Car accident

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, and Colonisation

taracoleman's review against another edition

dark inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Genocide, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Sexism, Slavery, Antisemitism, and Grief

tigertheory'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: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Gun violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, and Classism

Minor: Genocide, Police brutality, Islamophobia, and Murder

alreads420's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

iinasomnia's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, and Death

Minor: Slavery, Dementia, Pregnancy, and War

readingwamandaa's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

This memoir is about family and how far you’ll go to keep that true connection with your blood relatives. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Religious bigotry and Car accident

Minor: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

If you have any type of childhood trauma and have dealt with any type of verbal or physical abuse there are different situations where you might feel triggered.

zombiezami's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

Truly heartbreaking and beautifully written

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Police brutality

Minor: Fatphobia, Genocide, Slavery, Excrement, and Dementia

Abuse apologism

faithsy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy