Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Educated by Tara Westover

591 reviews

lovetlr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Interesting & heartbreaking account. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny, Religious bigotry, and Medical trauma

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racism, and Antisemitism

remery3's review against another edition

dark inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness and Gaslighting

lylajolie's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

This story took me along the journey of the struggle of living with such a terrible family. I felt for Tara every step of the way and loved that she escaped and grew. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, and Gaslighting

Minor: Car accident

jsanders05's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.5

I still don’t understand the whole ‘point’ of this novel. Was it to inform people that they can change their lives for the better? Was it to make us feel bad for the author? Was it to enlighten people about the crazy Idahoan Mormans? I’m left a tad confused.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

katlinstirling_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

Educated by Tara Westover is a well-written,thought-provoking, fascinating and a powerful memoir. Overcoming and breaking free from her survivalist Mormon family  in order to go to college. This is Tara’s reminder to everything that education extends beyond the walls of the community and encompasses our everyday experiences and to question our ingrained beliefs. Emotional, heartbreaking yet utterly moving and deeply inspiring. I applaud Tara for her honesty and resilience. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexism, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

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

whulum's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

neppis's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative tense medium-paced

4.0

Ajatuksia herättävä kirja mormooneista ja koulutuksen puutteesta mormoonien keskuudessa. Vaikeita perhesuhteita uskonnosta lähtemisen taki sekä meilisairauden vaikutuksia uskoon.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Religious bigotry

miggyfool's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

bookangel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

this book was a wild ride of a time. I expect this book to be about higher education like, for example, a professional advice book, however, I was so wrong. This book was a memoir about a girl who was raised Mormon and did not go to school. I found myself reacting viscerally to what I was listening to. She lived through so much, and I hated that nobody saved her from her saying in abusive family. I kept finding myself wishing she was snap out of the brainwashing because she was on a self-destructive path, which really wasn't her fault. But as she got older, she needed to take ownership of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Car accident, and Gaslighting