Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Educated by Tara Westover

618 reviews

jennyisareader's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Violence

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

froggoz13's review against another edition

emotional reflective

4.0

Gripping story all throughout the book and beautifully written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Medical trauma, Car accident, 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

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

katiejean12's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

Although my stomach wrenched at some of the author’s stories, I couldn’t put the book down. She is a fantastic writer who can easily carry a story along while simultaneously gripping you in each chapter. My heart hurts for the people in stories like these, so I was close to giving it a 4 star. But, it is not her fault that she was raised in a vastly different world than others. She simply decided to share her hurt with the world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Blood

courtneyboehmler's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Violence

rachelwilly's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death

mvr's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail