Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Educated by Tara Westover

342 reviews

rachealcroucher's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Violence, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Body shaming, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, and Forced institutionalization

vireogirl's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

4.0

Such a tough book. So many terrible experiences. Twisted truth. Yet laced with the hope of change. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Violence, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Antisemitism, and Bullying

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Death, and Pregnancy

tania_os's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, and Sexism

Moderate: Racism, Racial slurs, Bullying, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Car accident, Pregnancy, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Cancer

Minor: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Cursing

bees_circus's review against another edition

challenging reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship

_maia3_'s review against another edition

dark inspiring reflective medium-paced

2.5

It was a personal miss. Whilst the story was indeed informative and uplifting, I found myself bored and wishing the book would end faster. The footnotes and the notes at the end of the book I found to be the most interesting and reflective compared to the rest of the memoir. The story will stay with me for a long time but so will the feeling of boredom I had reading it, mainly due to what I thought was lackluster style. A good, if heavy, read, but I cannot give it more than 2.5 stars due to how much I disliked finishing it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Medical content

niks1215's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

5.0

Tough subject matter, but an amazing story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Car accident

montana_cole's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Violence, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racism, and Mental illness

rumay's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Antisemitism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Religious bigotry, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Gun violence and Vomit

Minor: Genocide

bingled's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Mental illness, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Violence, and Vomit

hcbloomfield19's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Religious bigotry and Mental illness