Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Educated by Tara Westover

15 reviews

satsumaorange's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

Holy cow. What is it with me and reading books at the EXACT right time in my life that I needed to read them? This was phenomenal. Gut-wrenching. Hard to listen to at some points (I listened to the audiobook). It was scary to be in the midst of the deepest, darkest parts of the author's life, and then out of nowhere, she would describe an experience so incredibly specific, but so deeply familiar to my own life, that it caught me completely off guard. This book made me think deeply about what it means to think for yourself. Who do we allow to do our thinking for us? Who do we allow to construct our reality? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Grief, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, and Torture

Minor: Death of parent, Dementia, Gun violence, Abandonment, Ableism, Miscarriage, and Stalking

If you are reading these content warnings and are concerned about non-consensual sexual content:

Spoiler

The author does not describe any sexual touching or rape scenes, only scenes of physical abuse that may have themes of body shaming and/or humiliation. It's extremely uncomfortable, but there are no descriptions of rape in this book, if that is a hard limit for you.

jfalb330's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Sexism, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Death of parent, Car accident, Animal death, Antisemitism, and Bullying

stevie02's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Antisemitism, Animal death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, and Sexism

Moderate: Racism and Racial slurs

Minor: Classism, Sexual harassment, Death, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

pocketfullofjoy's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Violence, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Car accident

Moderate: Pregnancy and Sexism

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, Death of parent, and Grief

abbyjbaucom's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Physical abuse, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Death of parent, and Racial slurs

Minor: Bullying, Blood, Gun violence, and Confinement

lilacwhisker's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

5.0

Really interesting story about a girl learning about the world around her. I thought it was interesting how while she was educated in an academic way, she was also educated socially. She understood social norms and where she fit in, and made friends and other great relationships along the way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Body horror, Antisemitism, Blood, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Car accident, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Racial slurs, Racism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Infertility, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Cancer, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Dementia, and Islamophobia

lizziej96's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, War, Vomit, Violence, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Torture, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Car accident, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Suicide, Sexual assault, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racism, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Mental illness, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Emotional abuse

msennflinn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

3.0

I can't really describe what happened, but about 75% of the way through, Tara lost my attention.

Spoiler

I also really struggled with the sections of violent abuse that seemed to have no resolution. Maybe that's just her reality, but why on earth has she never reported any of this to the authorities? Her brother will likely continue to abuse people and animals, and it'll continue to go unchecked.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, Violence, Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Death of parent, Medical content, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Racial slurs

bookworm247's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Murder, Pregnancy, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Physical abuse

mme_carton's review

challenging dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Ableism, Bullying, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Medical content, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual assault, and Violence

Minor: Genocide and Dementia