A review by _mac_
Educated by Tara Westover
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.25
The gripping story of Tara Westover (the author), who goes from semi-illiterate to Ph.D. in Harward/Cambridge over a period of 10 years. The story covers about 20 years of her life, and it's divided in 3 parts:
- A first one where she details the life in her religious and highly dysfunctional family
- A second part where she details her first brush with education
- A third part where she shows how she reach her full emancipation from family
The story is gripping. The prose is nicely written. The occasions to pause and think frequent.
- A first one where she details the life in her religious and highly dysfunctional family
- A second part where she details her first brush with education
- A third part where she shows how she reach her full emancipation from family
The story is gripping. The prose is nicely written. The occasions to pause and think frequent.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence and Gore
The book has multiple explicit but not excessively graphic descriptions of violence perpetrated on women and animals.
The book has multiple explicit and somewhat graphic descriptions of serious wounds including ripped flash, severe burning, body disfiguration, etc...