A review by tania2atee
Educated by Tara Westover

5.0

This has been my favourite book of 2019 so far. And while it wasn't a thriller, this memoir was harrowing and very hard to read at times. It is the story of Tara Westover's life growing up with extreme survivalists waiting for the end of days. It is about her day-to-day life in the mountains, with parents who hated the government and believed God's will solved any problems, or ailments you had. It's about how a girl who loves her family, and life as she knew it, and yet yearns for more. How she gets herself an education and asks dumb questions and has her eyes opened to a world she didn't know existed. It's about hope and determination and self-discovery and if you are going to read one book this year, this should be it!