A review by kmkasiner
Educated by Tara Westover

4.0

This book wasn't what I expected. I thought it would be a fairly straightforward account of a person growing up poor and then getting en education. In fact the "education" Ms. Westover discusses is more about personal growth, and not much about the education system at all. She endures a difficult, abusive childhood and learns to change her entire worldview. It's a completely engrossing account. My one small criticism is that I actually wish she had talked up her academic achievements more. She must be actually be very scholarly to get into Cambridge (I mean, having a Gates scholarship and traveling the world is an impossible dream for many), but it reads like she just breezed through everything.