A review by winyeemichelle
Educated by Tara Westover
3.0
Actual rating: 3.5 stars.
TW: physical abuse, physical bullying, animal cruelty.
Educated had been on my TBR list for years. I think there was a bit of a clamouring for it in 2020(?) but, as ever, it has taken me an age to get ‘round to it – mood reader woes! I borrowed a copy from my local library and absolutely flew through it.
Tara Westover was born in Idaho, Utah, to a Mormon ‘end-of-days’ survivalist family. Her parents rejected the government, doctors, hospitals and public schools and, as such, Westover and her siblings were off the record, homeschooled and greatly sheltered from everyday society. This memoir is fascinating, not least because of the extraordinary childhood that Westover endured, but for the hope that it shows and watching on as Tara reconciles what she knew and what she knows.
In terms of the writing/book style, I found Educated to have a compelling, smooth and readable one. I flew through this book in two days’ worth of commutes, but I do find that to be the case with many non-fiction books and memoirs.
TW: physical abuse, physical bullying, animal cruelty.
Educated had been on my TBR list for years. I think there was a bit of a clamouring for it in 2020(?) but, as ever, it has taken me an age to get ‘round to it – mood reader woes! I borrowed a copy from my local library and absolutely flew through it.
Tara Westover was born in Idaho, Utah, to a Mormon ‘end-of-days’ survivalist family. Her parents rejected the government, doctors, hospitals and public schools and, as such, Westover and her siblings were off the record, homeschooled and greatly sheltered from everyday society. This memoir is fascinating, not least because of the extraordinary childhood that Westover endured, but for the hope that it shows and watching on as Tara reconciles what she knew and what she knows.
In terms of the writing/book style, I found Educated to have a compelling, smooth and readable one. I flew through this book in two days’ worth of commutes, but I do find that to be the case with many non-fiction books and memoirs.