Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Educated by Tara Westover

9 reviews

hcop's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Antisemitism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Police brutality

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Death of parent, Miscarriage, and Terminal illness

sarahnella's review against another edition

dark informative tense medium-paced

4.5

Tough listen but such an important topic. First party character, driven telling the story of a woman, slowly realizing what her life means.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Cursing, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Child death, Classism, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Antisemitism, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Religious bigotry, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Animal death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Torture, Cancer, Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Sexism

tigerkind's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

Both praising and criticizing this  feels wrong, as it contains  fairly detailed accounts of abuse. However, it was extremely well written and constructed, allowing for a reflection on the broader systematic workings of power relations in religion, family and education. Even though a memoir, it was at times written with so much detail and emotion that I had to remind myself I was listening to a non-fiction work and not a novel by Barbara Kingsolver. Unfortunately, it feels like the legal challenges the author apparently faced, which forced her to include disclaimers, paraphrase and use pseudonyms, somewhat hampered the overall impact of the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Death, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Car accident, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Racism, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexism, Gaslighting, Body horror, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Child abuse, and Medical content

Moderate: Classism, Slavery, Pregnancy, Gun violence, Cancer, and Terminal illness

Minor: Genocide, Islamophobia, Murder, and Police brutality

laurenhill2142's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Car accident, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Violence, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Child abuse

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, Child death, Religious bigotry, Police brutality, Gun violence, Blood, and Cancer

aspvisualarts's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Child death, Medical trauma, Sexism, Body horror, Body shaming, Grief, Mental illness, and Violence

faithe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Mental illness, Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence

Moderate: Racism, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Car accident, and Misogyny

Minor: Child death and Cancer

hannalizzy's review against another edition

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

5.0

I will never forget this book. An incredible memoir, and an unforgettable experience. As someone who grew up Mormon but is now questioning my new path, it’s incredibly valuable to hear Tara’s experience. I just got my undergrad and was CONVINCED I’d never go back to school, but after this, I’m researching grad schools. Heaven help me 😅

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Grief, Incest, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Toxic friendship

quil's review

challenging emotional reflective tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Racism, Religious bigotry, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Medical content, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Antisemitism

mme_carton's review against another edition

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