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zadam812's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse and Body shaming
Moderate: Gaslighting, Racism, Mental illness, Medical content, and Alcoholism
Minor: Animal cruelty
krispiefries's review
4.25
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, Violence, Bullying, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racial slurs
thekiwibibliophile's review
4.5
I was hooked from the start & really loved the message. Everyone needs to read this!!!
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, and Gun violence
Moderate: War and Terminal illness
Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Antisemitism
lisa12's review against another edition
3.25
Minor: Animal cruelty and Alcoholism
glammster's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Religious bigotry, Car accident, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism
Minor: Gun violence
thebookishjenna's review against another edition
4.25
You can love someone and still choose to say goodbye to them...you can miss a person every day, and still be glad that they are no longer in your life.
Tara Westover writes of her life as the child of a survivalist in Idaho. She never saw doctors, was not provided a formal education and lived far from mainstream society, Forging her own path, Tara educates and advocated for herself discovering that life is more than what was offered to her.
I was floored by this book, I am always hesitant to rate someone's story, and this is no exception. Tara writes with deep reflection and objectivity, capturing her emotions and experiences with such clarity. I felt like I was sitting having a conversation with her.
There is so much to unpack in terms of education and opportunities, the way in which trauma impacts us, and how Tara was unable to recognize the threat her family posed on her through denying medical care, physical abuse, emotional trauma, and the expectation that comes from living in that environment. She was able to describe her feelings and the reason why she stayed, or tolerated, or kept hoping for her parents to see her for who she was, it was heartbreaking.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Mental illness, and Sexism
Moderate: Car accident
Minor: Death
beccafrances's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racial slurs
greenbean's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Alcoholism, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse
laurasbooks's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Misogyny
Minor: Racial slurs
hettyreads's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, and Violence
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexism, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Medical content, and Gore
Minor: Cancer and Panic attacks/disorders