Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Educated by Tara Westover

7 reviews

taracoleman's review

dark inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, Blood, Racial slurs, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Grief, Gun violence, Sexism, Slavery, Antisemitism, Cancer, Genocide, and Miscarriage

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

alreads420's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Torture, Medical content, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Animal death, and Antisemitism

iinasomnia's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Cancer, Death, and Cursing

Minor: War, Slavery, Pregnancy, and Dementia

readingwamandaa's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

This memoir is about family and how far you’ll go to keep that true connection with your blood relatives. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Car accident and Religious bigotry

Minor: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Slavery, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, Racism, and Panic attacks/disorders

If you have any type of childhood trauma and have dealt with any type of verbal or physical abuse there are different situations where you might feel triggered.

zombiezami's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

Truly heartbreaking and beautifully written

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Animal death, Body shaming, Grief, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Classism, Confinement, Gore, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Sexism, Misogyny, and Bullying

Moderate: Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Genocide, Fatphobia, Slavery, Excrement, and Dementia

Abuse apologism

faithsy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Misogyny, Medical content, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Domestic abuse, Slavery, Antisemitism, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Body horror, Physical abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis