Reviews tagging 'Dementia'

Educated by Tara Westover

24 reviews

alisonannk's review

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Racism, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Torture, Violence, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexism, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Animal cruelty, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Grief, and Medical content

Moderate: Confinement, Classism, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer and Dementia

rsagarin's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Cursing, Blood, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Terminal illness, Violence, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Medical content, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Ableism, Animal death, Classism, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, and Infidelity

risemini's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Dementia, and Gore

rebah's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Torture, Abandonment, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Racial slurs, Body shaming, Sexism, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Grief, Gun violence, Cancer, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Genocide, Classism, Cursing, Dementia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Hate crime, Physical abuse, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

antidietleah's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical trauma, Violence, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Car accident and Animal death

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Dementia

sarahflanders's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Grief, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Medical content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

sasshq's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child abuse, Animal death, Bullying, Medical content, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Blood, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Sexism, Violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Torture

Minor: Antisemitism, Body shaming, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Cancer, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Vomit, Death, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Grief, Genocide, Misogyny, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Stalking, Dementia, and Medical content

samcsmith's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Cursing, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Moderate: Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Physical abuse, Animal death, Car accident, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cancer, Dementia, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

satsumaorange's review

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

Holy cow. What is it with me and reading books at the EXACT right time in my life that I needed to read them? This was phenomenal. Gut-wrenching. Hard to listen to at some points (I listened to the audiobook). It was scary to be in the midst of the deepest, darkest parts of the author's life, and then out of nowhere, she would describe an experience so incredibly specific, but so deeply familiar to my own life, that it caught me completely off guard. This book made me think deeply about what it means to think for yourself. Who do we allow to do our thinking for us? Who do we allow to construct our reality? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Grief, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, and Torture

Minor: Death of parent, Dementia, Gun violence, Abandonment, Ableism, Miscarriage, and Stalking

If you are reading these content warnings and are concerned about non-consensual sexual content:

The author does not describe any sexual touching or rape scenes, only scenes of physical abuse that may have themes of body shaming and/or humiliation. It's extremely uncomfortable, but there are no descriptions of rape in this book, if that is a hard limit for you.

dlsmk's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Antisemitism, Body horror, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Grief, Toxic relationship, Hate crime, and Gun violence