Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Educated by Tara Westover

128 reviews

celeste77's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense

5.0

I always feel weird rating memoirs, but I would rate this 5 stars. It was a difficult, challenging read because of some of the content, but it was also very eye-opening and emotionally moving. I honestly hope that Tara Westover is living her best life, and learning all that she has ever wanted to learn. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Physical abuse, Body shaming, Violence, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, and Misogyny

Minor: Mental illness

nessynoname's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

Absolutely harrowing. I'm floored. The terrifying lows this woman has experienced and the peaks which she has climbed in spite of it. Stunning. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Gore, Medical trauma, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, Violence, Sexism, Car accident, Child abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Pregnancy, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Antisemitism

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

kypo's review

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

Brutality in the name of a righteous god who only commands through men. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Torture, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Body shaming, Bullying, Gore, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, and Violence

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

hairtye's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

I really enjoyed experiencing Tara's journey--although there were definitely some not-so-enjoyable events that occurred. I find that Tara's journey was one of both strength and weakness, hopeful and pessimistic, individualistic and communal. There is definitely no right-or-wrong, and there was never a moment of failure in my eyes. For me personally, learning to accept Tara and her journey was more about learning to let go of my past mistakes and to look toward my own future. 

The only reason I did not give this book 5 stars was that I found the writing style slightly choppy. I find that memoirs can be like that (as it's a fast rendition of a life story), but it sometimes took me out when I wanted to learn more but the memory was already over. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Violence, Body shaming, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Racism, Religious bigotry, and Stalking

potatotoes's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Violence, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury

boop123's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

3.75

Objectively such an amazing book. Her struggles coming to terms with her womanhood, religion, family, education, and the self was so intricate and honest. I genuinely cannot fathom someone who was in this unique kind of upbringing have affected their life and the sacrifices that come with it.
 
Also I don’t know if this is relevant but I am glad that she acknowledges how the events occurred have varying accounts so we may truly not know the exact story. Like what happened to Shawn’s accident, Luke’s leg on fire, and the explosion as she was not actually there when it took place. It shows that it is not gospel truth but nevertheless is still authentic and sincere because it still has affected her in one way or another.
 
I am glad that the author is at peace now even though she is not in good terms with the other family members. And this book was not only incredibly well-written, it was also extremely brave of her to tell her story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, and Racial slurs

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

mathilda1998's review

challenging dark inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Child abuse, Bullying, Car accident, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Body shaming and Ableism

scoobygirl93's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Gore, Grief, Violence, Xenophobia, Chronic illness, Cursing, Abandonment, Ableism, Gaslighting, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Racism, Stalking, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Death, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Sexism