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Educated by Tara Westover

318 reviews

theshanana's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cancer, Death, Dementia, and Death of parent

autisticwhimsydreamgirl's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Dementia, and Pregnancy

sierrabowers's review against another edition

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

5.0

I loved this memoir. It reminded me of A Little Life, but the story was from a real person. It made me sad but also greatly aware of how religious trauma can affect a person or brainwash the masses. Education is not only a right but it is essential to those who only have access to information that is censored and warped. I would highly recommend to everyone!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

insideunder's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Miscarriage, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Classism

nightpath's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

I absolutely devoured this as an audiobook. Whelan is an excellent narrator and added so much to an already highly intense narrative. The book really doesn't speed up or slow down it just stays at 100% right until the end. 

Tara Westover is a truly talented writer, and clearly a deeply reflective person. To have spent so much of her life journaling to no end and learning at a steep cost to her wellbeing, it is amazing that this book even exists. 

There are few stories that allow you to see so clearly how much of a certain experience you have taken for granted, but this book takes you out of yourself entirely and shows you in absolute clarity what it is you have been given, simply by receiving an education. 

My only note is to trigger warn - the book is intense and graphic and it may not suit everyone!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

papaveriepapere's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

somberlittleman's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

One of the most important and infuriating memoirs I’ve ever read. If you want to know some of the worst and most pitiful depths homeschooling in America can reach, Educated displays them unflinchingly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Cancer

marissasa's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.0

This memoir is a testament to the author's strength and resilience, and the ways in which education and the way we are raised really shapes who people become. Although this story is often harrowing and tense, the author had a bit of an emotionless matter-of-fact writing style that made it such that I wanted to keep reading but I never felt truly moved or emotional. This style makes sense though as she speaks about the way she learned to not let it show that the trauma and abuse she experienced got to her and to not outwardly show her weakness. I do really admire the courage she found to live life on her own terms and to write this book without the support of most of her family members.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

christina_chen's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

annaeslane's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Torture, and Violence