Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Educated by Tara Westover

130 reviews

geminisoul's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

The way Tara is able to capture how trama and love and cause such conflicting emotions in oneself is so beautiful and sad. What an amazing story that her writing brings to life on the page. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Death, Violence, Grief, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Cancer

aj9moon's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Cancer, Car accident, Domestic abuse, and Blood

alexutzu's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

This book was a rollercoaster of progressively developing events and emotions. The story is very powerful, while getting into it I did not expect it to unfold like this, some parts were really shocking. It's not only about religion, but also about all sorts of negative things that stem from a controlling family. The author, after a long struggle, manages to achieve amazing things (educational, behavioural, mental health-related) by breaking away from a toxic environment and fighting to stay away from it.

I have listened to an audio version of this book, which might have given me a different perspective than reading it. I liked the pacing of this version, as it seems faster and more compelling in terms of storytelling. The beginning was a bit slow, but the book caught a lot of speed in the second half.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Racial slurs, Animal death, and Car accident

Minor: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Cancer

bchantele15's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Bullying, Mental illness, Racial slurs, and Sexism

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, and Animal cruelty

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

majaisabella's review against another edition

5.0

Will need 3-5 business days to recover. Everyone should read this book.

(Check trigger warnings even if you aren’t usually affected by books, because this was brutal.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Misogyny, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Cancer and Racial slurs

heyheykk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Animal death, Racial slurs, Gaslighting, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Cancer and Antisemitism

mamaewalk's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Medical content, Animal death, Violence, Car accident, and Mental illness

Minor: Blood, Cancer, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

taracoleman's review against another edition

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

zee_reads_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Cancer, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, and Medical content