Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Educated by Tara Westover

130 reviews

jjb21's review against another edition

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

5.0

Stunning, fascinating, sad. Couldn’t believe some of the stories. A painful read at times. Beautiful writing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Confinement, Cancer, Bullying, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Medical content, Antisemitism, Gore, Violence, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

tigerkind's review against another edition

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

oliviacarew's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Body shaming, Mental illness, Racism, Bullying, Violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Car accident and Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Grief

alreads420's review against another edition

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

emcheym's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Animal death, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Cancer, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

kather_doc's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Car accident

Moderate: Racial slurs, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Cancer

tobiolovebot's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This book was transformative.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Car accident, Violence, Mental illness, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Misogyny, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Body shaming, Racism, Pregnancy, Animal death, Cancer, Gun violence, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Antisemitism, Blood, and Murder

laurenhill2142's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Car accident, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Violence, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Child abuse

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, Child death, Religious bigotry, Police brutality, Gun violence, Blood, and Cancer

kemrick19's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Racism, Terminal illness, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Blood, Antisemitism, Death, Medical content, and Racial slurs

passionatereader78's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

3.0

I can't say I enjoyed reading this book, however, it is an emotional read. Tara recalls her childhood on the mountains with her family. She is not allowed to go to school. She doesn't have a birth certificate or social security card. She does not exist according to the government. She learns to maneuver her families verbal and physical abuse.  She overcomes all of this and gets her higher education which exposes her to main stream life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Car accident, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racial slurs, Cursing, Violence, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racism, Body shaming, and Cancer