Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

Educated by Tara Westover

181 reviews

ksmithshe's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Gaslighting

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Sexism, Medical content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

themadbloodstone's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.75

As someone who grew up religious and took a while to grow out of its toxic side, it filled me with an immense amount of rage and frustration reading the trauma Tara and her siblings had to undergo because of their zealot parents, the gaslighting and betrayal from some of said siblings and family members, and the childhood violently ripped from her. But I was so relieved and hopeful seeing what she had achieved as she grew older and had escaped that abusive environment with a loving family she now has.
The illusion of forgiveness, “unconditional” love with nothing but conditions, and the (supposed) word of God are used as manipulative tactics by people like Tara’s parents sheltering their children from the real world and the fascists trying to ban books and anything not cis, white, straight, male, and Christian because it is easier to prevent us from realizing the abuse is real. It’s why people need to be educated.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer and Classism

dlsmk's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

stevie02's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

Minor: Death, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Classism

missrosymaplemoth's review against another edition

4.75

A page turner, yet so hard to read. Undoubtedly harder to live. I saw small slivers of my own childhood trauma in Tara’s story, although nothing nearly as extreme. Power to her for being able to chronicle this harrowing tale. I’m glad things are better for her now. A really gripping writing style that made me not want to put the book down.

I would rate it higher if it didn’t get frustrating at points. Once again, living this is obviously much harder than simply reading about it, but I wanted to reach through the page and slap so many people silly. It was hard to get through the descriptions of the physical and emotional abuse.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Mental illness, Racism, Antisemitism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

05hamiltonk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

3.75

Fascinating memoir. I couldn't wait to pick it back up as the story was enthralling. It was very gory, which I wasn't expecting. The family dynamics and toxic behaviour from family members and how that impacted the author/ how they handled it was really interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Medical content, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

ellenwilberg's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring reflective tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer and Pregnancy

shearfeather's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Car accident, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

jhging's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, and Racism

pocketfullofjoy's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexism and Pregnancy

Minor: Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis