Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Educated by Tara Westover

73 reviews

tiernanhunter's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Ableism, Racial slurs, Violence, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Racism, Sexism, Death, Domestic abuse, Blood, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Grief

goldenjunegem's review against another edition

informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Animal cruelty, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Animal death, and Abandonment

mgewald's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Physical abuse, Bullying, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Violence, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

satsumaorange's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

Holy cow. What is it with me and reading books at the EXACT right time in my life that I needed to read them? This was phenomenal. Gut-wrenching. Hard to listen to at some points (I listened to the audiobook). It was scary to be in the midst of the deepest, darkest parts of the author's life, and then out of nowhere, she would describe an experience so incredibly specific, but so deeply familiar to my own life, that it caught me completely off guard. This book made me think deeply about what it means to think for yourself. Who do we allow to do our thinking for us? Who do we allow to construct our reality? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Grief, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, and Torture

Minor: Death of parent, Dementia, Gun violence, Abandonment, Ableism, Miscarriage, and Stalking

If you are reading these content warnings and are concerned about non-consensual sexual content:

The author does not describe any sexual touching or rape scenes, only scenes of physical abuse that may have themes of body shaming and/or humiliation. It's extremely uncomfortable, but there are no descriptions of rape in this book, if that is a hard limit for you.

aspvisualarts's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Child death, Medical trauma, Sexism, Body horror, Body shaming, Grief, Mental illness, and Violence

shannonleestrouse's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

dlsmk's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

gellyreads's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Grief, Blood, and Emotional abuse

sarahkinney's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Racial slurs, and Religious bigotry

eemadeeberry's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Car accident, Child abuse, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Blood, Bullying, Gaslighting, Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Sexism

Minor: Cancer, Murder, and Antisemitism