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Educated by Tara Westover

55 reviews

neni's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

 This was amazing. The way the author writes is incredibly gripping and compelling. Her life and her experiences are so far from anything I’ve experience or even thought it was possible to experience nowadays, that I kept needing to remind myself the story was true and not some indredibly elaborate fiction. And yet I was still able to empathise and engage with the story on an emotional level, because the writing was so good.
 

It was painful and yet fascinating to read about her interactions with her family, with all the gaslighting and the toxicity, and yet experience some beautiful, wholesome moments with her too. I think the author did a fantastic job of telling the story in a way that felt just and appropriate to the gravity anfd complexity of the situation, didn’t diminish the validity of her experiences and feelings, and yet wasn’t an angry manifesto about how singularly evil her family was. There was pain and violence, but also compassion in there, and that made it an even more valuable read because people, and life, are just like that. Messy and incoherent and unresolved in a way that is not necessarily “satisfying” like fiction is. 

I was also just overall immensely impressed with her life’s journey. Having no access to an education and then ending up with degrees from Cambridge and Harvard, being super talented at writing, is just like WOW. Not to mention the ammount of growth, work and self-reflection that processing and getting through all that trauma must have necessitated. Truly astonishing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Antisemitism, Bullying, Car accident, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Vomit, Violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Dysphoria, Islamophobia, and Adult/minor relationship

maggie_hamel's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

I flew through this memoir with a speed that surprised me. I've never read something like this, that so accurately and painfully described human emotion and experience. I didn't expect that I would like it at all, let alone finish it but this book blew me out of the water. That's what I'd call an "Education"

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Animal death, Violence, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Medical content, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Misogyny, Chronic illness, and Car accident

Minor: Antisemitism and Cancer

karlisimp's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Wow. This Book was everything. An accidental read, just picked up because I was bored and it seemed interesting. I am now more interested to see if I can find Dr.Westover’s PHD about the family and it’s religion and social effects. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Blood, Cancer, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Car accident, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Death, Domestic abuse, and Mental illness

mme_carton's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Ableism, Bullying, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Medical content, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual assault, and Violence

Minor: Genocide and Dementia

betsygrace's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

5.0

This book was so good! I am growing increasingly concerned over some of the similarities between the religious extremism here and the evangelical family in which I was raised, but I really admire Westover’s perseverance. As a person who is also devoted to education, I really loved this book, despite how triggering parts of it could be. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Toxic relationship, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Religious bigotry, Racism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Bullying, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Sexual harassment, Sexism, and Gaslighting

Minor: Antisemitism

molliesampson's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexism and Mental illness

Minor: Sexual harassment

nickel_'s review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Body shaming and Child abuse

cement_tree's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

essabooks's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Violence, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Racism

helenamichelle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Bullying, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, and Gore