Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Educated by Tara Westover

147 reviews

matonnhermann's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Car accident, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

rebah's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

booklover_04's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Very well written. Hard to read at some parts due to the abuse. I would recommend going into this book without prior knowledge.

I knew that she eventually left, which I feel ruined the anticipation. I did find it shocking that she wasn’t the first in her family to leave. Definitely changed the story, as it shaped her experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

tiny_napoleon's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexism, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Car accident

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Death, and Gaslighting

the_flat's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, and Fire/Fire injury

annakh16's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming and Abandonment

jneverland's review against another edition

I was bored and lost interest super fast. Slow pace and I rather have fun with my readings. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, and Religious bigotry

reegan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

2.0

 This was another audiobook-required-to-finish-it book for me this year. I read the first 30 or 40 pages on Kindle but couldn’t stay focused, so I rented the audiobook and FLEW through it. Did I read Reddit theories to patch in parts I missed?? Absolutely. This was still a fantastic read. I enjoyed the plot twist at the end revealing you-know-what, and honestly, I probably should’ve seen it coming sooner. Fantastic writing from the perspective of someone descending into madness… or rather someone at the hands of severe mental illness?? Regardless, Mona Awad slayed with this, and Samantha Hanratty NEEDS to play a role if this ever hits screenwriters. Side note: When playing Sophie Amoss’ reading on Audible at 3x speed, she sounded like Peyton List, and I could only imagine her speaking. It was so frustrating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racial slurs and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Homophobia, Car accident, and Pregnancy

joanaacevedor's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad tense slow-paced

3.5

Super powerful memoir. I found myself feeling super tense/scared/mad and realizing this actually happened really amplified those emotions. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

Moderate: Body shaming

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