Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Educated by Tara Westover

149 reviews

nessynoname's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

Absolutely harrowing. I'm floored. The terrifying lows this woman has experienced and the peaks which she has climbed in spite of it. Stunning. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Gore, Medical trauma, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, Violence, Sexism, Car accident, Child abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Pregnancy, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Antisemitism

kt_52's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

laur_astor's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

I was blown away by this memoir and Tara’s incredible journey. At the beginning, I thought that this book would mostly be about her issues with her family, and while that is a major part of this book, it was also interesting that she spends so much of it talking about how deeply she loved her family. Families are challenging, no matter the circumstances.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Blood, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Medical trauma, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Moderate: Bullying, Torture, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racial slurs

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Pregnancy

erinemily97's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, Cursing, Gore, Medical trauma, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Car accident, and Domestic abuse

risemini's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Dementia, and Gore

kypo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

Brutality in the name of a righteous god who only commands through men. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Torture, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Body shaming, Bullying, Gore, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, and Violence

dashiemouse's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

2.75

I was so excited to read this book because the intersection of fundamentalism and educational neglect is a special interest of mine.  However I was disappointed to discover that instead of a reflective text on the effects of education (or the lack thereof), the book was a memoir of all sorts of abuse, neglect, and familial discord.  It was a well-written and interesting story, just not what I expected at all.  For a text that purports to be centered on education, we hear very little about the texts and ideas (beyond lists of philosophers' names) that actually fascinated the author and made a difference in her thinking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Cursing, Gore, and Gaslighting

nkano_77's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Torture, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

Moderate: Gore

hollydyer328's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

I'm probably the last person to come to this memoir but what a WILD story! Tara Westover's resilience and overcoming adversity in her upbringing was astonishing to read. It definitely makes you reflect on education as an essential need, and the lack thereof is abusive to children. My only qualm was that I wish she got more in-depth about how she overcame in her schooling. It felt like she went from failing classes to gifted brilliance, and I wish we got more of a look into what she did with her studies to become so successful. It can come across as her just being naturally gifted, which I know isn't the full story. But wow, what a crazy story and enjoyable read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, and Gore

izzykai'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: Gore, Toxic relationship, Racism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Violence