Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Educated by Tara Westover

908 reviews

kellymacbrown's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

2.75

It was meh. It was really just Tara Westover telling what happened in her life. Straight through narrative. This happened and then that happened. I can’t say I was super inspired by it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, Animal death, Car accident, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

virgilius's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, and Religious bigotry

kirstieanya's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Racism, Homophobia, Child abuse, Car accident, Racial slurs, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

pebblegosling's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

micheller0se's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Car accident, Chronic illness, Gore, and Religious bigotry

pasupapare's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Animal death, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Misogyny

Minor: Pregnancy and Cancer

sareidle's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

An extremely moving book that I will be reflecting on for a long time. Tara's voice is strong throughout the memoir and tells a clear story about the trade-offs between family and education. As a student of history, I found her approach to intellectual history and historical narratives fascinating, as she knows firsthand how difficult and world-shattering it can be to "relearn" the past.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Car accident, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, Bullying, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Violence, Sexism, and Mental illness

Moderate: Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, and Blood

jziegler's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

hjb_128's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Gore, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Medical content, Animal death, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Religious bigotry, Racism, Classism, Body horror, Car accident, Bullying, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Cancer

madflatt's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Antisemitism, Blood, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Child abuse, Racism, Cursing, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Dementia