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Educated by Tara Westover

15 reviews

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

beccabees's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Violence, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, and Misogyny

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

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Racial slurs

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

aislinnh's review

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexism, Animal cruelty, and Injury/Injury detail

marissaboone's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective tense

5.0

I debated my rating of this book but ultimately decided that any book that makes me feel so much emotion is deserving of 5 stars. Truthfully this is a very difficult read (especially if you do it as an audiobook, which I did). Some of the cruelties Tara faced - both as a child and a young adult - are unimaginable until you’ve heard them described. Her telling of a life filled with extremist religious views, misogyny, and abuse is very detailed and sometimes graphic. However there are also glimpses of her own loyalty, passion, and perseverance. I was left wondering about her family and her own future. It was an interesting experience to say the least, and I found myself sending well wishes to her, a stranger, many times when she described both her familial hardships and academic successes. This is a worthy read if you are interested in the power of education.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Violence, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Sexism, Blood, Cancer, Gun violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, Death, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, and Torture

jhging's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Emotional abuse, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Homophobia

seullywillikers's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Powerful and intense, this telling of Dr. Westover's growing up is a very human look into dynamics of a family, and the choices we make. Although my mother's situation was not the same as Tara's I still see parallels and insights that help me to understand her better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Racial slurs, Sexism, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Mental illness

marydith's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Gore, Homophobia, and Racism

jezzy8's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Religious bigotry

arthomas's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Blood, Car accident, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexism