Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

Educated by Tara Westover

37 reviews

hcop's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Antisemitism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Police brutality

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Death of parent, Miscarriage, and Terminal illness

alisonannk's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Racism, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Torture, Violence, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexism, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Animal cruelty, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Grief, and Medical content

Moderate: Confinement, Classism, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer and Dementia

annamay1021's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Car accident, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Cancer, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Emotional abuse

aweekinthelife's review against another edition

reflective tense medium-paced

3.5

the author tells an engaging story and does a good job of explaining what her world felt like to the reader. i knew a lot of people talked about this book and whatnot, but i didn't expect this book to be so stressful and violent. 

impressive what the author lived through to get to where she is. and maybe a useful datapoint for what can happen in extreme situations, but not quite the book for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Miscarriage

alexutzu's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

This book was a rollercoaster of progressively developing events and emotions. The story is very powerful, while getting into it I did not expect it to unfold like this, some parts were really shocking. It's not only about religion, but also about all sorts of negative things that stem from a controlling family. The author, after a long struggle, manages to achieve amazing things (educational, behavioural, mental health-related) by breaking away from a toxic environment and fighting to stay away from it.

I have listened to an audio version of this book, which might have given me a different perspective than reading it. I liked the pacing of this version, as it seems faster and more compelling in terms of storytelling. The beginning was a bit slow, but the book caught a lot of speed in the second half.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Racial slurs, Animal death, and Car accident

Minor: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Cancer

taracoleman's review against another edition

dark inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, Blood, Racial slurs, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Grief, Gun violence, Sexism, Slavery, Antisemitism, Cancer, Genocide, and Miscarriage

heatherchrisman's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Gore, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Car accident, Mental illness, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Racism, Body shaming, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Sexism, and Violence

elspethmigliore's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

this was such a powerful read. tara’s writing is so beautiful and reflective. 

i can’t imagine myself rereading, but maybe ☑️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Miscarriage, Gore, Grief, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Racism, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Medical content

passionatereader78's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

3.0

I can't say I enjoyed reading this book, however, it is an emotional read. Tara recalls her childhood on the mountains with her family. She is not allowed to go to school. She doesn't have a birth certificate or social security card. She does not exist according to the government. She learns to maneuver her families verbal and physical abuse.  She overcomes all of this and gets her higher education which exposes her to main stream life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Car accident, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racial slurs, Cursing, Violence, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racism, Body shaming, and Cancer

madisonrose1519's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.5

I didn’t know what I was really getting into when I picked up this book. I thought it took place in the Middle East for some reason. I just grabbed it from my mom’s shelf. I don’t know if I would have started it had I known about the deeply conservative U.S. family from which Westover broke free, but I’m SO glad I did. 

Westover’s accounts of what she endured in her childhood were shocking. I’ve been trying to read books I find more challenging, and having been on a memoir kick lately, and this was perfect for that. This is the second memoir I’ve read that exposed some of the darkest sides of Mormonism, and I’m blown away by how little I knew about it before. 

Westover’s writing is formal yet still easy to read and enjoy. It’s somber yet thrilling. I love how she ended so many of her chapters with such poignant, concise remarks, particularly after the most emotionally difficult to read portions. It made it easy to feel like I could set the book aside and say to myself, “And that’s enough of that for now,” so, without a cliffhanger, I could reflect and collect my thoughts on what she had written without getting too overwhelmed by all the trauma she experienced as a child. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Car accident, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Miscarriage, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Death

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal cruelty, Racial slurs, and Panic attacks/disorders