Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Educated by Tara Westover

46 reviews

lilianmathilda's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Violence, Sexism, Racial slurs, Misogyny, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, and Body shaming

annaeslane's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Torture, and Violence

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

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

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

sarahnella's review against another edition

dark informative tense medium-paced

4.5

Tough listen but such an important topic. First party character, driven telling the story of a woman, slowly realizing what her life means.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Cursing, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Child death, Classism, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Antisemitism, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Religious bigotry, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Animal death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Torture, Cancer, Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Sexism

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

miss_snek's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Grief, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Mental illness, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, and Violence

steenabean's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Child abuse, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Animal death

scoobygirl93's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Gore, Grief, Violence, Xenophobia, Chronic illness, Cursing, Abandonment, Ableism, Gaslighting, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Racism, Stalking, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Death, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Sexism