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Educated by Tara Westover

14 reviews

hairtye's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

I really enjoyed experiencing Tara's journey--although there were definitely some not-so-enjoyable events that occurred. I find that Tara's journey was one of both strength and weakness, hopeful and pessimistic, individualistic and communal. There is definitely no right-or-wrong, and there was never a moment of failure in my eyes. For me personally, learning to accept Tara and her journey was more about learning to let go of my past mistakes and to look toward my own future. 

The only reason I did not give this book 5 stars was that I found the writing style slightly choppy. I find that memoirs can be like that (as it's a fast rendition of a life story), but it sometimes took me out when I wanted to learn more but the memory was already over. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Violence, Body shaming, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Racism, Religious bigotry, and Stalking

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

glitterdeww's review against another edition

challenging dark informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Omg. This story... This person. It's been a long time since I've repeatedly yelled at the sky while experiencing an audiobook. 

In Educated, Westover has given an incredible, inspiring, and heartbreakingly traumatic story of her life. I know it will stay with me for the rest of mine.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Violence, Medical content, Antisemitism, Chronic illness, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Panic attacks/disorders

taynicole2698's review against another edition

challenging reflective tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Car accident, Stalking, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Gaslighting, and Body horror

jspain's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

i like books like this cause i am nosey

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Medical trauma, Medical content, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Misogyny, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Antisemitism, Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Colonisation, Body shaming, Terminal illness, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Cancer, Blood, Racial slurs, Sexual content, and Classism

sasshq's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child abuse, Animal death, Bullying, Medical content, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Blood, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Sexism, Violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Torture

Minor: Antisemitism, Body shaming, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Cancer, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Vomit, Death, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Grief, Genocide, Misogyny, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Stalking, Dementia, and Medical content

satsumaorange's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

Holy cow. What is it with me and reading books at the EXACT right time in my life that I needed to read them? This was phenomenal. Gut-wrenching. Hard to listen to at some points (I listened to the audiobook). It was scary to be in the midst of the deepest, darkest parts of the author's life, and then out of nowhere, she would describe an experience so incredibly specific, but so deeply familiar to my own life, that it caught me completely off guard. This book made me think deeply about what it means to think for yourself. Who do we allow to do our thinking for us? Who do we allow to construct our reality? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Grief, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, and Torture

Minor: Death of parent, Dementia, Gun violence, Abandonment, Ableism, Miscarriage, and Stalking

If you are reading these content warnings and are concerned about non-consensual sexual content:

The author does not describe any sexual touching or rape scenes, only scenes of physical abuse that may have themes of body shaming and/or humiliation. It's extremely uncomfortable, but there are no descriptions of rape in this book, if that is a hard limit for you.

brookey8888's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

Wow was this interesting. It’s honestly scary that there are people like this out there. I feel so bad for everyone involved because they all need some type of help. I would highly recommend this. I do have to say it wasn’t what I was expecting. All the reviews I heard didn’t say anything about the physical and emotional abuse so I was a little shocked. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Car accident, Antisemitism, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Cursing, Death, Stalking, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Grief, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Violence

lizziej96's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, War, Vomit, Violence, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Torture, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Car accident, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Suicide, Sexual assault, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racism, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Mental illness, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Emotional abuse