Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Educated by Tara Westover

79 reviews

m4rtt4's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

rating a memoir is always hard, but it is especially difficult in this case — what can I say except that I was hooked on the story, which is absolutely horrible considering this is her actual life and not just some thriller typa special effects. I'm glad she finally found the courage to stand for herself, yet I can also absolutely understand why she didn't want to or couldn't do it (not that I can relate, I'm so grateful to be privileged in the fact that most of all this sounds like a fever-dreamish nightmare to me).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, and Antisemitism

csgmoore's review against another edition

challenging emotional relaxing sad slow-paced

The repeated use of the n-word from a white author completely takes away from the message of becoming educated. There is no excuse for this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, and Abandonment

taynicole2698's review against another edition

challenging reflective tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

vireogirl's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

4.0

Such a tough book. So many terrible experiences. Twisted truth. Yet laced with the hope of change. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Pregnancy

lisas_novel_idea's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

3.0

Did not enjoy, don’t k ow why I pick books like this, they always sound interesting until it gets to the nitty gritty of it - mental illness. I’m not a fan of reading about bipolar or seriously uncontrolled mental illness. It is tragic that so many people have to grow up like this, though, close friends and family included-maybe that’s why I don’t enjoy them, too close to home. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

haleynaley's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

A book I think that anyone struggling while in college would appreciate. Illuminating and tense, beautifully and honestly written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Hard r drops toward the middle of the book

tiernanhunter's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

goldenjunegem's review against another edition

informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

mgewald's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Violence, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

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

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

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

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.