Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Leerschool by Tara Westover

78 reviews

neni's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

 This was amazing. The way the author writes is incredibly gripping and compelling. Her life and her experiences are so far from anything I’ve experience or even thought it was possible to experience nowadays, that I kept needing to remind myself the story was true and not some indredibly elaborate fiction. And yet I was still able to empathise and engage with the story on an emotional level, because the writing was so good.
 

It was painful and yet fascinating to read about her interactions with her family, with all the gaslighting and the toxicity, and yet experience some beautiful, wholesome moments with her too. I think the author did a fantastic job of telling the story in a way that felt just and appropriate to the gravity anfd complexity of the situation, didn’t diminish the validity of her experiences and feelings, and yet wasn’t an angry manifesto about how singularly evil her family was. There was pain and violence, but also compassion in there, and that made it an even more valuable read because people, and life, are just like that. Messy and incoherent and unresolved in a way that is not necessarily “satisfying” like fiction is. 

I was also just overall immensely impressed with her life’s journey. Having no access to an education and then ending up with degrees from Cambridge and Harvard, being super talented at writing, is just like WOW. Not to mention the ammount of growth, work and self-reflection that processing and getting through all that trauma must have necessitated. Truly astonishing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Antisemitism, Bullying, Car accident, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Vomit, Violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Dysphoria, Islamophobia, and Adult/minor relationship

quil's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Racism, Religious bigotry, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Medical content, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Antisemitism

ameliazochos's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Body shaming, and Car accident

Moderate: Abandonment, Sexual violence, Sexism, Gaslighting, Cursing, Confinement, Blood, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, and Medical trauma

Minor: Police brutality, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Xenophobia, War, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Medical content, Gun violence, and Genocide

karlisimp's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Wow. This Book was everything. An accidental read, just picked up because I was bored and it seemed interesting. I am now more interested to see if I can find Dr.Westover’s PHD about the family and it’s religion and social effects. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Blood, Cancer, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Car accident, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Death, Domestic abuse, and Mental illness

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

candicanepdx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Animal death, Antisemitism, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Racism, and Racial slurs

Not for those with weak stomachs. Lots of descriptions of injuries and domestic violence.

mme_carton's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Ableism, Bullying, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Medical content, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual assault, and Violence

Minor: Genocide and Dementia

lilawsahar's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.75

The last 75 percent of the book is what's going to stick with me for a long time.

Her brother had physically abused her as a child and adult. Her father took her brother's side and would not believe her experience without proof. (Her father also suffers from some sort of mental illness, which made him paranoid.) Not only that, but her mother, who had been too close to her father's sickness for too long, buried the truth instead of taking her daughter's side. That is horrifying. Then her sister had to recant her history of abuse from her brother to be accepted back into the family. It hurts so much that a family would hide one sibling's actions of trauma and neglect the one who was hurt by their actions. 

It hit way too close to home. I also related to her coping mechanisms of binge watching tv shows and trying to brainwash yourself into believing you can be who they want you to be.

She grew up without a proper primary education (preschool to high school). And the rest of her life she thrived to learn what she wasn't bestowed, which made her an outcast to her family. I am happy that she has made a new family to recover the one she had lost. But it sucks that she was the only one shunned for receiving one when her two brothers had also received an education. I'm glad they stood by her side though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Body horror, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Cursing

adanesbit's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, and Sexism

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

cxrx's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence