Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Leerschool by Tara Westover

46 reviews

kalzoni's review against another edition

emotional inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Xenophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Racism

Minor: Misogyny

glammster's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism

Minor: Gun violence

readandfindout's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.25

Style/writing: 4 stars
Themes: 4.5 stars
Knowledge/perspective: 4.5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, Racism, Xenophobia, and Antisemitism

Minor: Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual violence

smithy361's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

2.0

So many elements in this memoir made me angry. I understood her desire for family, but her immediate family is so dysfunctional  that cutting ties would have made her life much easier. The author seemed like a glutton for punishment in the senior and third parts of the book . Then again, she grew up isolated from much of her extended family. Therefore, losing contact with her immediate family is a greater loss. Overall, this was not my favorite read, but I understand why this is a crowd favorite.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexism, Blood, and Car accident

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Racial slurs, Racism, and Antisemitism

elilhrairah's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, and Grief

svmreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Body shaming, Racism, Xenophobia, Blood, and Antisemitism