Reviews tagging 'Antisemitism'

Leerschool by Tara Westover

151 reviews

scoobygirl93's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

runbeck's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Antisemitism, and Grief

heyheykk'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, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer and Antisemitism

svigran's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Antisemitism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Classism

taracoleman's review against another edition

dark inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Genocide, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Sexism, Slavery, Antisemitism, and Grief

mal_reads_books's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

This is my second time reading Educated since its release five years ago. I still found it powerful, as if I'd just read it for the first time.

For this reading, I jumped between the audiobook and e-book. Julia Whelan, the narrator, was easy to listen to and perfect for the book. I preferred listening to the audiobook, though reading the physical/e-book is certainly worthwhile too.

Tara is a great storyteller. Her unique experience growing up and dealing with her family was interesting to read, though disturbing at times. Her growth in challenging her family's values, overcoming obstacles, and her desire to expand her knowledge were inspiring.

I highly recommend this book, though I advise checking content warnings (especially for DA/DV survivors).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Car accident, and Gaslighting

Minor: Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Antisemitism

Seeing Tara put up with and downplay the abuse (described in detail) from her brother, and her family defending him, was difficult to read. In chapter 20, Tara's brother insults her with the n-word more than a handful of times. Most instances are censored in the e-book, but the audiobook narrator says the word out loud. In another chapter, Tara's brother stabs

his German Shepherd

to death.

clorbor07's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Blood, Religious bigotry, Car accident, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal cruelty, Mental illness, and Antisemitism

jjb21's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Stunning, fascinating, sad. Couldn’t believe some of the stories. A painful read at times. Beautiful writing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Antisemitism, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

tigertheory's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

Both praising and criticizing this  feels wrong, as it contains  fairly detailed accounts of abuse. However, it was extremely well written and constructed, allowing for a reflection on the broader systematic workings of power relations in religion, family and education. Even though a memoir, it was at times written with so much detail and emotion that I had to remind myself I was listening to a non-fiction work and not a novel by Barbara Kingsolver. Unfortunately, it feels like the legal challenges the author apparently faced, which forced her to include disclaimers, paraphrase and use pseudonyms, somewhat hampered the overall impact of the story. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cancer, Gun violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, and Classism

Minor: Genocide, Police brutality, Islamophobia, and Murder

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

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