Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Leerschool by Tara Westover

276 reviews

somberlittleman's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

One of the most important and infuriating memoirs I’ve ever read. If you want to know some of the worst and most pitiful depths homeschooling in America can reach, Educated displays them unflinchingly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Sexism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Cancer

futuredocmartin's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Car accident, Blood, Mental illness, and Child abuse

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Death, Animal death, Religious bigotry, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Racial slurs

paytonwaddell's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Animal death, Blood, Sexism, Mental illness, Car accident, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Medical content, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, and Child abuse

Moderate: Body shaming

christina_chen's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Car accident, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Medical content, Misogyny, and Violence

garyosu's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Sexism, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, and Violence

gingerlibrarian's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Violence, Child abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Racism

emlroca's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

3.5

Very well written and so tragic. Going into this, I was expecting more focus on the education and breaking out of the life she was living. This was more focused on the family and religious trauma. Still good, but it was hard to track the growth. I guess that’s human though. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Racial slurs, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Mental illness

michellec9's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Car accident, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Violence, Sexism, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, and Medical content

Moderate: Gore, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racial slurs, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Gun violence

Minor: Animal death and Excrement

emilyrollande's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Physical abuse

Minor: Cancer and Cursing

silver04927's review against another edition

inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Violence, Toxic relationship, Racial slurs, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Car accident