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A review by fulltimefiction
Educated by Tara Westover
4.0
This book was impressive regardless of whether I think it’s completely authentic or not. It was interesting to read about Tara’s life and her family’s weird style of living and doing things. The violence she suffered was inexcusable and it saddens me to know her brother’s wife might be still violated.
The audiobook was nice to listen and the narration was pretty good. So if you’re considering listening to the audiobook, I’m glad to report it was one of the better ones I’ve listened to.
I do however need to mention that I am skeptical of several incidents, like how they got into many accidents and rarely received any medical assistance yet her mother’s herbs were enough. I also think either Tara is a genius (and not just “very smart”) or her account on her schooling is not accurate. Education is a process that takes place across many years. Even someone smarter than average cannot pass such a test (while many others who went to school failed) having studied so little and only before the exam. I think she received more schooling than she claimed (or is a genius -I’m not an expert but she didn’t feel like one). She was also driving since at least 16, she never said anything about obtaining a driving license -as far as I know. Doesn’t she need official papers to do it?
Still her story was powerful and worth reading even if her life in a Mormon family was more interesting to me than the education part.
The audiobook was nice to listen and the narration was pretty good. So if you’re considering listening to the audiobook, I’m glad to report it was one of the better ones I’ve listened to.
I do however need to mention that I am skeptical of several incidents, like how they got into many accidents and rarely received any medical assistance yet her mother’s herbs were enough. I also think either Tara is a genius (and not just “very smart”) or her account on her schooling is not accurate. Education is a process that takes place across many years. Even someone smarter than average cannot pass such a test (while many others who went to school failed) having studied so little and only before the exam. I think she received more schooling than she claimed (or is a genius -I’m not an expert but she didn’t feel like one). She was also driving since at least 16, she never said anything about obtaining a driving license -as far as I know. Doesn’t she need official papers to do it?
Still her story was powerful and worth reading even if her life in a Mormon family was more interesting to me than the education part.