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A review by kamuffel
Educated by Tara Westover
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
slow-paced
3.0
I wish I had known how much violence is described in this book. many people recommended it, but I had no idea what I was getting myself into. So this as a first off - there is in-detail description of physical and mental abuse, of accidents, injuries and the like.
That said: I do think it was great to read the Story of Tara Westovers life, to get an insight into Mormon culture (not to say that I believe Mormon culture is what it is in this family) and how she managed to get out of an abusive and neglecting family and managed to get herself formal education. Still, to me it was incredibly painful to read this (side note: not in a good mental place atm, which has influenced my perception), at points I really had to stop. And all the descriptions of violence and abuse were much more present to me than the parts about how she got out of there...I don't know. I don't think I would want to read it again.
That said: I do think it was great to read the Story of Tara Westovers life, to get an insight into Mormon culture (not to say that I believe Mormon culture is what it is in this family) and how she managed to get out of an abusive and neglecting family and managed to get herself formal education. Still, to me it was incredibly painful to read this (side note: not in a good mental place atm, which has influenced my perception), at points I really had to stop. And all the descriptions of violence and abuse were much more present to me than the parts about how she got out of there...I don't know. I don't think I would want to read it again.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Bullying, Violence, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Antisemitism, Blood, Car accident, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Dementia, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Cancer, and Death