A review by captainwinter
Educated by Tara Westover

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

It took me quite a while to get through this book, just because I had to keep putting it away every couple of chapters. It's raw, it's disturbing, and it's deeply emotional. I think it shows very well how victims of abuse sometimes adjust the recollection in their head to fit the story of the abusers and how mentally draining and challenging it can be to go against those stories. I would have liked a bit more detail in some cases (and some less detail in others, to be honest), but I think this was a beautiful memoir. What I specifically really enjoyed/appreciated where the notes, because it's nice knowing that events might not be completely accurate because people remembered different things. It tied in so nicely with the overall message of the book (whose story is the right one?) and I just thought that was a nice touch.
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