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A review by missrosymaplemoth
Educated by Tara Westover
4.75
A page turner, yet so hard to read. Undoubtedly harder to live. I saw small slivers of my own childhood trauma in Tara’s story, although nothing nearly as extreme. Power to her for being able to chronicle this harrowing tale. I’m glad things are better for her now. A really gripping writing style that made me not want to put the book down.
I would rate it higher if it didn’t get frustrating at points. Once again, living this is obviously much harder than simply reading about it, but I wanted to reach through the page and slap so many people silly. It was hard to get through the descriptions of the physical and emotional abuse.
I would rate it higher if it didn’t get frustrating at points. Once again, living this is obviously much harder than simply reading about it, but I wanted to reach through the page and slap so many people silly. It was hard to get through the descriptions of the physical and emotional abuse.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Violence, Emotional abuse, Blood, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Car accident, Domestic abuse, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Antisemitism, Mental illness, Cancer, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Racism