Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Educated by Tara Westover

29 reviews

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dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.75


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cosmiccutie's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0


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challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.5


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nightpath's review against another edition

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dark hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

I absolutely devoured this as an audiobook. Whelan is an excellent narrator and added so much to an already highly intense narrative. The book really doesn't speed up or slow down it just stays at 100% right until the end. 

Tara Westover is a truly talented writer, and clearly a deeply reflective person. To have spent so much of her life journaling to no end and learning at a steep cost to her wellbeing, it is amazing that this book even exists. 

There are few stories that allow you to see so clearly how much of a certain experience you have taken for granted, but this book takes you out of yourself entirely and shows you in absolute clarity what it is you have been given, simply by receiving an education. 

My only note is to trigger warn - the book is intense and graphic and it may not suit everyone!

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adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0


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5.0


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emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5


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5.0


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mamaewalk's review against another edition

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emotional reflective medium-paced

4.75


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booklover_04's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Very well written. Hard to read at some parts due to the abuse. I would recommend going into this book without prior knowledge.
I knew that she eventually left, which I feel ruined the anticipation. I did find it shocking that she wasn’t the first in her family to leave. Definitely changed the story, as it shaped her experience.

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