Educated: A Memoir

3/5 stars

I was conflicted about how to rate this book. It is more difficult for me to discuss a book when it is about the author's own life. The writing style was interesting, but it did not completely immerse me in the story. There were sections where I was really interested, but then it would change slightly and throw me off. In some cases, it was valid. This was noticeable in the chapter where she talked about her older brother's leg getting burned. She mentioned that he had a different account of what had happened than what she and her other brother remembered. I could not understand it in other situations, like the one where her brother is about to head off to college. At the beginning of the chapter, she mentioned that he would not return until she turned fifteen, but I did not really understand why she had to bring up that information. I had assumed that she would talk about why this was a significant change rather than how her dad was attempting to talk him out of leaving. This is more of the type of information you would include at the end of the chapter. (I could be very wrong; I lost the page this happened on, so I'm just going off memory.)

I don't regret reading this book. I know that this is definitely not a book for everyone so I would hesitantly recommend this to people because I feel like it is very hit or miss for people.