79 reviews for:

Daughter of Gloriavale: My Life in a Religious Cult

Lilia Tarawa

3.92 AVERAGE

ihavenoshelfcontrol's review against another edition

4.0

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I admire Lilia so much for having the courage to write this book. It was very eye opening and quite heart warming as well. I really enjoyed the last part of the book where she shared her advice and how she overcame the demons of her past, some of her self help things i will be taking on board. well done!

smutfortwo's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful informative

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This is a memoir of Lillia Tarawa’s life growing up in a New Zealand cult called Gloriavale that was incredibly strict and religious. We get some history about how it started but we don't get a lot about the allegations around her grandfather and his jail time and some of the darker aspects. Because everything is from her perspective and she was able to transition out of the cult around age 18, she missed a lot of the really awful things. This was a really interesting read I enjoyed it a lot. 

lexiloo718's review

5.0

informative tense slow-paced

paulaegraham's review

3.0

dark sad medium-paced

lilyh9528's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional inspiring

rachreads925's review against another edition

4.0

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

jodi_ice's review against another edition

4.0

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Cawpile: 7.57 4*

rae_lum's review against another edition

4.5

hopeful inspiring medium-paced

dr_steph's review against another edition

3.25

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Religious bigotry

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism

missmary98's review against another edition

4.0

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Fascinating and eye-opening. I would recommend this to anyone who has heard about Gloriavale and wants to know more.