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Sex Cult Nun: Breaking Away from the Children of God, a Wild, Radical Religious Cult by Faith Jones
alexismilewsky's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
medium-paced
5.0
michelleloretta's review
4.0
I've read a few cult memoirs but never one on Children of God (aka The Family). This is a cult that engaged in sexual abuse on children and women - so the stories, while not detailed, are hard to take in. Jones' story of survival and finding her way is remarkable in the vain of Tara Westover's Educated (but not as poetically written).
cognitivecrow's review
dark
emotional
funny
informative
lighthearted
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
ajoppen's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.0
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Child abuse, and Sexual violence
byashleylamar's review
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia
Minor: Abortion, Emotional abuse, Cultural appropriation, Misogyny, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Drug use, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Addiction, Incest, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Rape, and Sexual harassment
alexandrabree's review
2.0
The least profound book on the CoG I have come across. I liked the intro first 1/3 of the book, the bit Faith lists as skippable history so you can jump right to her personal story, which I totally did not finish as I got an insincere vibe ( disingenuous maybe, not outright lies )
Highly recommend “Not Without my Sister” and the BBC documentary and the Amazon show extreme beliefs. Might return to this one day to try and finish.
I just couldn’t connect to Faith, while I pitied her childhood, she seemed to cherry pick what she was revealing
Highly recommend “Not Without my Sister” and the BBC documentary and the Amazon show extreme beliefs. Might return to this one day to try and finish.
I just couldn’t connect to Faith, while I pitied her childhood, she seemed to cherry pick what she was revealing