Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Sex Cult Nun: Breaking Away from the Children of God, a Wild, Radical Religious Cult by Faith Jones

155 reviews

bitesizedbeet's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Grief, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Animal death, Drug use, Death, Murder, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, and Eating disorder

melissa10's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Physical abuse

jennagrace_m's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective

4.0

This is difficult to rate as it was very tough to read (or listen to - I listened to the audiobook) the awful practices of The Children of God cult. But that said, the book was well written and provided a very thorough look at Faith's personal experience. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

cerysvy's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Child abuse

ajoppen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Child abuse, and Sexual violence

byashleylamar's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

kateyoutka's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

3.0

A deeply troubling assessment of one woman's experience in the Children of God, a cult known for troubling sex practices (among a myriad of other issues). This isn't so much a book *about* the cult as it is a memoir about one person's experience within said cult. I wish the history of the cult had been given throughout the book, rather than a rushed introduction -- I listened to the audiobook of this so it was impossible for me to flip back to the history section and cross-check anything I was confused about. 

That said, I feel for the author and her experiences and hope she is healing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, and Child abuse

Moderate: Religious bigotry

melchncookies's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.5

This book has graphic descriptions of sexual acts involving minors. It’s not for the faint hearted. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Gaslighting, Sexism, Sexual content, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

nightmare_maven's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Adult/minor relationship

erebus53's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

This is not a book you want to start into without first being in a good place. It tells the personal story of a child born to a family pivotal to the Children of God, or "The Family"; a cult organisation based on some twisted interpretations of Christian gospel.

There is overt sexual content in the book, and descriptions of children brought up in a sexualised environment, with authoritarian discipline and privations of scarcity and poverty.

I think I would have not understood this quite so well if I had not already read about various social controls and the nature of Domestic Abuse and trauma healing. The descriptions clearly outline the methods that were used to create submissiveness, dependence, and unquestioning loyalty in people whose fundamental rights were being violated regularly.

Honestly the whole concept in such an extreme social context just makes me consider the societal norms and methods of oppression that we have in our daily lives and just normalise.. "that's just how things are".

It's a powerful account, but not really a fun read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Sexual content, Incest, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Child abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Misogyny

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Violence, Cancer, and Deadnaming