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Sex Cult Nun: Breaking Away from the Children of God, a Wild, Radical Religious Cult by Faith Jones
46 reviews
melissa10's review
4.0
Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Physical abuse
byashleylamar's review
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
melchncookies's review
4.5
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
redvelveting's review
4.0
Graphic: Gaslighting, Rape, Violence, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Sexism
sapphisms's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Incest, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, and Misogyny
shostakofish's review
4.5
Graphic: Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Incest, Sexism, Religious bigotry, and Rape
balletbookworm's review
4.0
Now, I thought going in that I might not make it through the book. Because I know what the Children of God preached and it's a giant bucket of ICK. But Jones knows how to craft a compelling narrative - see: lawyer - and it was just so readable. Not in a "omg, look as this batshit nuts cult" way but in her personal story, the growing awareness that something is not "right" and how what she wants (education, freedom of movement, etc) does not square with the Family.
However, there's still all the TW for on-page child abuse, child sex abuse, and rape. So if you want to read, be aware that you can't get around it.
Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse
This is a memoir about growing up within the Children of God cult. There is explicit child abuse, sexual abuse, and rape on page. It happened and Jones does not soft-ball it.playswithstring's review
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Alcohol
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Deportation, Eating disorder, Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Body shaming, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Physical abuse
growintogardens's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Religious bigotry, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Violence
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Abandonment
Minor: Bullying, Addiction, Body shaming, and Fatphobia
The descriptions of assault are really graphic. Also, rape/assult continues throughout the book.hookerkitty's review against another edition
2.0
This had potential, but missed the mark. While the first chapter about the history could’ve been interesting, it ended up being so incredibly dry that I almost gave up then.
After that there was SO MUCH unnecessarily graphic depictions of child physical and sexual abuse, and sexual abuse of adults. She didn’t need to go into so much detail; it was wildly uncomfortable and difficult to get through. It doesn't help that she wrote everything in the present tense. She wrote somewhat childlike for instances that happened when she was younger, but also used words that no 3 or 4 year old would use (or hell, most of the people there since they were only allowed a sixth grade education — side note: them having at least one spelling error in the titles of their educational material cracked me up).
I also find it hard to believe she remembered all that stuff in such detail from when she was that young. There were other instances throughout the book that also seemed like they skirted the lines of truth. (I’m not at all accusing her of fabricating her story, just that some instances here and there seem a little embellished).
There was more than one instance where she used a word without telling the reader what it meant. It was annoying to have to Google stuff to understand what she was talking about. I didn’t realize until I had finished the book that there was a glossary at the end. While that’s nice to have, a short definition when the word is introduced would’ve been much more appreciated.
It started to get better (or less uncomfortable) halfway through the book, but then dear god (hah) did her superiority complex come out. Lots of cringey thoughts and behaviors. The end had some stuff in it that I found useful, or at least could be a building block for some of my trauma processing.
I decided to look at her website (prompted by another review) and it seems that she has turned into the people she says she escaped from. Tons of red flags of courses that’ll fix your life with no mention of price, only an email, and she even went on Dr. Oz. Yikes on trikes all around.
I’m definitely disappointed with this book. I’ve always been fascinated by cults, but this went waaaay too graphic about the multitudes of abuse that happened (to both adults and children), with hardly any reflection of how it affected her. She can still be quite defensive about everything. I’m also disappointed in how she went from having no self esteem to rocketing over to pretentious and egotistical. I’m really glad I got this on Prime Day instead of paying full price for it.
Another side note - did anyone else get the feeling that she might be bi or gay? Her portrayal of some of the girls/women were much more descriptive and seemed like she was way more attracted to them than any of the boys/men in this book
Graphic: Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Medical content
Moderate: Abandonment, Religious bigotry, Blood, Excrement, Pregnancy, Grief, Confinement, Racism, and Incest
Minor: Police brutality, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Alcohol, Death, Deportation, Terminal illness, Suicide, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, War, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Chronic illness, Fatphobia, and Bullying