Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

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

5 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

playswithstring's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

This book was tough. It’s hundreds of pages of abuse. I knew what the Children of God cult was about after reading Uncultured (Daniella Mestyanek) last year, but Faith Jones goes so much more into detail about the abuse she suffered. 

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Content Warnings

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

sara_m_martins's review

This book is far too graphic in the abuse described. 
Plus, the writing style and the form feel weird and dissonant, as the sequence of events goes from pages of different but relatively-mundane life (like building a wall) to extremely abusive and traumatic scenarios. 
Additionally, I think I would rather read a more removed perspective - i.e. a biography instead of an autobiography

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Self harm, Sexual content, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Excrement, Incest, Animal death, Child abuse, Misogyny, Mental illness, Rape, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, and Violence

Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Alcoholism, Cultural appropriation, and Drug use

lealovesbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This book was a fascinating read. The author grew up in the Children of God cult and this book recounts her experiences growing up and getting out. I read the book in a day. My only comment is that I’m not sure why the title was chosen. It seems like it was selected for sensationalism and not the actual content of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Incest, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Emotional abuse, and Pedophilia

Minor: Alcoholism, Fatphobia, and Bullying

thelassinlinen's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Colonisation, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Xenophobia