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When the World Didn't End by Guinevere Turner

12 reviews

parenthesis_enjoyer's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Rape, Drug use, Incest, Body shaming, Sexism, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Pregnancy, Violence, and Eating disorder

Minor: Animal death and Death

tkelley23's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Adult/minor relationship

poisonwood's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Eating disorder

librarymouse's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

4.5

Prior to reading Guinevere Turner's account of her childhood, I'd never heard of the Lyman family. Reading Turner's story though both retrospective reflection and direct quotes from journal entries from when the events she describes took place made her storytelling so immersive and the horrors she endured all the more gut wrenching.
The story starting with the failure of an ascension predicted by the leader of the cult Turner was born into was such an eye catching hook to being readers in, and while it primed me for some of what to expect for some of  he other Lyman family beliefs, other aspects of Turner's story were totally unexpected.
Guinevere Turner has a mastery of language and how to keep a reader invested that is tangible even in the diary excerpts.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Eating disorder, Rape, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Mental illness, and Misogyny

Moderate: Medical content, Pregnancy, Vomit, and Abortion

Minor: Death, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

katy82's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Rape

vtlism's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense

4.25

Excellent memoir! Challenging, bleak, horrendous material, superbly written. I would be interested in a follow up. It's interesting she was raised in a cult but never calls it that, and I'm wondering about her recovery from that and the rest of her wildly fucked up childhood. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Rape, and Stalking

eaking's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Drug use, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Rape, Violence, and Pedophilia

limina's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

I couldn't read this book fast enough, I don't even know what to write. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Eating disorder and Injury/Injury detail

daphnehumming's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

5.0

Terrific memoir it really does read like a novel. It is dark,

you really have to admire Guinevere’s perseverance and writing ability, both as a young person and today. Unfortunately, the story doesn’t truly look up until the end. I can only hope Turner decides to write a sequel.

for fans of I’m glad my mom died.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Misogyny, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Homophobia, and Physical abuse

Minor: Death and Abortion

mondovertigo's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Rape, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Animal death, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Pregnancy and Animal cruelty