Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

When the World Didn't End by Guinevere Turner

6 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

chrisdennismyers's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

I read a significant number of cult memoirs and this one is among the best I have read. She reflects on her time in the cult but also is fair to her 11 year old self that left the cult--and continued to pine for it for years afterward. She keeps moving the narrative forward as her life moved on, but remains true to the self that experienced the trauma and the self she is now. A beautiful, heartbreaking book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Pregnancy, and Eating disorder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

aaraia's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

I want to know more about her current relationship with her mom and siblings and what happened to FP. Truly a devastating book to read and as a reader, I'm so grateful to the people who did help her. What a strong, wonderful woman who shouldn't have had to become so strong at such a young age.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Body shaming, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Pedophilia

stargirlmolly's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol

Moderate: Blood, Eating disorder, Suicide, Stalking, Abortion, Cursing, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury

sshabein's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Guinevere Turner's memoir about her childhood split between growing up in the Lyman Family cult and later an abusive household with her mother, step-father, and siblings was a harrowing read, but an interesting one. Using her diaries as scaffolding, she writes from the perspective of her child-self and how she felt about what was happening to her at the time. Though I maybe would have liked a little more adult-self perspective near the end, I also understand that writing it this way makes it all the more clear what it's like to be in these situations, how your perspective gets warped by what the adults in your life are telling you. It's also wild how she was actually somewhat safer within a cult than she was living with her mother/step-father, though of course, living with the Family had its own share of problems. I'd be interested to read another memoir from Turner about how she navigated life after getting free from these terrible situations.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, and Eating disorder