Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Breaking Free: How I Escaped My Father-Warren Jeffs-Polygamy, and the FLDS Cult by Rachel Jeffs

10 reviews

mirandahems's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

i liked hearing the story from first person perspective 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Incest, Sexual assault, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Sexism, Pregnancy, Cancer, and Death of parent

pearlisarobot's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Pedophilia, Sexism, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Trafficking, and Incest

Moderate: Mental illness, Kidnapping, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Cancer and Death of parent

madisonkeough's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Grief, Incest, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Trafficking, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

lignjahal's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

4.5/5.0

I find this autobiography to be a stunningly honest reflection on surviving abuse, a cult, and the trauma that comes with it. The audiobook is greatly benefitted by having the author read the book. There is no hiding away from Warren Jeff’s’ actions and the impacts he had with Rachel Blackmore’s words and tones. Her prayer for her family at the end of the book hits hard, but I hope it continues to reach her family until the FLDS is gone forever.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Pregnancy, Confinement, Death, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Violence, Cancer, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Pedophilia, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Blood, Body shaming, Cancer, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Kidnapping, and Stalking

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

mountaindrew28's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

ashleycmms's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Cancer, Death of parent, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Miscarriage

erinwolf1997's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Terminal illness, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Confinement, Cancer, and Death of parent

Minor: Car accident, Medical content, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicidal thoughts

alite428's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Incest, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, and Injury/Injury detail

lelyreads's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Misogyny, Grief, Incest, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death of parent, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

Minor: Car accident, Cursing, Cancer, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

crownofsage's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative slow-paced

2.75

I fell bad giving a memoir such a low  rating, but the rating is of the book and quality of writing, NOT of her life story. The story itself was compelling and consistently horrifying. However, the style of writing was very dry and boring to me. Sometimes the monotony seemed to play into the content of the book (endless days where fun, affection, games, etc were banned and life was endless chores and loneliness). But most of the book was a struggle to get through. 

In addition, the first ~80 pages of the book contains fairly graphic CSA content about the author and her father. It’s an important part of the story for sure, but I felt like this section (many chapters) was uncomfortably long, and not particularly well written either. 

Overall, I drudged through trying to get to the end to see her talk about what life was like after escaping. I was very disappointed to see that the book ends only a couple short pages after her escape and doesn’t get into her recovery or growth from that point forward at all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Incest, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Rape, Miscarriage, and Medical content