Reviews tagging 'Incest'

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

22 reviews

tkivlen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Terminal illness, Miscarriage, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Mental illness, Medical content, Incest, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Grief, Confinement, Rape, Misogyny, and Sexual content

kaylinvm94's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Incest

faefires's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Incest

Minor: Rape

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

lu_debord's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Trafficking

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

linddykal's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

daniellemjoyce's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

3.0

I was expecting a deeply personal memoir, but it reads more like a factual, objective account of the author’s life. She’ll spend pages describing things like chores and the construction of a home without injecting her personal feelings or opinions once, then wrap it up with an empty statement like “the new home was certainly better than the old one” as if that’s the only thought she has on the matter. I constantly found myself wondering what she actually thought and felt about all of these things she was telling us about!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Incest, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, and Rape

baileyjanetee's review against another edition

sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Sexual assault

Minor: Cancer, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Infidelity, and Miscarriage