Reviews tagging 'Rape'

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

29 reviews

lcdavenport's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Abandonment 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

readswithpups's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Rape

powellrvr's review

dark emotional hopeful informative sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Rape, Pedophilia, Incest, Emotional abuse, and Confinement

monikaliane's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Body shaming, Religious bigotry, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

whiona's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

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