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Breaking Free: How I Escaped My Father-Warren Jeffs-Polygamy, and the FLDS Cult by Rachel Jeffs
13 reviews
angeee's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Religious bigotry, and Sexism
Moderate: Pregnancy, Incest, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence
Minor: Miscarriage
rose_poirot's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Trafficking, Pedophilia, Death of parent, and Sexism
pernillelsk's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Gaslighting, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Confinement, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Cancer, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent
Minor: Police brutality
madisonkeough's review against another edition
4.75
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
eatwritereadrepeat's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Gaslighting, Child abuse, Rape, Misogyny, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Mental illness
erinwolf1997's review against another edition
4.25
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
tkivlen's review against another edition
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
sgrizzle's review against another edition
4.0
The abuse laid out in this story is horrific and graphic. It is not an easy read at all and I give strong content warnings to anyone who finds reading about child abuse difficult. As an outsider it is so hard to understand why people stay in a life like this, but Rachel does a good job of showing how the total indoctrination keeps everyone literally terrified for their souls. Writing-wise, it can be hard to follow all of the names of people here, there are just so many siblings and cousins and leaders and etc. But that’s a by-product of polygamy I guess lol. The constant moving was also confusing- a map with place names might have been useful.
Overall if you are interested in the FLDS this first-person account is a vital resource, but just know that Warren Jeffs is evil in literally every single way possible and singularly focused on destroying his followers. The strength of those who break free is truly inspiring.
Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Confinement
crownofsage's review against another edition
2.75
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.
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
baileyjanetee's review against another edition
3.5
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