Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Sex Cult Nun by Faith Jones

15 reviews

viktorsboy's review against another edition

I would have liked more in depth time spent with Faith’s deconstruction process. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Eating disorder and Fatphobia

librarymouse's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.0

Faith Jones's perspective on the Children of God cult, with the conflicting and wildly varied emotions and memories she has of her time there. Her story is unique as she comes as it through the lens of how she viewed the incidents at the ages they were occurring. She brings the reader along with the journey of her struggles, joys, and the ways her perspective changes as she ages and learns. Her need for proof and desire for knowledge and understanding is deeply understandable and admirable as she breaks away from the way she was taught to unquestioningly believe what those in positions of power say. As she notes, she is astoundingly mature and innocent in equal measure, and her capacity for forgiveness is admirable. It makes sense that she didn't break her personal relationship with God after her break with organized religion. The title Sex Cult Nun is also quite interesting, as she both devotes herself to God with a vow like a catholic nun, but she also proselytizes and attempts to spread her beliefs by living the ideals she'd been taught as a nun would.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body shaming and Fatphobia

lealovesbooks's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This book was a fascinating read. The author grew up in the Children of God cult and this book recounts her experiences growing up and getting out. I read the book in a day. My only comment is that I’m not sure why the title was chosen. It seems like it was selected for sensationalism and not the actual content of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Trafficking

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, and Fatphobia

rotatinglibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Incest, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Excrement, Alcohol, and Colonisation

nbonarski's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Incest, and Forced institutionalization