Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Sex Cult Nun by Faith Jones

47 reviews

anjilurr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Confinement, Rape, Pedophilia, Murder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Adult/minor relationship

melissa10's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Physical abuse

byashleylamar's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia

Minor: Abortion, Emotional abuse, Cultural appropriation, Misogyny, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Drug use, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Addiction, Incest, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Rape, and Sexual harassment

melchncookies's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.5

This book has graphic descriptions of sexual acts involving minors. It’s not for the faint hearted. 

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Content Warnings

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

redvelveting's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

I happened to pick this book up for free and it definitely exceeded my expectations. Faith’s detailed and well-articulated recounting of her life with the Family is uncomfortable and very difficult to swallow but also inspiring to see how she gradually comes to terms with the truth and finds her voice. There were definitely moments where I needed to put the book down to process what had just happened. It is not an easy read at all, even less so depending on your own life experiences. But while there were many moments of discomfort, I was desperate to hear that things worked out for her, and hence found myself wanting to read more every night. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Rape, Violence, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Sexism

sapphisms's review

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Incest, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, and Misogyny

shostakofish's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Incest, Sexism, Religious bigotry, and Rape

balletbookworm's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

4.0

Book 2 from my "read 15 minutes then keep going or yeet" snow day reading.

Now, I thought going in that I might not make it through the book. Because I know what the Children of God preached and it's a giant bucket of ICK. But Jones knows how to craft a compelling narrative - see: lawyer - and it was just so readable. Not in a "omg, look as this batshit nuts cult" way but in her personal story, the growing awareness that something is not "right" and how what she wants (education, freedom of movement, etc) does not square with the Family.

However, there's still all the TW for on-page child abuse, child sex abuse, and rape. So if you want to read, be aware that you can't get around it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

This is a memoir about growing up within the Children of God cult. There is explicit child abuse, sexual abuse, and rape on page. It happened and Jones does not soft-ball it.

playswithstring's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

This book was tough. It’s hundreds of pages of abuse. I knew what the Children of God cult was about after reading Uncultured (Daniella Mestyanek) last year, but Faith Jones goes so much more into detail about the abuse she suffered. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Deportation, Eating disorder, Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Body shaming, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Physical abuse

growintogardens's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

3.25

I've read a lot about cults and personal memoirs from people in cults, but this one didn't really help me understand the cult itself. The descriptions of sexual abuse are so graphic, it's very difficult to get through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Religious bigotry, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Abandonment

Minor: Bullying, Addiction, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

The descriptions of assault are really graphic. Also, rape/assult continues throughout the book.