Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Sex Cult Nun by Faith Jones

47 reviews

jodiet's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

thelovelylibrarylady's review

dark emotional informative medium-paced

4.0

I found this memoir to be absolutely fascinating. The author does not hold back while recounting her childhood and the trauma she endured while growing up in a well-known religious cult. This book will not be for everyone - I can see people being put off by her graphic descriptions of abuse - but this is Jones' lived experience and I am glad she did not water anything down to make the writing more palatable to the public. Before reading this title, I had minimal knowledge of The Children Of God, the cult that the author was born into, and now I feel much more educated about them and the inner workings of cults as a whole.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, and Emotional abuse

author2223's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Death and Physical abuse

dominikag's review against another edition

dark hopeful sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Drug abuse, Animal death, Abortion, and Murder

hearth_hobbit's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

Reading this was incredibly uncomfortable. Jones’s experience in The Family International was harrowing and disturbing  to say the least. I had a knot in my stomach the whole time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Rape, Child abuse, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Trafficking and Abandonment

Minor: Racial slurs and Cancer

twiglt's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Religious trauma

maggieereads's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

faduma's review

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Religious bigotry

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, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, and Pedophilia

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

ponydanza's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, and Child abuse