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Sex Cult Nun by Faith Jones

28 reviews

ramreadsagain's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful sad medium-paced

I have decided to not give star ratings to nonfiction memoirs.

This was a rollercoaster of hard hitting scenes of child abuse one after the other, so please be warned that this is not an easy read/listen. 

I hadn’t heard of this cult before so this was also a very informative book for me. Faith does an amazing job at portraying how members are manipulated into believing that they are doing the right thing and how difficult it can be to break free. 

It ends with some excellent thoughts on the importance of examining your beliefs, no matter what those are, as well as some emotional passages about self-ownership. 

A good yet harrowing read, absolutely would recommend. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Pedophilia, Death, Toxic relationship, and Rape

Minor: Animal death, Sexual content, and Animal cruelty

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

Moderate: Body shaming and Fatphobia

triple_m's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.75

A really eye-opening inside look told from the granddaughter of the founder of the Children of God who grew up in the cult. At it’s core, this is a story about resounding perseverance and resiliency. 

There are many unsettling and outright disturbing practices by the Children of God that fosters an entire culture of grooming under the guise of sex positivity. 

This was fascinating on a sociological perspective. It’s really easy to understand how people are brought into the cult and how logistically difficult it is to leave. Even though there’s no excuses for the abuse given my members of the Church, I truly believe the members did not believe what they were doing was wrong (as evidenced by them changing the age of consent after finding out young girls were traumatized). 

It sometimes felt like the author was merely retelling events rather than actually reflecting on them, but I understand. I would love to know Faith’s current perspective on religion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Child death, Misogyny, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Animal death and Incest

tomnoor's review against another edition

4.0

The last chapter or two felt a little off kilter to me, but otherwise a very interesting memoir. Major TW for pedophilia and sexual abuse.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal death and Confinement

rakizaka's review against another edition

slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Child abuse

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Suicide, Murder, Animal death, and Homophobia

hermithebs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

Please check triggers warnings. This book has graphic depictions of abuse and sexual abuse 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Incest, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Eating disorder, Abandonment, Body shaming, and Bullying

Minor: Animal death

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

radreadswithrachel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Animal death, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Incest, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Violence

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, Colonisation, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Violence, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Rape, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Incest, Fatphobia, Excrement, and Eating disorder