Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Sex Cult Nun by Faith Jones

36 reviews

alicefaye_'s review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Drug abuse, Addiction, Drug use, and Suicide

onecrab's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

What a story.  Definitely taking a minute here to be born into a pretty normal family.  

I really disliked the shade Ms. Jones threw at what I assume is Monterey Peninsula College.  Like it may be a community college but it did advance your learning and goals.  Save that shade for the pedophilia ring that called itself christians.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Incest, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Sexism, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Sexual content

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

annabunce's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

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

ladyhoneybee23's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Rape, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, and Gaslighting

laynemandros's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

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

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

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

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