Reviews with content warning for Religious bigotry - Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear

I have recently become reinterested in the Duggar's story, and so I wanted to pick up this book.
"Becoming Free Indeed" is a book that explores how author Jinger Duggar Vuolo has worked to separate her love for God and belief in him from her traumatic religious upbringing. Jinger loved her childhood and her family, but as she got older, she began to question if the God she believed in would really require the strict practices and beliefs preached to her under the Gothard teachings.
This was a really quick read, and I ended up listening to it as an audiobook. The audiobook is narrated by Jinger, which I really appreciated. I love when authors narrate their own books, especially nonfiction, because it feels like they are sharing their life story in a more intimate way.
I do not think this book is ground-breaking, but I think it is inspirational to hear how someone can maintain their faith and find their way after the strict cult-like upbringing they had.

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r_clark's review

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hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

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scarlett_f's review against another edition

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hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

3.0

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snoopyfanclub's review against another edition

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informative reflective slow-paced

2.0

This book is mostly about the Bible & jinger explaining how IBLP misunderstood the Bible. The parts of the book I enjoyed were actual stories from Jinger’s life. She briefly touches on bill gothard’s abuse as well as vaguely her own brothers. She repeatedly mentions how her parents are amazing and did such a great job while ignoring the fact that her parents reinforced bill gothard’s teachings and the whole web of abuse that directly affected her.

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xishimmerix's review

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informative reflective medium-paced

1.0

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