Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots by Deborah Feldman

7 reviews

issyd23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Very different from the Netflix show: more dark, cultish & sad. I thought it would be like Fiddler on the Roof but it was more Handmaids Tale 😢 These Hasids make the Amish look progressive 4📖

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Blood, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, War, Abandonment, Ableism, Antisemitism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, and Child abuse

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Really interesting, and I definitely applaud the author's bravery in writing this all down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, and Pedophilia

Minor: Excrement, Infidelity, Addiction, Bullying, Abandonment, Alcoholism, and Confinement

christineazopf's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

I am giving this memoir a perfect 5 stars. Feldman's writing is raw, emotional, and somehow stills manages to be objective. The edition I listened to had the new Afterward, which gives even more insight into the time in her life when she chose to leave the community and write this memoir. 

I watched the Netflix series loosely based on this memoir a few years ago, and I am glad I felt compelled to listen to this book. The narration was incredible, the story was moving, and I feel both more informed about a life so vastly different from my own, as well as more compassionate for the people within these communities who may feel they don't belong, but who think they are trapped with no way out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual content and Toxic relationship

hannahrhian's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Antisemitism, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

jbabbm's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Abandonment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Antisemitism

piperlee's review against another edition

hopeful reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Racism, Ableism, Body shaming, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Vomit, Child death, and Murder

Minor: Police brutality and Antisemitism

blueiris315's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Antisemitism, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

Minor: Addiction