Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

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

3 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

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