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Counting the Cost by Jill Duggar

13 reviews

vireogirl's review

challenging dark hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry

Moderate: Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Death of parent, Child abuse, Grief, Infertility, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Blood, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Infidelity, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Vomit, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Panic attacks/disorders

kyriannaj's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Bullying, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, and Mental illness

Moderate: Grief, Misogyny, Alcohol, Abandonment, Sexism, Vomit, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Violence, Child abuse, Addiction, and Infertility

Minor: Alcoholism, Rape, Death, Miscarriage, and Pandemic/Epidemic

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

   A memoir from one of the Duggar children and her journey from a child on reality TV to adulthood.
    I feel like she went WAY too easy on her parents. She might not want to go too hard on them because of legal proceedings and her relationship with her siblings. But her parents completely brainwashed her, and she overlooked much of that in this book. As well as not getting much into how IBL is a cult, she mentioned it but didn't get into it much.
    This book was a bit surface-level. I hope she's able to work through more therapy. It was quite rage-inducing, at the Duggar parents and the church book. Her Dad is the worst! He's an expert manipulator. 

Narrator Rating: 3 stars
  I like that she read her memoir, but her voice was easy to get bored by.

 Extra ratings:  Fluff-NA  Heartfelt-3/5   Helpful-2/5    Horror-NA   Inspiration-NA   
Love aka Romance-NA  Mystery-NA    Predictability-NA  Spice-NA   Suspense-NA   Tear- 2.5/5  Thrill-NA   Humor-NA

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Medical content, Pregnancy, Grief, Sexism, Misogyny, Bullying, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Body horror, Blood, Incest, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, War, Pedophilia, Body shaming, Cancer, and Sexual assault

Minor: Miscarriage, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Death, Gun violence, Alcohol, Murder, Rape, Transphobia, Vomit, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

jenniferbbookdragon's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

4.0

Most Americans have heard of the Duggar family,  and are familiar with parts of their story from the long running reality show to interviews,  news stories and a documentary. Jill is one of the eldest of 19 Duggar children and her life has not always been what the public saw. Her brave, honest memoir acknowledges the joy and pain growing up on camera,  and the secrets she was forced to keep. I appreciate her choice to tell her story her way, and hope her life is easier in the future. The book is a fast read, but makes the reader think about the impact of religion and family on children's development and safety. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Bullying, Incest, Sexism, Gaslighting, Body shaming, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Medical content, Child abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pedophilia

Minor: Miscarriage

Includes financial abuse and religious support of controlling and emotional abusive behaviors

asherpasher's review

fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Death, Medical content, Pedophilia, and Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage and Murder

mariewordaddict's review

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

I appreciate Jenna Duggar at least naming that IBLP breeds parents who abuse and control, and sharing her story, even if overall I can't relate to her fame, the support she had from her husband in the process of leaving the cult, her continued respect for her parents, and still being a conservative Christian. Especially appreciate her description of the absolute paralyzing fear of God in the form of her parents, and so many other things she recognized she was "hard wired" for, including not sharing her feelings, not questioning beliefs or authority figures, feeling overly responsible for her parents' and family's wellbeing instead of her own, being terrified of public schoolers, DFACS, drinking, birth control, worldly women who wore revealing clothing, pants, nose rings, tattoos, that only her family, believing IBLP had the best way to live,  etc etc 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Rape, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, and Sexism

lyslys419's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Grief, and Miscarriage

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Misogyny, Infertility, Sexual assault, Rape, Body shaming, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Gaslighting, Sexism, Medical trauma, Bullying, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Grief, and Death

Minor: Alcohol and Pandemic/Epidemic

financial abuse

mbedrosian's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Medical trauma, Miscarriage, and Incest

ttorisaurus's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Emotional abuse

Minor: Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Death, Medical content, Miscarriage, Bullying, and Sexual assault