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Counting the Cost by Jill Duggar

6 reviews

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

heather_freshparchment's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Stalking, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Cancer, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, and Sexism

Minor: Miscarriage, Infertility, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Grief

meredith_williams_'s review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

Jill Dillard’s memoir about growing up as a prominent Duggar sibling was an emotional look into her complicated relationship with her family. Because she has been in the public eye for much of her life, many parts of her story are familiar, but she describes her personal journey with loving, leaving, and trying to repair relationships with her faith and her family with a candor that she has not previously. If you’ve ever experienced any type of religious trauma, I think you will relate with parts of her story. I think there are certainly some aspects that are worth critique, but at the same time, it is her personal story so I don’t know that there is much merit to doing so. Overall, if you’re familiar with the family, IBLP, or religious extremism in general, this would be an intriguing story for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Medical content, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Religious bigotry and Pedophilia

Minor: Stalking

strayedthoughts's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Infertility, Sexual harassment, Stalking, and Incest

Minor: Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Terminal illness, Cancer, Gun violence, War, Death, and Miscarriage

kelleywithanextrae's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Blood, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, and Body horror

Minor: Mental illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Addiction, Death of parent, Stalking, Body shaming, Cancer, and Toxic relationship

rat_girly's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

I found this memoir really insightful and reflective. I have almost no prior knowledge of the Duggar family, but finished the book feeling proud of Jill for all her growth and progress she’s made. Some parts were glossed over - like the Tweets from Derick which I later found out were transphobic - which was disappointing but not surprising. However, I feel hopeful that Jill has the played a massive part in breaking the cycle of abuse and manipulation for her children and their future generations to come. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Colonisation, Panic attacks/disorders, Incest, Infertility, and Cancer

Minor: Death, Miscarriage, Vomit, Stalking, Alcohol, and Kidnapping