Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Counting the Cost by Jill Duggar

86 reviews

babblingoverbooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Infertility, Medical trauma, and Miscarriage

itsgnat's review against another edition

informative sad medium-paced

4.0

I have never known anything about the family and now I feel like I know a little about their story. Jill comes across as very fair and nonjudgmental about what is happening. But what really disturbed me was hearing about her father. He is seriously manipulative and emotionally abusive and she's too nice about it. I'm glad she's in therapy and trying to make her family life work for her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Murder

nopejustkate's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

3.0

Heartbreaking what she had to go through. Josh Duggar should rot in jail. I listened to it as an audiobook.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Child abuse, and Gaslighting

kaitlin28's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Rape, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Child abuse, Cancer, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

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

kindacrunchymama's review

emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

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

21_maggie's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, and Child abuse

jamieleeinkc's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

Jill is strong and thoughtful with her words and story. I think she’s really opened the world’s eyes with this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Grief, Miscarriage, and Pedophilia