Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Uncultured by Daniella Mestyanek Young

25 reviews

julschapman's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, Infidelity, Islamophobia, Sexual assault, Suicide, Pedophilia, Gaslighting, Medical content, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Colonisation, Grief, Gun violence, Lesbophobia, Murder, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Rape, Abandonment, Racial slurs, and Terminal illness

gotta_grow_up's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.5

This was a very difficult read as the content can be very heavy at times but overall this was an amazing and enlightening story of self discovery, perseverance and the dangers of group behaviour in any form. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, War, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Torture

Moderate: Blood, Incest, Abandonment, and Domestic abuse

There is disturbing descriptions about assult, abuse, rape and overall life in cults (both religious and not). These descriptions include extreme harm done to children in these scenarios (this harm was at times sexual in nature). As well as the life long repercussions and continued impacts of that trauma. Depictions of systemic sexism and abuse, as well as suicidal ideation.

hipearson's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, War, Sexual content, Rape, Self harm, Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

princess_marie's review

emotional inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Child abuse, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Rape, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, War, and Sexism

Moderate: Medical trauma, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

Minor: Chronic illness, Excrement, Confinement, and Homophobia

dafyddclover's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.75

This book is so intensely personal and is literally what happened to her, so it's difficult to rate, but I think the quality of the story telling is really inconsistent throughout the book. Despite the efforts to create a through line, it felt like two different books, and ultimately glossed over a lot of what I would have been more interested in about her pist-cult life in favor of relitigating disagreements, telling army stories, and praising the military industrial complex even as she calls it a cult. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War, Child death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Islamophobia, Medical content, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Medical trauma, Sexism, Abandonment, and Body shaming

brittsbooknook's review

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

Cult memoir
Dark & gritty
Eye-opening 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Child abuse

Moderate: Rape, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, War, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, and Physical abuse

crybabybea's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Religious bigotry, Child death, Physical abuse, Rape, Alcohol, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Homophobia, Violence, War, Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Incest, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Torture, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, Lesbophobia, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.0

be very careful before picking this up. please check the content warnings!! 

while the first part of this book is hard to read due to the content, it is a very important story and perspective. however, the second part takes a big turn and becomes about serving in the military and contains some comments and opinions i think are kinda bad. take that for what you will.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Bullying, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Mental illness

quirkko24's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Rape, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, War, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

tayleigh's review against another edition

Such an important book to read. It’s a personal and heart breaking memoir of a young woman who grew up in a sex cult, she was able to get out, excellent in school then ultimately join the military. Though the military turned into being very similar to her time growing up in the cult. She was trained from childhood to be a soldier so she excelled in that as well. But being a woman in both scenarios she was seen as less than and a body to used. She experienced sexual abuse through out her whole life and is was overlooked in each of the organizations. Each time she thought she caught a break something would come crashing down. 

This book details horrific events and abuse of women and children while also showing systems that allow it to happen. It also shows how strong and important friendships between women can be. Women were the ones who supported her through her journey and saved her life. 

As someone who has experienced sexual trauma it can feel so isolating and overwhelming and it’s a reminder that healing can happen and so many women experience it and it shouldn’t be shameful for the women. And it’s never the victim’s fault. Like Daniella says it’s rarely a bad apple or two but a rotten tree and we should be looking for where the toxins are coming from. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Xenophobia, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, War, Death, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Rape, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Racism